Metropolis Works uranium conversion facility SUB-526 40-year source material licence renewal: NRC fuel-cycle licence review for Honeywell International Inc. — issued, 34.7 months from docketing to decision. Sourced dates and schedule.
Background: NRC reactor licensing process, explained · The ADVANCE Act, explained: what changed and where the NRC stands
Current state
| Type | Fuel-cycle licence |
| Outcome | Issued |
| Applicant | Honeywell International Inc. |
| Facility | Metropolis Works (MTW) uranium conversion facility, Metropolis (Massac County), Illinois |
| Docket | 40-3392 |
| Submitted | 2017-02-08 |
| Docketed (accepted for review) | 2017-05-02 |
| NRC planned schedule | — |
| NRC target date | — |
| Final safety evaluation | — |
| Decision | 2020-03-24 |
| Review time (docketed → decision) | 34.7 mo |
| Submitted → decision | 37.5 mo |
| NRC-reported review duration | — |
| NRC-reported resources vs estimate | — |
Review time is measured in average months from the date the NRC docketed the application to the decision. The NRC's own reported durations may measure to the final safety evaluation instead.
Notes
Part 40 (conversion). No hearing requested. EA/FONSI path (final EA Oct. 2019). LRA revised/supplemented Sept. 20, 2017, Oct. 8, 2018, July 7, 2019 and Dec. 19, 2019. Renewed licence expires March 24, 2060. Licence/permit: SUB-526.
Timeline
- 2017-02-08 — Application received: “This licensee's original request for a 40-year license renewal was made on February 8, 2017.” (source)
- 2017-05-02 — Accepted for review (docketed): “An administrative review, documented in a letter to Honeywell dated May 2, 2017, found the LRA acceptable to begin a formal technical review.” (source)
- 2020-03-24 — Issued: “Accordingly, the license renewal issued on March 24, 2020, was effective immediately.” (source)
The timeline is append-only: corrections are added as new entries. See the NNN Data License Terms for reuse of the event history.
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Sources
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/04/15/2020-07946/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works-facility
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/06/19/2017-12696/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works
- https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/16/2019-22550/honeywell-international-inc-metropolis-works-uranium-conversion-facility