Notice2026-12045
EnergySolutions, LLC and Bridgepoint Group PLC; Consideration of Approval of Transfer of Licenses
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June 16, 2026
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Abstract
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission) received and is considering approval of an application filed by EnergySolutions, LLC (EnergySolutions), and Bridgepoint Group, PLC (Bridgepoint), on April 24, 2026. The application seeks NRC approval of the indirect transfer of NRC license numbers 39-35044-01, DPR-43, DPR- 73, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation general license No. 40, XW010, and XW018 from the current holder, EnergySolutions, to Bridgepoint. The application contains sensitive unclassified non- safeguards information (SUNSI).
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36161-36163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-12045]
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket Nos. 30-39013, 30-38619, 50-305, 50-320, 72-64, 72-80, 11005620
and 11005897; NRC-2026-2707]
EnergySolutions, LLC and Bridgepoint Group PLC; Consideration of
Approval of Transfer of Licenses
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: Application for indirect transfer of licenses; opportunity to
comment, request a hearing, and petition for leave to intervene.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC, the Commission)
received and is considering approval of an application filed by
EnergySolutions, LLC (EnergySolutions), and Bridgepoint Group, PLC
(Bridgepoint), on April 24, 2026. The application seeks NRC approval of
the indirect transfer of NRC license numbers 39-35044-01, DPR-43, DPR-
73, Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation general license No. 40,
XW010, and XW018 from the current holder, EnergySolutions, to
Bridgepoint. The application contains sensitive unclassified non-
safeguards information (SUNSI).
DATES: Submit comments by July 16, 2026. A request for a hearing or
petition for leave to intervene must be filed by July 6, 2026. Any
potential party as defined in section 2.4 of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), who believes access to SUNSI is necessary
to respond to this notice must follow the instructions in Section VI of
the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods;
however, the NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal rulemaking website:
<bullet> Federal rulemaking website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-2707. Address
questions about Docket IDs in <a href="http://Regulations.gov">Regulations.gov</a> to Bridget Curran;
telephone: 301-415-1003; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d4f7f64696a6879234e787f7f6c634d637f6e236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ca88b8a3aeadafbee489bfb8b8aba48aa4b8a9e4ada5bc">[email protected]</span></a>. For technical
questions, contact the individual(s)
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listed in the ``For Further Information Contact'' section of this
document.
<bullet> Email comments to: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cf87aaaebda6a1a8e18ba0aca4aabb8fa1bdace1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="652d0004170c0b024b210a060e0011250b17064b020a13">[email protected]</span></a>. If you do not
receive an automatic email reply confirming receipt, then contact us at
301-415-1677.
<bullet> Fax comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission at 301-415-1101.
<bullet> Mail comments to: Secretary, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, ATTN: Rulemakings and
Adjudications Staff.
<bullet> Hand deliver comments to: 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,
Maryland 20852, between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. eastern time (ET)
Federal workdays; telephone: 301-415-1677.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Chris Allen, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-6877; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#55023c39393c34387b143939303b153b27367b323a23"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c6b555050555d51127d505059527c524e5f125b534a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2026-2707 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
<bullet> Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> and search for Docket ID NRC-2026-2707.
<bullet> NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html">https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html</a>. To begin the search, select ``Begin ADAMS Public Search.''
For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRC's Public Document Room
(PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, at 301-415-4737, or by email
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4e4f0e69ae6d1c7dbc1c6d7d1f4dac6d79ad3dbc2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adfde9ff83ffc8dec2d8dfcec8edc3dfce83cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>. The application is available in ADAMS under
Accession No. ML26117A088.
<bullet> NRC's PDR: The PDR, where you may examine and order copies
of publicly available documents, is open by appointment. To make an
appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#702034225e2215031f05021315301e02135e171f06"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cccd8ceb2cef9eff3e9eefff9dcf2eeffb2fbf3ea">[email protected]</span></a> or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8
a.m. and 4 p.m. ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
B. Submitting Comments
The NRC encourages electronic comment submission through the
Federal Rulemaking Website (<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>). Please
include Docket ID NRC-2026-2707 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission. The NRC will post all comment submissions at
<a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a> as well as enter the comment submissions
into ADAMS. The NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Introduction
The NRC is considering the issuance of an order under 10 CFR 30.34,
``Terms and conditions of licenses,'' 10 CFR 50.80, ``Transfer of
licenses,'' 10 CFR 72.50, ``Transfer of license,'' and 10 CFR 110.50,
``Terms,'' approving the indirect transfer of control of the NRC
licenses held by EnergySolutions. The licenses would be transferred to
Bridgepoint. The application proposes neither physical changes nor
operational changes to the licensed activities. The application also
states that the transaction will not affect operations associated with
the licenses, and that the licensees will maintain responsibility for
all licensed activities. The application further states that, following
the closing of the transaction, the same legal entities will remain the
licensees for the subject facilities and operations, and their names
will not change. Thus, no conforming license amendments are necessary.
The NRC's regulations at 10 CFR 30.34(b)(1), 50.80, and 72.50
provide that no license, or any right thereunder, shall be transferred,
assigned, or in any manner disposed of, either voluntarily or
involuntarily, directly or indirectly, through transfer of control of
the license to any person, unless the Commission gives its consent in
writing. The NRC's regulation at 10 CFR 110.50(d) states that a
specific export license may be transferred only with the approval of
the Commission. The Commission will approve an application for the
indirect transfer of a license if the Commission determines that the
proposed transfer of control will not affect the qualifications of the
licensee to hold the license, and that the transfer is otherwise
consistent with applicable provisions of law, regulations, and orders
issued by the Commission.
III. Opportunity To Comment
Within 30 days from the date of publication of this notice, persons
may submit written comments regarding the license transfer application,
as provided for in 10 CFR 2.1305. The Commission will consider and, if
appropriate, respond to these comments, but such comments will not
otherwise constitute part of the decisional record. Comments should be
submitted as described in the ADDRESSES section of this document.
IV. Opportunity To Request a Hearing and Petition for Leave To
Intervene
Within 20 days after the date of publication of this notice, any
person (petitioner) whose interest may be affected by this action may
file a request for a hearing and petition for leave to intervene
(petition) with respect to the action. Petitions shall be filed in
accordance with the Commission's ``Agency Rules of Practice and
Procedure,'' in 10 CFR part 2. Interested persons should consult 10 CFR
2.309. If a petition is filed, the presiding officer will rule on the
petition and, if appropriate, a notice of a hearing will be issued.
Petitions must be filed no later than 20 days from the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with the filing instructions
in the ``Electronic Submissions (E-Filing),'' section of this document.
Petitions and motions for leave to file new or amended contentions that
are filed after the deadline will not be entertained absent a
determination by the presiding officer that the filing demonstrates
good cause by satisfying the three factors in 10 CFR 2.309(c)(1)(i)
through (iii).
A State, local governmental body, Federally recognized Indian
Tribe, or designated agency thereof, may submit a petition to the
Commission to participate as a party under 10 CFR 2.309(h) no later
than 20 days from the date of publication of this notice.
Alternatively, a State, local governmental body, Federally recognized
Indian Tribe, or agency thereof may participate as a non-party under 10
CFR 2.315(c).
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For information about filing a petition and about participation by
a person not a party under 10 CFR 2.315, see ADAMS Accession No.
ML20340A053 (<a href="https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053">https://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/webSearch2/main.jsp?AccessionNumber=ML20340A053</a>) and on the NRC's public website
at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate">https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/adjudicatory/hearing.html#participate</a>.
V. Electronic Submissions (E-Filing)
All documents filed in NRC adjudicatory proceedings, including
documents filed by an interested State, local governmental body,
Federally recognized Indian Tribe, or designated agency thereof that
requests to participate under 10 CFR 2.315(c), must be filed in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302. The E-Filing process requires
participants to submit and serve all adjudicatory documents over the
internet, or in some cases, to mail copies on electronic storage media,
unless an exemption permitting an alternative filing method, as further
discussed, is granted. Detailed guidance on electronic submissions is
located in the ``Guidance for Electronic Submissions to the NRC,''
(ADAMS Accession No. ML13031A056) and on the NRC's public website at
<a href="https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html">https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html</a>.
To comply with the procedural requirements of E-Filing, at least 10
days prior to the filing deadline, the participant should contact the
Office of the Secretary by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3f775a5e4d565158117b505c545a4b7f514d5c11585049"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ace4c9cddec5c2cb82e8c3cfc7c9d8ecc2decf82cbc3da">[email protected]</span></a>, or by
telephone at 301-415-1677, to (1) request a digital identification (ID)
certificate, which allows the participant (or its counsel or
representative) to digitally sign submissions and access the E-Filing
system for any proceeding in which it is participating; and (2) advise
the Secretary that the participant will be submitting a petition or
other adjudicatory document (even in instances in which the
participant, or its counsel or representative, already holds an NRC-
issued digital ID certificate). Based upon this information, the
Secretary will establish an electronic docket for the proceeding if the
Secretary has not already established an electronic docket.
Information about applying for a digital ID certificate is
available on the NRC's public website at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html">https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals/getting-started.html</a>. After a digital ID certificate is
obtained and a docket created, the participant must submit adjudicatory
documents in Portable Document Format. Guidance on submissions is
available on the NRC's public website at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html">https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/electronic-sub-ref-mat.html</a>. A filing is considered complete at the
time the document is submitted through the NRC's E-Filing system. To be
timely, an electronic filing must be submitted to the E-Filing system
no later than 11:59 p.m. ET on the due date. Upon receipt of a
transmission, the E-Filing system time-stamps the document and sends
the submitter an email confirming receipt of the document. The E-Filing
system also distributes an email that provides access to the document
to the NRC's Office of the General Counsel and any others who have
advised the Office of the Secretary that they wish to participate in
the proceeding, so that the filer need not serve the document on those
participants separately. Therefore, applicants and other participants
(or their counsel or representative) must apply for and receive a
digital ID certificate before adjudicatory documents are filed to
obtain access to the documents via the E-Filing system.
A person filing electronically using the NRC's adjudicatory E-
Filing system may seek assistance by contacting the NRC's Electronic
Filing Help Desk through the ``Contact Us'' link located on the NRC's
public website at <a href="https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html">https://www.nrc.gov/site-help/e-submittals.html</a>, by
email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dc918f9498f28eb9afb3a9aebfb99cb2aebff2bbb3aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a1709121e74083f29352f28393f1a342839743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>, or by a toll-free call at 1-866-672-
7640. The NRC Electronic Filing Help Desk is available between 9 a.m.
and 6 p.m., ET, Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
Participants who believe that they have good cause for not
submitting documents electronically must file an exemption request, in
accordance with 10 CFR 2.302(g), with their initial paper filing
stating why there is good cause for not filing electronically and
requesting authorization to continue to submit documents in paper
format. Such filings must be submitted in accordance with 10 CFR
2.302(b)-(d). Participants filing adjudicatory documents in this manner
are responsible for serving their documents on all other participants.
Participants granted an exemption under 10 CFR 2.302(g)(2) must still
meet the electronic formatting requirement in 10 CFR 2.302(g)(1),
unless the participant also seeks and is granted an exemption from 10
CFR 2.302(g)(1).
Documents submitted in adjudicatory proceedings will appear in the
NRC's electronic hearing docket, which is publicly available at <a href="https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd">https://adams.nrc.gov/ehd</a>, unless excluded pursuant to an order of the
presiding officer. If you do not have an NRC-issued digital ID
certificate as previously described, click ``cancel'' when the link
requests certificates and you will be automatically directed to the
NRC's electronic hearing dockets where you will be able to access any
publicly available documents in a particular hearing docket.
Participants are requested not to include personal privacy information
such as social security numbers, home addresses, or personal phone
numbers in their filings unless an NRC regulation or other law requires
submission of such information. With respect to copyrighted works,
except for limited excerpts that serve the purpose of the adjudicatory
filings and would constitute a Fair Use application, participants
should not include copyrighted materials in their submission.
The Commission will issue a notice or order granting or denying a
hearing request or intervention petition, designating the issues for
any hearing that will be held and designating the Presiding Officer. A
notice granting a hearing will be published in the Federal Register and
served on the parties to the hearing. For further details with respect
to this application, see the application dated April 24, 2026 (ADAMS
Accession No. ML26117A088).
VI. Access to Sensitive Unclassified Non-Safeguards Information for
Contention Preparation
Any person who desires access to proprietary, confidential
commercial information that has been redacted from the application
should contact the applicant by contacting Amy Hazelhoff at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d0c0e050c17080105020b0b2d0803081f0a141e020118190402031e430e0200"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7312101b1209161f1b1c151533161d1601140a001c1f06071a1c1d005d101c1e">[email protected]</span></a> for the purpose of negotiating a
confidentiality agreement or a proposed protective order with the
applicant. If no agreement can be reached, persons who desire access to
this information may file a motion with the Secretary and address the
motion to the Commission requesting the issuance of a protective order.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.
Dated: June 11, 2026.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Michelle Sutherland,
Acting Chief, Reactor Decommissioning Branch, Division of
Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs, Office of
Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 2026-12045 Filed 6-15-26; 8:45 am]
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