Chromalloy Tallahassee, a Division of Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation; Denial of Petition for Rulemaking

Resumo

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is denying a petition for rulemaking (PRM-40-26) submitted by Chromalloy Tallahassee, a division of Chromalloy Gas Turbine Corporation. The petitioner requested that the NRC amend its regulations regarding the exemption from licensing of source material found in 10 CFR 40.13(c)(8), so that the exemption would include finished parts containing nickel-thoria alloy from both aircraft engines and battle tank engines. However, after performing a regulatory analysis, no benefits of granting this petition could be identified. Also, it has not been persuasively shown that denying the petition would have a negative impact on Chromalloy since, as a Florida general licensee, Chromalloy currently could repair battle tank engines containing nickel-thoria alloy parts provided two possession limits are observed. Further, Chromalloy now indicates it has no definite plans to begin such repairs in the foreseeable future. But, to grant this petition the NRC would incur the cost of conducting a rulemaking. Moreover, before this action could have an effect on Chromalloy, the cost of an additional rulemaking to change the Florida Administrative Code would need to