American Fuel Resources (AFR), a Washington-based provider of nuclear fuel cycle solutions, has submitted an application to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requesting transfer of a materials licence from Idaho-based radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes for a depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) deconversion plant in Lea County, New Mexico.

The application is for NRC approval for the transfer of the materials licence for the uranium deconversion project from International Isotopes’ subsidiary International Isotopes Fluorine Products to AFR subsidiary Green Salt Products.

The 40-year licence for the project, which International Isotopes called the Fluorine Extraction Process and Depleted Uranium Deconversion Plant, was issued to Fluorine Products in October 2012.