ML18036A556

Submittal of Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) Summary Annual Update for Framatome, Inc., Richland, Washington Fuel Fabrication Facility

ML18036A556
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Site:	Framatome ANP Richland
Issue date:	01/22/2018
From:	Travis Tate Framatome
To:	Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
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framatome January 22, 2018 T JT:18:009 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk (03-H8)

One White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, Maryland 20852-2738 Gentlemen:

Subject:

Submittal of Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) Summary Annual Update for Framatome lnc.'s (Framatome's) Richland, Washington Fuel Fabrication Facility; License No. SNM-1227; Docket No. 70-1257.

Enclosed with this letter, in CD format, is the annual update of the ISA Summary for Framatome's Richland, Washington nuclear fuel fabrication facility. Attachment A provides a listing of the files contained on this CD. Framatome requests that this CD-Rom in its entirety be withheld from public disclosure in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 or 10 CFR 2. 790 in that portions *of all files are either commercially proprietary in nature or contain security-related information, respectively. Attachment B provides an affidavit attesting that these files are either proprietary in nature or contain security related information. The annual update is being submitted in accordance with 10 CFR 70.72 (d)(3) and documents the changes to the Richland site's ISA summary. The changes are highlighted in yellow. PDF files with an expanded sized copy of the revised figures are provided on a separate CD. A list of the files contained ori.the ISA CD-Rom, including the file name, size, and sensitivity level (commercially proprietary or security-related) for each file, is included as Attachment C to this letter.

Technical contact information relative to the Richland Site ISA is as follows:

Framatome Inc.

Attn: William L. Doane, Manager Nuclear Safety 2101 Horn Rapids Road Richland, WA 99354 Phone: 509-375-8717 Email: william.doane@framatome.com Additionally, I can be reached at 509-375-8550 or via email at timothy.tate@framatome.com.

Very truly yours, T. J. Tate, Manager Environmental, Health, Safety & Licensing Framatome Inc.

2101 Horn Rapids Road Richland, WA 99354 Tel: (509) 375-8100 www.framatome.com

US NRC January 22, 2018 c: Kevin Ramsey, NRC TJT:18:009 Page2

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January 22, 2018 Attachment A: List of Electronic Files T JT:18:009 Page 3 Attachment B: Affidavit requesting that the Framatome ISA summary be handled as proprietary information.

Attachment C: Table of Contents and File Designations

Enclosure:

Two Computer Discs with the electronic files (separate CD for revised figures)

ATTACHMENT A FOLDER: Chapters Part 1 - Chapters 1 through 8 (One File)

File Name: 001 E15-01-1 Chapters 1-8 Version 22.pdf Chapter 1 - Introduction Chapter 2 - Horn Rapids Road Site Information Chapter 3 - Overview of AREVA Facilities, Operations and Hazards Chapter.4 - ISA Team Credentials and Standard Methodologies Chapter 5 - Quantitative Standards for Acute Chemical Exposures Chapter 6 - Definition of Terms Chapter 7 - General External and Facility Hazards Chapter 8 - Horn Rapids Plant Administrative and Management Measures Part 2 - Chapter 9 through 19 (Various Files)

Chapter 9 - U02 Building File Name: 002 E15-01-2.9A Version 16.0 - U02 Building.pdf Chapter 9 - U02 Building File Name: 003 E15-01-2.9B Version 16.0 - U02 Building.pdf Chapter 9 - U02 Building File Name: 004 E15-01-2.9C Version 15.0 - U02 Building.pdf Chapter 9 - U02 Building File Name: 005 E15-01-2.9D Version 15.0 - U02 Building.pdf Chapter 9 - U02 Building File Narrie: 006 E15-01-2.9E Version 1.0 - U02 Building.pdf Chapter 10 - Dry Conversion Facility File Name: 007 E15-01-2.10 Ver 15.0 - Dry Conv Facility.pdf Chapter 11 - SF Building File Name: 008 E15-01-2.11 Version 16.0 - SF Building.pdf Chapter 12 - ELO Building File Name: 009 E15-01-2.12 Version 15.0 - ELO Building.pdf Chapter 13 - UF6 Cylinder Recertification Facility File Name: 010 E15-01-2.13 Version 11.0 - UF6 Cyl Recert.pdf Chapter 14 -Ammonia Recovery Facility and Industrial Waste Water Treatment System File Name: 011 E15-01-2.14 Ver 15.0 -ARF and Ind Waste.pdf Chapter 15 - Blended Dysprosium and Uranium Processing Facility (BOU)

File Name: 012 E15-01-2.15 Version 9.3-BOU Pree Fac.pdf Chapter 16 - Detached Storage and Waste Handling Systems File Name: 013 E15-01-2.16 Version 16 - Detached Storage.pdf Chapter 17 - Fuel Services Building File Name: 014 E15-01-2.17 Ver 8.0- Fuel Services Bldg.pdf

Chapter 18 - Ventilation Systems (Plantwide)

File Nanie: 015 E15-01-2.18 Ver 15-Vent Syst Plantwide.pdf Chapter 19 - Product Development Test Facility File Name: 016 E15-01-2.19 Version 8.0 PDTF.pdf Chapter 20 - Ancillary Systems File Name: 017 E15-01-2.20 Ver 8.0 Ancillary Systems.pdf Chapter 21 - Uranyl Nitrate Storage Tank Building File Name: 018 E15-01-2.21 Ver 6.0 UN Storage Tank Bldg.pdf Revised Figures (Separate CD-Rom)

Chapters E15-01-1 File Name: 019 E15-01-1 Version 22 Figure 3-3.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.9B File Name: 020 E15-01-2.9B Version 16 Figure 9-7.pdf File Name: 021 E15-01-2.9B Version 16 Figure 9-8.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.9C File Name: 022 E15-01-2.9C Version 15 Figure 9-9.pdf File Name: 023 E15-01-2.9C Version 15 Figure 9-10.pdf File Name: 024 E15-01-2.9C Version 15 Figure 9-11.pdf Chapter.E15-01-2.9D File Name: 025 E15-01-2.9D Version 15 Figure 9-14.pdf File Name: 026 E15-01-2.9D Version 15 Figure 9-16.pdf File Name: 027 E15-01-2.9D Version 15 Figure 9-17.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.9E File Name: 028 E15-01-2.9E Version 15 Figure 9-20.pdf File Name: 029 E15-01-2.9E Version 15 Figure 9-21.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.10 File Name: 030 E15-01-2.10 Version 15 Figure 10-1.pdf File Name: 031 E15-01-2.10Version 15 Figure 10-2.pdf File Name: 032 E15-01-2.10 Version 15 Figure 10-3.pdf File Name: 033 E15-01-2.10 Version 15 Figure 10-4.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.11 File Name: 034 E15-01-2.11 Version 16 Figure 11-1.pdf File Name: 035 E15-01-2.11 Version 16 Figure 11-2.pdf File Name: 036 E15-01-2.11 Version 16 Figure 11-3.pdf File Name: 037 E15-01-2.11 Version 16 Figure 11-4.pdf File Name: 038 E15-01-2.11 Version 16 Figure 11-5.pdf File Name: 039 E15-01-2.11 Version 16 Figure 11-6.pdf File Name: 040 E15-01-2.11 Version 16 Figure 11-7.pdf File Name: 041 E15-01-2.11 Version 16 Figure 11-8.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.12 File Name: 042 E15-01-2.12 Version 15 Figure 12-1.pdf

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Chapter E15-01-2.16 File Name: 043 E15-01-2.16Version 16 Figure 16-3.pdf File Name: 044 E15-01-2.16 Version 16 Figure 16-4.pdf File Name: 045 E15-01-2.16 Version 16 Figure' 16-6.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.17 File Nanie: 046 E15-01-2.17 Version 8 Figure 17-1.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.18 File Name: 047 E15-01-2.18 Version 15 Figure 18-19.pdf Chapter E15-01-2.21 File Name: 048 E15-01-2.21 Version 6 Figure 21-1.pdf File Name: 049 E15-01-2.21 Version 6 Figure 21-2.pdf

STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF BENTON

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ss Timothy J. Tate, being duly sworn on oath, states as follows:

1. I am employed by Framatome Inc. (Framatome) as Manager, Environmental, Health, Safety and Licensing in Richland, Washington. I am responsible for the overall administration of the safety programs at Framatome's Richland, Washington nuclear fuel fabrication facility, including regulatory licensing and permitting. This affidavit is based on my first hand, personal knowledge and is submitted in my capacity as Manager,, Environmental, Health, Safety and Licensing.

2. I am familiar with the contents of the "Submittal of Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) Summary Annual Update for Framatome Inc., Richland, Washington Fuel Fabrication Facility" (Annual ISA Summary Update), which provides the annual update to the Richland Site ISA as required by 10CFR70.72(d)(3). This Annual ISA Summary Update has been classified and designated as "Proprietary" by Framatome in accordance with the document control system and policies established by Framatome for the control and protection of proprietary and confidential information.

3. Framatome is engaged in the business of designing and manufacturing nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial nuclear reactors. Within the United States, there are two additional firms that'design and manufacture nuclear fuel for commercial nuclear reactors and there are several other companies outside of the United States that engage in the same business as Framatome.

Competition among these companies including Framatome is fierce and manufacturing costs of the nuclear fuel are critical to the maintenance of market share and to the growth of market share among utility customers.

Affidavit of Timothy J. Tate Page 1 of 3 ISA Submittal (2018)

4. The Annual ISA Summary Update contains commercial information of a confidential nature that is not available in public sources or available to the public. Sections also contain information that is considered security sensitive in accordance with USNRC RIS 2005-31. This information contained in the Annual ISA Summary Update is commercial and confidential because it:

A. Reveals distinguishing aspects of Framatome's manufacturing processes by relating sequences of operations and/or sub-operations to optimize the efficiency and performance of manufacturing operations which a competitor within the field of nuclear fuel manufacturing may adapt for their own processes, reducing the competitor's expenditure of resources to achieve the same efficiencies, thereby gaining a competitive advantage to the disadvantage of Framatome.

B. Reveals the use of process chemical additives for the enhancement of chemical processes which are believed to be unique in the industry both in terms of type and application, which if revealed to a competitor would provide for an unfair competitive advantage by reducing any expenditure by the competitor to develop and test the same concepts.

C. Reveals aspects of privately funded development of process controls and parameters derived by Framatome over the course of optimizing the performance of waste treatment and other processes.

D. Reveals technical rationale developed by Framatome relating to plant layout, structure, process flow and other technical information which a competitor could readily use without expenditure of funds and replicate in its facilities thereby gaining a competitive advantage to the disadvantage of Framatome.

Affidavit of Timothy J. Tate Page 2 of 3 ISA Submittal (2018)

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Framatome Inc. will suffer considerable competitive harm if the contents of the license amendment package are made available to Framatome domestic and international competitors. Finally, this material cannot be reasonably segregated from other material which may not meet the criteria set forth in 10 CFR § 2.390.

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Timothy J. Tate Manager, Environmental, Health, Safety and Licensing STATE OF WASHINGTON

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Attachment C - Table of Contents (2018)

Size in Commercially Sequence Number & File Name KB Proprietary or Security Related File: 001 E15-01-1 Chapters 1-8 Version 22.pdf 1,563 Yes File: 002 E15-01-2.9A Version 15.0 - U02 Building.pdf 2,391 Yes Includes systems:

System 065 (UF6 Cylinder Washing)

System 070 (ADU Precipitation and Drying)

• System 080 (ADU Uranium Recovery)

• System 090 (ADU Powder Production)

• System 100 (ADU Process Offgas (POG))

File: 003 E15-01-2.9B Version 16.0 - U02 Building.pdf 3,858 Yes Includes systems:

• System 120 (UNH Reprocessing)

• System 130 (Conversion of U02 Pellets to U308 Powder)

• System 150 (Miscellaneous Uranium Recovery System (MURS))

• System 186 (Supercritical CO2 Extraction)

• System 190 (U02 Pellet Dissolution)

• System 335 (TNF-XI Inner Powder Filling, Storage, and On Plant Movement)

• System 322 (UOx Powder Download Operation)

System 350 (Powder Drum Warehouse)

• System 360 (Lube Blend Press Feed)

File: 004 E15-01-2.9C Version 15.0 - U02 Building.pdf 4,014 Yes Includes systems:

• System 370 (U02 Pellet Pressing)

• System 380 (U02 Pellet Sintering)

System 390 (U02 Pellet Grinding and Inspection)

• System 400 (U02 Pellet Storage)

• System 4 ~ O (Powder Characterization Facility)

• System 420 (Pellet QC Inspection)

File: 005 E15-01-2.9D Version 15.0 - U02 Building.pdf 2,651 Yes Includes systems:

• System 460 (Rod Loading)

System 470 (Rod Testing)

• System 480 (Rod Transport and Storage)

• System 490 (Rod Downloading)

• System 540 (Bundle Assembly and Storage)

• System 550 (Bundle Disassembly)

System 790 (Analytical Laboratories)

File: 006 E15-01-2.9E Version 15.0 - U02 Building.pdf 3,846 Yes

.. Includes systems:

System 32~ {BLEU Receipt and Do'(Vnload)

System 355 {BLEU Powder Storage)

• System 325 {BLEU Powder Preparation)

System 365 (BLEU Lube Blend)

Size in Commercially Sequence Number & File Name KB Proprietary or Security Related

• System 375 (BLEU Pellet Pressing)

System 385 (BLEU Pellet Sintering)

System 395 (BLEU Pellet Grinding/Inspection)

System 135 (Line 6 BLEU Scrap Recovery)

System 405 (BLEU Pellet Storage)

File: 007 E15-01-2.10 Ver 15.0- Dry Conv Facility.pdf 3,373 Yes File: 008 E15-01-2.11 Version 16.0 - SF Building.pdf 3,598 Yes File: 009 E15-01-2.12 Version 15.0- ELO Building.pdf 1,866 Yes File: 010 E15-01-2.13 Version 11.0 - UF6 Cyl Recert.pdf 753 Yes File: 011 E15-01-2.14 Ver 15.0 -ARF and Ind Waste.pdf 1,194 Yes File: 012 E 15-01-2.15 Version 9.3 - BOU Proc Fae. pdf 265 Yes File: 013 E15-01-2.16Version 16-Detached Storage.pdf 3,974 Yes File: 014 E15-01-2.17 Ver 8.0 - Fuel Services Bldg.pdf 282 Yes File: 015 E15-01-2.18 Ver 15-Vent Syst Plantwide.pdf 3,271 Yes File: 016 E15-01-2.19 Version 8.0 PDTF.pdf 424 Yes File: 017 E15-01-2.20 Ver 8.0 Ancillary Systems.pdf 295 Yes File: 018 E15-01-2.21 Ver 6.0 UN Storage Tank Bldg.pdf 1,225 Yes