ML18304A207

Letter: Acceptance Review of Louisiana Energy Services LLC-doing Business as Urenco USA License Amendment Request 18-04 Addition of MCNP6 for Nuclear Criticality Safety Analysis (Project Identifier: 07003103 - L-2018-LLA-0270)

ML18304A207
Person / Time
Site:	07003103
Issue date:	11/06/2018
From:	Jacob Zimmerman NRC/NMSS/DFCSE/FLB
To:	Padgett W Louisiana Energy Services
Sturzebecher K
References
EPID L-2018-LLA-0270
Download: ML18304A207 (2)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 6, 2018 Mr. Wyatt Padgett Licensing and Performance Assessment Manager Louisiana Energy Services, LLC P.O. Box 1789 Eunice, NM 88231

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE REVIEW OF LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS URENCO USA LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST 18-04 ADDITION OF MCNP6 FOR NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSIS (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFIER: L-2018-LLA-0270)

Dear Mr. Padgett:

By letter (LES-18-089-NRC) dated September 13, 2018, (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession Number ML18262A215), Louisiana Energy Services, LLC dba URENCO USA (UUSA), submitted an addition to the existing Nuclear Criticality Safety Validation Report and an amendment to the UUSA Safety Analysis Report for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review and approval. Your request has been assigned Enterprise Project Identifier L-2018-LLA-0270. Please reference this number in any future correspondence associated with this request.

We have completed our acceptance review of your submittal and have identified no administrative omissions or deficiencies that would prevent us from proceeding with a detailed review. A complete review of this submittal may identify issues that require additional information.

Based on our preliminary review and projection of current review schedules, we anticipate completing our review by the end of May 2019. This date could change depending on the findings of our technical review, urgent assignments, or other factors. We will promptly communicate any significant changes to this schedule. In addition, we estimate that completing the review will require approximately 220 staff hours.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy is available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records component of NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at:

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

W. Padgett 2 If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Mr. Karl Sturzebecher by telephone at (301) 415-8534, or via email to Karl.Sturzebecher@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

\RA\

Jacob I. Zimmerman, Chief Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental Review Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 70-3103 License No. SNM-2010 cc: Steven Cowne

W. Padgett 3

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE REVIEW OF LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES, LLC, DOING BUSINESS AS URENCO USA LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST 18-04 ADDITION OF MCNP6 FOR NUCLEAR CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSIS (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFIER: L-2018-LLA-0270)

DATED: November 6, 2018 DISTRIBUTION:

FCSE r/f FFLB r/f MKotzalas,FLOB LPitts, RII MSykes, RII TVukovinsky, RII ADAMS Package Accession Number: ML18304A207

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