ML19210E890
| ML19210E890 | |
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| Issue date: | 12/04/1979 |
| From: | Clark A NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Rouse L NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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Project M-29 JJg friSS R/F FCAF R/F WJDircks RECunningham DEC 4 1979 R8urnett GMcCorkle JPartlow TFCarter Project M-29 14TCrow LCRouse PLoysen JEAyer ATClark MEMORANDUM FOR:
Leland C. Rouse, Chief Advanced Fuel and Spent Fuel Licensing Branch FR0fi:
A. Thomas Clark, Jr.
Advanced Fuel and Spent Fuel Licensing Branch
SUBJECT:
ATTEliDANCE AT OAY, RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY (ORNL)
!!EETING ON HOT EXPERIMENTAL FACILITY (HEF) PROJECT STATUS On November 6 and 7,1979 I attended the subject meeting. The HEF project is a research and development effort in support of breeder reactor development. It has been included as a part of our task work in accord with the Department of Energy letter dated May 15, 1979 (see attached). The activity is budgeted by the t!RC in FY 1981, but not in FY 1980.
The HEF project is being actively undertaken by ORNL at the Consolidated Fuel Reprocessing Site. A staff of about 165 people presently are working full time on the project. Dechtel Corporation is the principal contractor to Union Carbide on the project. A number of other sub-contractors have been involved in the project. They are listed in the attached copy of slides presented at the meeting.
In addition to the presentation on process, equipment designs, and schedules, I also met with Bill Burch, Orlen Yarbro, Dave Swindle, and Mildred Sears to discuss how the !!RC might be involved in this project.
Harry Schneider and Bill McVey of the DOE, who also attrnded the meeting, participated in some of the discussions.
1548 341 Development of some key process equipment has progressed nicely. A full scale dissolver and voloxidizer are presently being tested. One key activity is the development of the Conceptual Design Report (CDR). A present feature of the project is an "H" shaped " canyon" or process cell which would contain remotely operated and maintained modules. Unlike previous designs for processing facilities such as this, wall penetrations are kept to a bare minimum (to enhance material protection from diversion) and most equipment including motors and pumps are in the cell.
Remote eethods fec cv.pletely.emociveny cec.pcaent pr modtrier-ine"ttding c*r'c o m ot,e, pipe,weldhg., are beingjeveloped. Most waste seems to be destined for a national re ?ository.
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d S73 It is evident from my discussion that the "licensibility" bounds for our review will have to be established very soon. The DOE is anxious to have our participation. Among the topics needing resolution are:
1) the inclusion of safeguards aspects in a technical review, 2) the limits to some topics such as Quality Assurance review, operator training and licensing of financial qualification review, and management organization, 3) the acceptance for early review of preliminary design concepts,
- 4) the installation of a public document room and docketing.
5) the handling of governmental " proprietary" information, 6) the preparation and/or review of an EIS considering the new Council on Environmental Quality guidelines
- 7) Any bounds applied to an early site selection review, 8) approach to ALARA in a research and developaent project in which the equipment performance is to be tested and evaluated, 9) the development of technical specifications which apply to operation, cover performance testing, and may or may not involve the ilRC,
- 10) the application of 40 CFR Part 190 to this project, 11) the actual disposition-of HRC recommendations, if any, during the course of the review, and 12) interfacial jurisdiction for other review areas, such as product transportation.
In addition, the use of a risk assessment approach in th.e review of the HEF was discussed with ORNL and DOE staff.
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Leland C. Rouse DEC 4 1979 It is apparent that a memorandum of understanding, or some other vehicle for clarification, will be necessary before further work proceeds. We will continue discussion with our contacts at the DOE to that end.
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