ML19224D140
| ML19224D140 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07002219 |
| Issue date: | 04/24/1979 |
| From: | Cunningham R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Dircks W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7907100726 | |
| Download: ML19224D140 (2) | |
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Docket No. 70-2219 e-MEMORANDUM FOR:
Willia 1 J. Dircks, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM:
Richard E. Cunningham, Director Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety
SUBJECT:
STATUS OF Ti'E SIN LICENSE APPLICATION FOR THE EXXON EXPERI'".1 TEST FACILITY (ETF)
By letter dated February 27, 1976, Exxon Nuclear Company submitted an 3pplication to acquire, receive, possess, and use special nuclear material at its proposed experimental test facility (laser enrichment) in Richland, Washington. The SNM, for wiiich authorization was requested, was 30 kg of U-235 contained in uranium enriched to a maximum of 1.5 percent U-235, in any chemical or physical form.
Simultaneously, Exxon submitted an environmental report in support of this application.
In September of 1976, the sthff completed an environ-mental 4 pact appraisal of this proposed facility and issued a negative declaration.
Exxon was informed at that time that safety review of the application would not begin until constructian plans nad been firmed up and conc,truction initiated.
On July 25, 1978, Exxon met with Safeguards people in Silver Spring, Maryland, to discuss safeguard requirements for their proposed laser enrichment facility (ETF).
At that meeting, Exxon stated that detailed equipment design had been initiated but not completed.
The date to initiate construction of this facility hed, at that time, not yet been determined.
At the July 25 meeting, Exxen was again inforred that licensing had not comei.ced the safety review of ' heir application because of Exxon's indecision regarding construction of the facility.
Exxen stated that supplemental safety infornation would be forthcoming to incorporate changes to reflect the information gained from the past two years of R&D op e ra ti ons,
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o-W. J. Dircks On Februery 26, 1979, Exxon submitted a revised license application with revised environmental information, and stated that they would like to have the license issued by July 1, 1979.
The staff after a cursory review of the revised application informed Mr. Richard flicholson of Exxon that they could foresee no reason why the license could not be issued by the date.
chard E. Cunningham, Director
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