ML19263A695
| ML19263A695 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 07002556 |
| Issue date: | 12/04/1978 |
| From: | Nechodom W SIEMENS POWER CORP. (FORMERLY SIEMENS NUCLEAR POWER |
| To: | Oplinger G NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 7901020058 | |
| Download: ML19263A695 (2) | |
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AM ll 58 EX?0RTnMICRT Mr. Gerald G. Oplinger, Assistant Director lHTERH[L SFGRDS Export / Import and International Safeguards Office of International Programs TSN # f /G U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 7p f7ffg Washington, D. C. 20555
Dear Mr. Oplinger:
References:
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Letter, W. S. Nechodom to Michael Guhin, Regarding License No. XSNM-lll2, June 20,1978 4)
Letter, W. S. Nechodom to Michael Guhin, Regarding License No. XSNM-1113, December 14, 1977 Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc. presently possesses export licenses XSNM-lll2 and XSNM-lll3. These licenses authorize the export of special nuclear material to consignees in Sweden and West Germany respectively.
In both cases Exxon Nuclear GmbH in Lingen, West Germany, was designated as intermediate consignee. Our plan was to ship the special Nuclear material, in the form of sintered uranium oxide fuel pellets, to the intermediate consignee, where they would be assembled into finished fuel assemblies and then shipped to the ultimate consignees.
After issuance of the export licenses, the potential for delayed start of operation of the Exxon Nuclear GmbH facility in Lingen, West Germany became apparent. We became concerned that, after exporting the fuel pellets to the intermediate consignee, the assembly into finished fuel assemblies could not be accomplished there.
In that event, the pellets would have to be returned to our Richland Fuel Fabrication Facility in the US, fabricated into finished fuel assemblies, and then shipped directly to the ultimate consignees.
Should this occur, it would appear, in the limiting case as if Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc. had exported up to twice the amount of special nuclear material shown on the licenses, whereas in fact only the same material would have been exported twice. Therefore, to accommodate the potential for this occurrence our reference letters applied for licenses to import the special nuclear material into the US and re-export it in the form of finished fuel assemblies to the ultimate consignees.
Since the reference letters were written, delays in startup of the Lingen facility have indeed occured. Fortunately, none of the special nuclear material authorized for export under the referenced licenses had been 79010200$
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r exported to that intermediate consignee.
Therefore, that portion of the special nuclear material which was required to be delivered to the ultimate consignees during 1978 was fabricated into finished fuel assemblies in our Richland Fuel Fabrication Facility in the US and exported to the ultimate consignees.
There remains to be considered the remainder of the special nuclear material to be exported in 1979 under XSNM-lll2 and XSNM-lll3.
The Lingen facility has not yet begun operation. We have not yet exported fuel pellets to that intermediate consignee in anticipation of that startup. Since the packaging and shipment of the pellets takes several weeks to accomplish, we will have to ship in advance of an accomplished startup date. Should we do so, and the Lingen startup either be further delayed, or fabrication difficulties occur, we would again be faced with a need to quickly re-import the special nuclear material to (the US, fabricate the finished fuel assemblies, and export the assemblies to the ultimate consignees. We are therefore applying for the following licensing actions:
Kilograms U-235 Kilograms Uranium XSNM-1112 958.1 36,443.1 XSNM-lll3 1692.4 50,037 A.
To import from West Germany up to the amounts of U-235 and uranium shown in the above table; and B.
To export to the ultimate consignees shown on XSNM-lll2 and XSNM-lll3 the amounts of U-235 and uranium shown on the above table.
The expiration dates for these licensing actions may be as shown on the original licenses, XSNM-lll2 on November 1,1979 and XSNM-lll3 on August 1, 1979.
Very truly yours, J-+
W. S. Nechodom, Manager Licensing and Compliance
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