ML20027B428
| ML20027B428 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Framatome ANP Richland |
| Issue date: | 02/08/1982 |
| From: | Malody C SIEMENS POWER CORP. (FORMERLY SIEMENS NUCLEAR POWER |
| To: | Crow W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| 20250, NUDOCS 8209200436 | |
| Download: ML20027B428 (7) | |
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2101HwnRmidsRoal P. G Bn 130. Rm%nd, Washngtwo.tW2 February 8, 1982 RECElV~co Phone:(509)375-8100 Telex: 15-2878
'^9 FEB 12 AM 11 19 Mr. W. T. Crow, Section Leader Uranium Process Licensing Section Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch Ub IN C EEG.
Division of Fuel Cycle & Material Safety U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
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20555 License No. SNM-1227 Docket No. 70-1257
Dear Mr. Crow:
Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc. intends to modify and expand its Horn Rapids Fuel Fabrication Plant facilities, as outlined below and detailed to a limited extent in the Attachment. This letter is supplementary to and supercedes a letter to you from H. Paul Estey dated June 22, 1979.
The items listed are based upon our current business plan and are sub-ject to change.
1.
Two office buildings will be added to eliminate the use of trailers for office space and to provide space for personnel currently housed at other locations.
2.
The Engineering Laboratory will be enlarged to accommodate research activities currently being performed in the Research and Technology Center.
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Equipment in the temporary laundry facility will be relocated to an existing facility.
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Selected process equipment will be added or modified to increase fuel production capacity.
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A solid waste treatment facility will be added for waste j
volume reduction and product recovery.
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Liquid waste treatment facilities will be added to allow sewering of liquid wastes following the removal of objection-able chemicals and uranium.
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Fuel production capacity will be further increased by equip-ment addition and perhaps the utilization of certain alternate processes.
A summary of the activities involved in the individual parts of this program, including estimated schedules, are enclosed. A number of the identified additions or modifications will not be used for conduct FEE I
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W. T. Crow February 8, 1982 of licensed activities, but are included for your information. For each item listed, an opinion as to whether a license amendment is required is indicated. Following your review of this memo, it would be appreciated if you would respond to that opinion similar to your letter to W.S. Nechodom dated September 26, 1979. Environmental information and license amend-ment applications, where and when required, will be submitted at appro-priate future dates.
Very truly yours, 4
A C. W. Malody, Manage Licensinn & Compliance, Operating Facilities CWM:cle Attachment bec:
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4 ENCLOSURE The location of the items described below are identified by number on the attached-site plan.
1.
Office Building Additions lA Start of Construction --3/82 Completion - 10/82 Size - 8,000 sq. ft. - 1 story Environmental Impact - Construction activities License Amendment not required.
1B Start of Construction 3/82 Completion - 6/83 Size - 30,000 sq. ft.
-2 story Environmental impact - construction activities Licensa amendment not required.
2.
Engineering Laboratory Addition Start of Construction - 6/82 Completion - 6/83 Size - 10,000 sq. ft. - 2 story Environmental impact - construction activity; there may be nominal increases in gaseous and liquid radioactivity content as compared to current effluents; however, total activity will remain well within approved limits.
License amendment not required.
Comments:
Research and Development work currently being accomplished at the Research and Technology Center under State License No. WN-1062-2 will be transferred to the Engineering Laboratory.
The principal effort at this time is development of sphere-pac technologies for the manufacture of reactor fuels. Development effort to-date has used depleted uranium.
In the expanded Engineering Laboratory, this work may bo expanded to allow fabrication of fuel rods from low enriched uranium for test purposes.
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penmanent Laundry Facility j
Start of Relocation - 3/82 1
Completion - 9/82 Size - 700 sq. ft. - 1 story Environmental inpact - Minor construction activities; the existing operation in a temporary facility will be relocated 4
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and dryer will be added to brighten some of the laundry fol-lowing the current dry cleaning method. The safety controls and environmental effects will be equal or superior to those of the temporary facility. Licensing amendment not required.
Comments: A temporary laundry facility has been in use for i
over two years. The laundry equipment from the temporary l
facility is being relocated to an existing building. A new ventilation system will be installed which will incorporate HEPA filtration and continuous stack gas sampling similar to other existing facilities. The 13 quid effluent from the washing process will be held in tankage and analyzed for uranium' prior to discard to sewer. The dryer exhaust will be HEPA filtered through the building. exhaust system.
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Increased UO Fuel Production Capacity Thid will involve an addition to the UO, facility to house the existing U 0 facility, the addition of selected 3g process' equipment pieces similar to existing pieces and l ~
relocation of the tube cleaning station. The major individual steps are outlined below.
4.1 UO Building Start of Modification - 3/82 Completion - 12/83 l
Environmental Impact - None; all activity will be within j
existing facility; existing exhaust system will maintain uranium concentrations in the stack gases to within existing limits.
Licensing amendment not required.
l Comments: The existing UF -UO two conversion lines will 2
l beexpandedtobytheaddikionofselectedprocessequip-ment pieces similar to existing pieces.
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The peletizing and rod. fabrication area will be upgraded by the addition of selected process equipment piace?.
The tube cleaning station will be relocated to the ware-house area.
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s v Start of Construction,- 4/82 Completion - 10/82 Size - 1,200 sq. ft. - 1 story Environmental impact - construction activity; existing exhaust systems will be used which will maintain uranium concentrations in the stack gases to within existing limits.
License amendment not required.
Comment: The addition will be contiguous to the UO2 building and powder storage area.
The existing U38 equipment will be relocated and expanded.
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Solid Waste Uranium Recovery Facility
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Start of Construction - 8/83 Completion - 10/84 Size - 12,000 sq. ft. - 1 story Environmental impact - to be determined.
License amendment will be required.
Comments: The original selection of the carbonate leach process has been reevaluated and has been replaced by an incinerator process in order to attain a significant increase in waste volume reduction.
Incineration will be followed by nitric acid leaching of the ash for product recovery.
Addi-tional information will be submitted later.
6.
Liquid Waste Treatment and Disposal l
Start of construction - 6/82 Completion - 12/83 l
Environmental impact - to be determined.
l License amendment required.
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Comment:
Current practice is to route all process wastes containing chemicals and urar ium to storage lagoons.
Exxon Nuclear has submitted an application for a new wante Pischarge Parmit to the State of Washington Department of Ecology which would allow discharging all chemi. cal wastes to the sewer.
This permit will require the addition of certain waste treat-ment facilities for removal of ammonia and fluoride to meet l
discharge requirements.
It will also require the processing l
of wastes through the existing ion exchange facilities for l
uranium removal to meet the discharge limits stipulated in 10 CFR 20.303.
Implementation of the revised discharge plan will be in two phases.
Phase I will allow discard of chemical waste streams of low ammonia and uranium content to ; ewer through simple piping changes.
Phase II will provide waste
treatment facilities for ammonia removal prior to discard.
Completion of both phases of the plan will allow discon-tinuance of the discharge of wastes to lagoons for long-term storage. Additional information will be submitted.
7.
Further Increase of UO Fuel Production Capacity Start of Construction - 6/85 Completion - 12/86 Environmental impact - to be determined.
License amendment requirement undetermined.
Comments: This will involve construction of ancillary buildings and installation of a significant amount of equipment.
It may also involve new process technology. Additional informat3on will be provided as plan details become more firm.
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