ML20133C430

Forwards Ltr Addressed to J Miller,Usec & Observation Rept 70-7002/96-07 Covering Activities at Usec at Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant from 961026-1206.Formal Transmission of Rept to Be Forwarded Next Week.W/O Encls

ML20133C430
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Site:	Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Issue date:	01/02/1997
From:	Pederson C NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION III)
To:	Jackson J ENERGY, DEPT. OF
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NUDOCS 9701070183
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Mr. J. Dale Jackson l Regulatory Oversight Manager United States Department of Energy P. O. Box 2001 Oak Ridge, TN 37831

SUBJECT:

PORTSMOUTH OBSERVATION REPORT 70-7002/96007(DNMS)

Dear Mr. Jackson:

Attached for your information and use is a cover letter addressed to l Mr. J. H. Miller, USEC, and an observation report covering activities of the United States Enrichment Corporation at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Pl ant. The report contains routine safety and safeguard observations.

Observation activities were conducted from October 26, 1996 through December 6, 1996. The report documents NRC observations during the period as ,

a part of our mutual efforts to transition the regulatory oversight I responsibility for these facilities from the Department of Energy to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

The results of our observations were discussed with your Site Safety Representatives (SSRs) and the USEC plant management throughout the observation period and during an exit meeting at the conclusion of the period.

We are aware that you are tracking many of these issues as a part of your l present regulatory responsibility and that you have communicated these and l other issues to USEC through your recent monthly inspection reports.

We intend to formally transmit this report to the USEC within the next week.

We will gladly discuss any questions you have concerning these observations. I Sincerely, Original Signed by Cynthia D. Pederson, Director Division of Nuclear Materials Safety Docket No. 70-7002

Enclosure:

Observation Report ./

No. 70-7002/96007(DNMS) j'-

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