ML20137F870
| ML20137F870 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Issue date: | 03/25/1997 |
| From: | Woolley R UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORP. (USEC) |
| To: | Pierson R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20007F777 | List: |
| References | |
| GDP-97-0040, GDP-97-40, NUDOCS 9704010246 | |
| Download: ML20137F870 (2) | |
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2 Dernocracy Center 6903 Rockledge Drive Bethesda, MD 20817 Tel. (300 564-3200 l'niini %tes Emielunent Corporation March 25,1997 Mr. Robert C. Pierson SERIAL: GDP 97-0040 Chief, Special Projects Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NMSS United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP)
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS)
Docket Nos. 70-7001 and 70-7002 Nuclear Material Quantities on Inventory INFORMATION TRANSMITTED HEREWITH IN ENCLOSURE I IS PROTECTED FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AS CONFIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND/OR TRADE SECRETS PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.790(d)(1) AND
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Dear Mr. Pierson:
With respect to your letter to Mr. J. Dale Jackson dated January 21,1997, USEC has verified that the information contained in your letter regarding the nuclear materials on inventory at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) agrees with our records based on the annual facility-wide inventory completed on September 30,1996. The infonnation in your letter for the Paducah Gaseous DifTusion Plant (PGDP), however, does not agree with our information from the annual facility-wide inventory completed on September 30,1996. It appears that the values utilized by the NRC for cascade solid holdup (both total uranium and 2"U) were taken from the 1995 inventory and not from the 1996 inventory.
Enclosure I provides the nuclear material quantities on invr ntory for PGDP and PORTS, based on the annual facility-wide inventories completed on September 30,1996. As designated irr your letter, Enclosure I contains certain trade secrets and confidential commercial and fmancial information exempt from public disclosure pursuant to Section 1314 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (AEA), as amended, and 10 CFR 2.790. This information should be treated accordingly. This letter may be decontrolled when Enclosure 1 is removed.
As agreed to in conversations with your staff, USEC did not perform a costly special facility-wide physical inventory at the time of transition to NRC regulation on March 3,1997. However, during the Material Control and Accountability (MC&A) inspections at both sites beginning in March and continuing through June 1997, an appropriate book inventory value will be determined and provided informally to 970401024-6 970325 PDR ADOCK 07007001 liEIIIIl3!f!!IfI,!
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Mr. Robert C. Pierson March 25,1997 GDP 97-040 Page 2 the NRC inspection teams As yout letter indicates, USEC expects that these book values will be substantiated by the NRC during the inspections.
If you have any questions concerning this submittal please contact me at (301) 564-3413 or Mark Lombard at (301) 564-3248. There are no new commitments contained in this letter.
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