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Forwards Amend 4 to License SNM-1107 for Westinghouse, Revising Condition S-2 as Listed & SER
ML20137G017
Person / Time
Site: Westinghouse
Issue date: 03/27/1997
From: Weber M
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To: Robert Williams
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, DIV OF CBS CORP.
Shared Package
ML20137G022 List:
References
TAC-L30954, NUDOCS 9704010287
Download: ML20137G017 (4)


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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 2055fW)o01 j k0,,,,,, 8 March 27, 1997 l 7A//S /

Mr. Robert A. Williams

Safeguards Coordinator Westinghouse Electric Corporation Comercial Nuclear Fuel Division Drawer R i

Columbia, South Carolina 29250

SUBJECT:

EXTENSION OF SCHEDULE - CRITICALITY SAFETY EVALUATIONS

SUMMARY

I (TAC NO. L30954)

Dear Mr. Williams:

1 In accordance with your application dated March 21, 1997, 1997 (Westinghouse ,

reference number NRC-97-009), and pursuant to Part 70 to Title 10 of the Code i of Federal Regulations (CFR), Materials License SNM-1107 is hereby amended to '

extend the schedule for submittal of the summary of a Criticality Safety  !

Evaluation (CSE) for "SNM Storage" from March 31, 1997 to April 30, 1997. '

Accordingly, Safety Condition S-2 has been revised to include April 30, 1997 as the schedule for the CSE summary submittal and reads as follows:

S-2. The Criticality Safety Evaluations (CSEs) and Criticality Safety Analysis (CSAs) will define the criticality safety bases utilized throughout the plant and will be completed as described in Sections 6.4.1 and 6.4.2 of the license application for e:ch step of the process.

A submittal to the NRC will be made by Westinghouse which will include information which the staff will review agairst the commitments listed in Section 6.2.3 of the license application. These submittals will not '

4 be specific commitments, but are intended as i: demonstration of the adequacy of the bases of safety itemized in Section 6.2.3. The contents listed in Section 6.4.2 of the license application are commitments. The demonstration will show the logic used by the Columbia Fuel Fabrication 3 Facility (CFFF) in developing the criticality safety bases. It is j understood that this demonstration may change over time. The submittal will consist of a summary of the CSE or CSA as annotated below for each systein (which shall include fault trees for those systems for which a CSE will be done). The adequacy of the commitments in Section 6.2.3 of I the license application will be evaluated and a reply in the form of a l letter report will be generated and sent from the staff to Westinghouse.

The submittal by the CFFF will be provided according to the following schedule:

  • UN tanks - summary of CSE -10/95 -
  • URRS Dissolver - summary of CSE - 10/95 Q hhD I j M0042 *
  • Solvent Extraction - summary of CSE - TBD*

URRS Scrap Processing:

l 9704010287 970327 DR ADOCK 0700 1

Mr. Robert A. Williams 2

  • Low-Level Waste Processing System - summary of CSA - 9/96 i Mop Water System Equipment - summary of CSA - 9/96  !

Incinerator System -' summary of CSE - 9/96 l l Ash Recovery System - summary of CSE - 9/96' t Liquid Honing System - summary of CSE - 9/96 -

Ultrasonic Cleaning System - summary of CSE - 9/96 i i Shredder System - summary of CSE - 9/96

! e' URRS Waste Treatment - summary of CSA - 11/95 i'

  • IDR Conversion -- summary of CSE - Prior to Restart

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  • ADU Conversion - sumary of CSE - 4/96 ,
  • ADU Pelleting - summary of CSE - 6/96
  • Powder Blending - summary of CSE - 1/96 i
  • Miscellaneous:

Ventilation Systems (Geometry Controlled) -

summary of CSE - 12/97**  !

Ventilation Systems (Moderation Controlled) -

sumary of CSE - 12/97**

Scrubber Systems - summary of CSE - 12/97**

Hoods' & Containment - sumary of CSA - 9/96 Laboratories - summary of CSA - 9/96 ';

  • IFBA - summary of CSA -'3/96
  • Storage Pad - NCS is based on DOE reports K-1920 and K-1663 i e Rods - summary of CSA - 3/96 1
  • Storage summary of CSE - 4/97'
  • Final Assembly - summary of CSE - 6/97
  • UF6 Cylinder Washing - summary of CSE - 12/95

~* The CFFF has performed a CSA upgrade and does not have a specific date for schedule of this CSE at this tfae.

    • These systems are to be coupled with the Columbia Plant Risk Management Program (RMP) to be done for th) EPA.

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Mr. ' Robert A. Williams 3

All other conditions of this license remain the same.

Enclosed are copies of the revised Materials License SNM-1107 and the i

Safeguards Evaluation Report, which includes the Categorical Exclusion. 1 i

Sincerely, I Original signed by: Madams for Michael F. Weber, Chief ,

i Licensing Branch  !

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 4 and Safeguards, NMSS 1 Docket 70-1151 License SNM-1107 Amendment 4 l l

Enclosures:

1. Materials License SNM-1107 l
2. Safeguards Evaluation Report cc: Mr. Wilbur Goodwin, Manager )

Regulatory Affairs '

Westinghouse Electric Corporation Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division Drawer R Columbia, SC 29250 DISTRIBUTION: w/ encl. (Control Nos. 680S)

Docket 70-1151 PUBLIC NRC File Center SH0 ,

Region II FCLB R/F FCSS R/F NMSS R/F FCOB PMDA BHorn, FRIB CBassett, RII Schotoo

  • See previous concurrence OFC FCLB* FCLB* 2E FCLB C FCLB C FCLB NAME CGaskin PShea MAdamsMf[/ MWeber %/S DATE 3/26/97 3/26/97 3/]7/97 3/27/97 C - COVER E = COVER & ENCLOSURE N = NO COPY OFFICIAL RECORD COPY

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All other conditions of this license remain the same.  :

lE . Enclosed are copies of the revised Materials License SNM-1107 and the  ;

i ' Safeguards Evaluation Report, which includes the Categorical Exclusion. i i Sincerely, t'I1G j-klh Michael F. Weber, Chief l

]. Licensing Branch l l Division of Fuel Cycle Safety j -~ and Safeguards, NMSS Docket 70-1151 j' License SNM-1107 l Amendment 4 4

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Enclosures:

1. Materials License SNM-1107
2. Safeguards Evaluation Report

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j. cc: Mr. Wilbur Goodwin, Manager-i Regulatory Affairs i Westinghouse Electric Corporatio'n i Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division
l. Drawer R l Columbia, SC 29250 l

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