ML20141L556

Letter to A. Spalding: Approval of WEC Request for a Temporary Change to the Site Emergency Plan

ML20141L556
Person / Time
Site:	Westinghouse
Issue date:	05/22/2020
From:	Jacob Zimmerman NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To:	Spalding A Westinghouse
MDiaz NMSS/DFM/FFL 415.7110
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EPID: L-2020-EPR-0000
Download: ML20141L556 (3)

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 22, 2020 Mr. Amanda Spalding Acting Licensing Manager Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication 5801 Bluff Road Hopkins, South Carolina 29061 -9121 USA

SUBJECT:

APPROVAL OF WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY CHANGE TO SITE EMERGENCY PLAN (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER L-2020-EPR-0000)

Dear Mrs. Spalding:

By letter dated April 9, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML20100G526), as supplemented by letter dated April 22, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20113E923), Westinghouse Electric Company submitted a request to temporarily change the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) Site Emergency Plan (SEP) for review and approval by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) in accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) 70.32(i). On April 22, 2020, the NRC accepted the request for a detailed review (ADAMS Accession No. ML20113E973).

The NRC staff has completed its review of your submittal. The NRC staff concludes that the change to Revision 20 to the CFFF SEP to temporarily change the periodicity of completing the independent audits from annual to biennial continues to meet the applicable requirements of 10 CFR 70.22(i)(3), and provides reasonable assurance that adequate protective measures can and will be taken in the event of a radiological emergency. After these independent audits are completed in 2021, the change will be removed, and the periodicity of the audit will go back to annual. The basis for NRCs finding is contained in the attached safety evaluation input. As such, a new license condition, S-3 has been added to SNM-1107 to document this CFFF SEP temporary change.

This letter and the enclosed amendment closes efforts under Enterprise Project Identification Number L-2020-EPR-0000.

Enclosure 3 of this document contain Official Use Only and Security - Related Information. When separated from Enclosure 3, this document is Decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

A. Spalding 2 In accordance with 10 CFR Section 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this communication, without Enclosure 3, will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the NRCs ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/readingrm/adams.html.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact Ms. Marylin Diaz by telephone at 301-415-7110, or via e-mail at: Marilyn.Diazmaldonado@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Jacob I. Zimmerman, Chief Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 70-1151 License No. SNM-1107

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation Report

2. Special Nuclear Materials License Number 1107 (Public version)

3. Special Nuclear Materials License Number 1107 (Non-Public version) cc: westinghouse_ff@listmgr.nrc.gov OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

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OFFICE NMSS/DFM/FFLB/PM NMSS/DFM/FFLB/LA NMSS/DFM/FFLB/BC NAME MDiaz ELee JZimmerman DATE 05/21/2020 05/21/2020 05/22/2020