ML20148C261

Forwards Fr Notice of Receipt of Application for Amend to License SNM-368.Amend Provides Addl Flexibility for Changes Using More Generic Criticality Criteria in Fabrication of Enriched U Fuel Elements

ML20148C261
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Site:	07000371
Issue date:	11/19/1979
From:	Cunningham R NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Kirk W UNITED NUCLEAR CORP., UNITED NUCLEAR CORP. (SUBS. OF UNC, INC.)
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Docket flo.70-371 License No. SNM-36'3 g g )g7g United Nuclear Corporation ATTN: Mr. W. F. Kirk, Manaaer '

Nuclear and Industrial Safety Department flaval Products Di,ision 67 Sanriy Desert Road Uncasville, Connecticut 06382 Gentlemen:

Enclosed is a copy of a Notice which has been forwarded for publication in the Federal Register. This Notice contains a list of major proposed licensing actions that have been filed with the Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards that have not been previously noticed in the Federal Register. The listing inc'udes an application filed by you. Accordingly, you are requested to post a copy of this Notice for the information of your employees. A copy of your referenced application should be available to employees upon request.

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Richard E. Cunningham, Director Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

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7590-01 UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTICE OF RECEIPT OF APPLICATIONS FOR LICENSES AND APPLICATIONS FOR AMENDMENTS AND RENEWAL OF LICENSES AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety.

ACTION: Notice of receipt of applications for licenses and applications for amendments and renewal of licenses for nuclear fuel cycle operations, major research and development activities involving use of radioactive materials, and major radioactive material processors.

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SUMMARY

In order to make the public more aware of the various l 1

proposed licensing actions that are submitted to the Division of Fuel l Cycle and Material Safety, the Division has adopted the practice of placing a notice in the FEDERAL REGISTER upon receipt of an application for a license, major amendment or renewal of a license for nuclear fuel cycle operations or major processing and research and development I activities involving radioactive materials. In order to establish a baseline position, this Notice lists all of the actions of the types indicated above that are currently under considera. tion by the Division, that have not been previously noticed in the FEDERAL REGISTER. The applications are listed under the licensing branch in the Division that is responsible for the review.

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i i A. Uranium Fuel Licensing Branch (Acting Chief, William T. Crow (301-427-4510))

1. Babcock and Wilcox Company, Lynchburg Research Center, Lynchburg, ,

Virginia Docket No.70-824; License No. SNM-778 4

i Application for renewal of the license to develop, test, and examine nuclear i

reactor fuels and to develop overall fuel cycle processes.

2. Battelle Memorial Institute, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories',

Richland, Washington Docket No.70-984; License No. SNM-942 Application for renewal of a special nuclear material license. The license covers a broad range of research and development operations using -

limited amounts of special nuclear material. ,

3. Combustion Engineering Company, Uranium Fuel Fabrication Plant, Hematite, Missouri Docket No. 70-36; License No. SNM-33 Application to amend the special nuclear material license to authorize the expansion of the existing uranium hexafluoride conversion plant to twice the current capacity.

4. Exxon Nuclear Company, Inc., Experimental Test Facility, Richland, Washington Docket No. 70-2219 Application for an special nuclear material license to authorize the construction and operation of a laboratory scale experimental test facility for the enrichment of uranium using laser beams.

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facility and issued a negative declaration in the FEDERAL REGISTER on October 4, 1976 (41 FR 43782).

5. Texas Instruments Incorporated, Fuel Fabrication Facility, Attleboro, Massachusetts Docket No. 70-33; License No. SNM-23 Application for renewal of the special nuclear material license to fabricate plate type fuel elements for research reactors.

6. United Nuclear Corporation, Naval Products Division Uncasville.

Connecticut Docket No.70-371; License No. SNM-368 Application for an amendment to provide additional flexibility for changes, using more generic criticality safety criteria. in the fabrication of enriched uranium fuel elements.

B. Advanced Fuel and Spent Fuel Licensing Branen (Chief, Leland C. Rouse (301-427-4205)

1. Battelle Memorial Institute, Battelle Columbus Laboratories, Columbus, Ohio Docket No. 70-8 License No. SNM-7 Application for renewal of the license that covers a broad range of research and development activities utilizing radioactive materials at the applicant's facilities in Columbus and West Jefferson. Ohio.

The application for renewal also requests consolidation of activities authorized under Byproduct Material License No. 34-6854-05 into,a single license (SNM-7).

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2. Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Plutonium Fuels Development Laboratory, Cheswick, Pennsylvania Docket No. 70-1143; License No. SNM-1120 Application for renewal of the special nuciear material license that covers pilot-plant scale fabrication and research and development activities on plutonium reactor fuels.

C. Material Licensing Branch (Chief, Vandy L. Miller (301-427-4002))

! 1. Mallinckrodt, Inc., St. Louis, Missouri l Docket No. 030-0001, License No. 24-02406-01 Application for renewal of the licerise that authorizes possession and processing of byproduct material for distribution to authorized recipients.

The products manufactured by Mallinckrodt are used primarily for medical research, diagnosis, and therapy.

2. Kawecki Berylco Industries, Inc., Boyertown, Pennsylvania l Docket No. 040-06940, License No. SMB-920 l

Application for renewal of the source material license that authorizes processing of low concentration uranium and thorium ores, ore concentrates, slags, and residues for extraction of rare metals.

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CONTACTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Questions or comments concerning these proposed licensing actions should be directed to the Chief of the licensing branch responsible for the licensing review, as identified above, or to Richard E. Cunningham, Director, Divisfon of Fuel Cycle and Material Safety, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

• Comission, Washington, D.C. 20555. Telephone: 301-427-4485.

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Richard E. Cunningh Director  ;

Division of Fuel Cycle and l Material Safety Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards -

l Dated at Silver Spring, Maryland, this 19th day of November 1979.

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