ML20154A629
| ML20154A629 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Issue date: | 09/28/1998 |
| From: | Toelle S UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORP. (USEC) |
| To: | Paperiello C NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| GDP-98-0203, GDP-98-203, NUDOCS 9810020372 | |
| Download: ML20154A629 (2) | |
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CSEC A Global Energy Company September 28,1998 GDP 98-0203 i
Dr. Carl J. Paperiello Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Attention: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS)
Docket No. 70-7002 Notification that Department of Energy Regulated Activities in the X-326 Exclusion Zone are Complete
Dear Dr. Paperiello:
The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) has completed all Department of Energy (DOE) regulated activities in the leased, but not certified, area known as the X-326 Exclusion Zone [which includes the X-326 Product Withdrawal (PW) area and the High Assay Sampling Area (HASA) vault].
USEC has determined that the X-326 Exclusion Zone meets all applicable Nuclear Regulatory
- Commission (NRC) requirements and Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan commitments. Based on the results of a static special inventory of the area, USEC has determined that converting the X-326 Exclusion Zone to NRC regulation will not result in USEC possessing (across all leased and NRC-regulated areas) special nuclear material (SNM) of either moderate or high s*rategic significance (other than inaccessible residual holdup). Therefore, all applicable requirements contained in the Plan for Achieving Compliance with NRC Regulations at the Portsmouth Plant (Compliance Plan), Issue A.4, Rev. 7, have been satisfied and the X-326 Exclusion Zone is ready to be converted to NRC regulation.
A security sweep of the entire X-326 facility was completed for DOE to provide a high degree of assurance that no materials exist in the USEC-leased and NRC-certified areas of X-326 that would cause USEC to exceed the Category III possession limits (as documented in Safety Analysis Report Table 1-3)
- across all NRC regulated areas.
By copy of this letter, USEC requests that DOE notify NRC and USEC of the intent to transfer regulatory authority and transmit any open findings or issues related to the X-326 Exclusion Zone, as required by Compliance Plan Issue A.4, as soon as possible. This action completes the USEC activities required by Compliance Plan Issue A.4 to turn over the remaining leased areas of the X-326 facility to NRC regulation.
yO 9810020372 980928 PDR ADOCK 07007002
/ 0 6903 Rockledge Drive. Bethesda, MD 20817 1818 Telephone 301-564-3200 Fax 301-564 3201 http://www.usec.com Offices in Livermore, CA Paducah, KY Portsmouth, OH Washington, DC
Dr. Carl J. Paperiello September 28,1998 -
GDP 98-0203, Page 2 USEC requests that NRP a7tove the conversion of the X-326 Exclusion Zone to NRC regulation effective as soon as possibie after receipt of the DOE notification described above.
There are no new commitments made in this submittal. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Lombard at (301) 564-3248.
Sincerely, r
S. G.
12 Steven A. Toelle Nuclear Regulatory Assurance and Policy Manager cc: DOE Site Safety Representative, PORTS Mr. Randall M. DeVault (DOE)
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