ML20154A701

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Forwards Application for Transfers & Amends of Certain Matls Licenses,Listed on Exhibit a to Encl Application
ML20154A701
Person / Time
Site: Westinghouse
Issue date: 09/28/1998
From: Briskman L
AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED
To: Paperiello C, Reyes L
NRC OFFICE OF INSPECTION & ENFORCEMENT (IE REGION II), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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51 WEST 62 STREET NEW YORK. NEW YORK 10019 4188 Q12) 975-4915 FAX:912)597-4031 4 OUIS J. SRLsKMAN gEggE September 28,1998 WT Mr. Carl J. Paperiello, Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S.NuclearRegulatory Commission Washington,DC 20555-0001 Noted Copy: Mr. Louis A. Reyes Regional Administrator,RegionII U.S.NuclearRegulatoryCommission Re:

Application for Transfers and Amendments of Materials Licenses

Dear Mr. Paperiello:

Enclosed for filing is an Application for Transfers and Amendments of certain materials licenses more specificallylisted on Exhibit A to the enclosed Application. The filing is necessitated by the sale (with certain exceptions)of the assets of the nuclear and government operations business of CBS Corporation, formerly Westinghouse Electric Corporation ("CBS"), to a consortium consisting of Morrison Knudsen Corporation and BNFL USA Group, Inc. (the " Purchasers"). The Purchasers have considerable expertise in the nuclear and government operations business.

The Application requests that the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ("NRC") approve the transfers of the licenses, approvals and certificateslisted on Exhibit A, and the related

. amendments associated with the transfers, to a new company, Westinghouse Electric j

Company, LLC, a MK/BNFL Company ("WELCO"), to be formed by the Purchasers pnor to the closing of the sale transaction. Details on the sale transaction giving rise to the instant Application are provided therein.

The enclosed Application demonstrates that the proposed transfers will not involve any change in the operating organization, location, facilities, equipment or procedures associated with the licensed activities,and that there will be no changes in the use, j

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possession, locations or storage oflicensed material as a result of the sale transaction.

Current CBS employees responsible for licensed materials and activities will become q

WELCO employees and will continue to be responsible for such activities after the transfers. WELCO will meet all requirements for a NRC licensee and holder of approvals and certificates, including financial and technical qualifications.WELCO will agree to abide by all commitments and representations made to the NRC prior to the transfers, as i

well as all of the terms and conditions of the licenses, approvals and certificates.

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.Mr. Carl J. Paperiello Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

. September 28,1998 Certain information supporting the Application, such as the identitication of all the directors and officers of WELCO,is not yet available. Such information will be provided as soon as it becomes available prior to the contemplated Closing Date of the sale transaction.

Executed originals of draft documents contained in the Application will be similarly submitted.

In conjunction with the sale transaction, applications for transfers and amendments of other NRC and Agreement State licenses, approvals and certificates also will be filed. In addition, closing of the sale transaction involves review or approval of other regulatory agencies in addition to the NRC. Therefore,CBS requests the NRC to make the transfers i

and amendments effective as of the Closing Date of the sale transaction. As it is currently contemplated that the Closing Date will occur on or about December 1,1998, issuance of the NRC's approvalis requested by no later than that date. CBS will keep the NRC l

informed of progress in obtaining other approvals, the timetable established for closing the sale transaction and the Closing Date.

CBS further requests that, as of the effective date of the transfers requested by the Application,the NRC consider that any other pending applications for approvals or amendments with respect to the licenses, approvals and certificates which are the subject of such Applicationbe considered as the pending applicationsof the transferee.

CBS will pay the fees for processing the requested amendment,which is subject to full cost review, upon billing by the NRC in accordance with 10CFR 170.12 CBS also would appreciate the NRC adding the individuals on the attached list to the service list for correspondencerelated to the enclosed Application.

Should there be any questions regarding this matter please contact Mr. A. Joseph Nardi, License Administrator, Regulatory Affairs at: (412) 374-4652, Fax: (412) 374-3357, email: nardiaj@ Westinghouse.com.

Very truly yours,

. O Louis J. Briskman Executive Vice President and General Counsel Enclosure I

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Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards September 28,1998 Additions to Service List Lisa A. Campagna,Esq.

Westinghouse Electric Company, a division ofCBS Corporation P.O. Box 355 Pittsburgh,PA 15230-0355 j

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