ML20198J872
| ML20198J872 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Issue date: | 12/22/1998 |
| From: | Jonathan Brown UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORP. (USEC) |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| 70-7002-98-14, GDP-98-2052, NUDOCS 9812300279 | |
| Download: ML20198J872 (2) | |
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. A Global Energy Company December 22,1998 GDP 98-2052 United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS)
Docket No. 70-7002 Notification of Change in Regulatory Commitment, Notice of Violation (NOV) 70-7002/98014-01 The purpose of this letter is to notify the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) of a change in a regulatory commitment. This commitment was made in USEC letter GDP 98-2048 dated November 23,1998, " Reply to Inspection Report (IR) 70-7002/98014 Notice of Violations (NOVs) 98014-01 and 02." The specifics of this commitment change are provided below.
Background
The subject violation concerned the failure to complete corrective actions required to resolve noncompliances identified in the Compliance Plan (CP). Specifically, example "a" of the NOV identified that 140 of 180 Nuclear Criticality Safety Approvals and Evaluations (NCSA/Es) did not receive a Plant Change Review (PCR) by November 1996, as required by CP issue 8.
USEC's reply to this violation committed to the following action:
"USEC will perform a PCR for the NCSA/E in which PCRs were not performed or could not be located. These PCRs will be completed by January 8,1999."
Descrintion of Revised Commitment "USEC will perform a PCR for the NCSA/E in which PCRs were not performed or could not be located. These PCRs will be completed by January 29,1999."
Justification for Revised Commitment A fire in the X-326 building occurred on December 9,1998. The resources being used to perform 9812300279 981222 3 PDR ADOCK 070070021 l
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December 22,1998 these PCRs are now being used to support the recovery efforts from this event. Presently, only approximately 50% of the PCRs have been completed. Therefore, USEC will not be able to meet the January 8,1999, commitment date.
If you have any questions regarding this submittal, please contact Peter J. Miner at (740) 897-2710.
Sincerely,
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