ML20202E983
| ML20202E983 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Issue date: | 01/26/1999 |
| From: | Adams J UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORP. (USEC) |
| To: | Paperiello J NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20136E180 | List: |
| References | |
| GDP-99-0018, GDP-99-18, NUDOCS 9902030251 | |
| Download: ML20202E983 (4) | |
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i Dr. Carl J. Paperiello Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP)
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS)
Docket Nos. 70-7001 & 70-7002 Submittal of NRC Form 327, "Special Nuclear Material (SNM) and Source Material (SM)
Physical Inventory Summary Report" INFORMATION TRANSMITTED HEREWITH IS PROTECTED FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AS CONFIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL OR FINA'NCIAL INFORMATION AND/OR TRADE SECRETS PURSUANT TO 10 CFR 2.790(d)(1)
Dear Dr. Paperiello:
As required by 10 CFR 74.17(a) and the Fundamental' Nuclear Material Control Plans (FNMCPs),
the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) is submitting to the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) "SNM and SM Physical Inventory Summary Reports" for the Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio, Gaseous Diffusion Plants. These Form 327 documents in Enclosures 1 & 2 cover the inventory periods ending December 2,1998, for both plants.
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-All enclosed documents contain confidential commercial or financial information and/or trade secrets that are exempt from public disclosure pursuant to Section 1314 of the Atomic Energy Act
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of 1954, as amended, and 10 CFR 2.790(d)(1). USEC hereby requests that the enclosed Form 327 documems be withheld from public disclosure.
g The inventory for Portsmouth was taken at 1400 hours0.0162 days <br />0.389 hours <br />0.00231 weeks <br />5.327e-4 months <br /> on December 2,1998. The inventory for Paducah was taken at 1700 hours0.0197 days <br />0.472 hours <br />0.00281 weeks <br />6.4685e-4 months <br /> on December 2,1998. includes bi-monthly, cascade inventory data for Portsmouth for the period October 1, 1998 through December 2,1998:
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Line.7 includes an entry to correct fo'r statistically significant biases which were present in accountability measurement systems. The corrections were derived from measurement
- control data for accountability measurements performed during the inventory period.
e Prior Period Adjustments on Line 8 reflect corrections made to Low Enriched Uranium product cylinders withdrawn in prior periods which were sampled in the October-
. November period.
The resulting Inventory Differences (ids) for uranium element and 235U isotope were within control limits. ' includes bi-monthly, cascade inventory data for Paducah for the period October 1,1998, through December 2,1998:
The ID reported on Line 6 includes an adjustment of-658 grams uranium and +133 235 grams U, to correct assr.y changes for Product and Tails withdrawals from the Cascade in July and September. A Prior Period Adjustment _ (PPA)is entered on Line 8 to reflect this one-time correction.
Line 7 includes an entry to correct for statistically significant biases which were present in accountability measurement systems. The corrections were derived from measurement control data for accountability measurements performed during the inventory period.
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' The resulting ids for uranium element and for U were within all controllimits.
There are no new commitments made in this letter. Should you have any questions or comments on the enclosed information, please call me at (301) 564-3410 or Mark Lombard at (301) 564-3248.
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Enclosures:
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'cc: NRC Region III Office
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AFFIDAVIT OF STEVEN A. TOELLE -
SUPPORTING APPLICATION TO WITHHOLD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE FORM 327 DOCUMENTS FOR THE PADUCAH AND PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS I, Steven A. Toelle, Manager, Nuclear Regulatory Assurance and Policy Group, United States
. Enrichment Corporation (USEC), having been duly sworn do hereby affirm and state:
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I am a manager of USEC and have been authorized by USEC to (a) review the information
-owned by USEC which is referenced herein relating to the Paducah and Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plants and which USEC seeks to have withheld from public disclosure pursuant to section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), as' amended, 42 U.S.C. I 2167, and 10 CFR 2.790(a)(3), 2.790(a)(4),
2.790(d)(1) and 9.17(a)(4), and (b) apply for the withholding of such information from public disclosure by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on behalf of USEC.
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 74.17(a), USEC has prepared a Form 327, Special Nuclear Material (SNM) and Source Material (SM) Physical Inventory Summary Report for each of the Paducah and Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plants which describes the amount of nuclear material possessed by USEC at each plant.10 CFR 2.790(d)(1) states that correspondence and reports to or from the NRC containing information concerning an applicant's material control and ae ounting program for special nuclear material not otherwise designated as Safeguards Information et classified as National Security Information or Restricted Data are deemed to be confidential commercial or financial information exempt from public disclosure. Accordingly, USEC requests that the Paducah and Portsmouth Form 327 documents be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to section 147 of the AEA,42 U.S.C. 5 2167, and 10 CFR 2.790(a)(3),2.790(a)(4),2.790(d)(1) and 9.17(a)(4).
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Steven Al Toelle,- having been duly sworn, hereby confirms that I am Manager, Nuclear
- Regulatory Assurance and Policy Group, of USEC, that I am authorized on behalf of USEC to review the information attached hereto and to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this affidavit and
- the attachments hereto, and that the statements made a' d matters set forth herein are true and correct to n
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{ On this 26th day of January,1999, the Manager signing above personally appeared before me, is known by me to be the person whose name is subscribed to within the instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained.
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