ML20205Q714
| ML20205Q714 | |
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| Site: | Fermi  |
| Issue date: | 04/15/1999 |
| From: | Brown S NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 9904220035 | |
| Download: ML20205Q714 (3) | |
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SAFETY EVALUATION BY OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY AND SAFEGUARDS RELATED TO AMENDMENT NO.16 TO FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE NO. DPR-9 i
DETROIT EDISON COMPANY ENRICO FERMI ATOMIC POWER PLANT. UNIT 1 DOCKET NO. 50-16
1.0 INTRODUCTION
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By letter dated July 17,1998, the Detroit Edison Company (DECO or the licensee) submitted a request to have Facility Operating License No. DPR-9, for the Enrico Fermi Atomic Power Plant Unit 1 (Fermi 1 or the facility) amended. The licensee requested the addition of a new Part 2.B.(4) to the Fermi 1 License, to allow possession of nominal amount of special nuclear material. The new License Condition would appear as follows:
2.B.(4) Pursuant to the Act and 10 CFR Part 70, " Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material" to receive, acquire, possess, use and transfer, but not separate, special nuclear material in a quantity not to exceed 15 grams of U-235, U-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof and not to exceed plutonium activity of
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2 curies. If special nuclear material in quantities exceeding 15 grams or more than 1
2 curies of plutonium are identified in plant contamination in the future, this license permits possession and transfer of special nuclear material and the additional applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 70, Part 73, and Part 74 will apply for the amount possessed.
l 2.0 EVALUATION
~ During earlier phase of the Fermi 1 decommissioning process, all fuel and blanket assemblies
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fuel and blanket material were removed from the site, the special nuclear material sections of the license were deleted. However, it is now believed that trace quantities of special nuclear material may be contained in plant systems. The exact wording of the license does not cover possession of special nuclear material remaining from plant operation, since only possession of the reactor and byproduct material are addressed. The 10 CPR Part 30 definition of byproduct 8
material excludes special nuclear material. Further, the licensee recognizes that contaminated 9904220035 990415 ~
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, apparatus, tools, hardware, or equipment b'rought onsite for Fermi 1 remediation may contain incidental amounts of special nuclear material.
Thus, the licensee has requested authorization to receive, possess, use, and transfer, but not separate, a small amount of special nuclear material not to exceed 15 grams of U-235, U-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof and the plutonium activity not to exceed 2 curies. This amount of special nuclear material is less than the amount considered of low strategic significance as defined in 10 CFR 70.4. The limit on the amount of special nuclear materialis below the 10 CFR Part 70 limit requiring material status reports, criticality monitoring, formal security plan, an emergency plan or maximum release evaluation. Further, the licensee proposes to track and keep records of the quantity of special nuclear material at Fermi 1, and to ensure the licensed limit is not exceeded. If the 15 grams of U-235, U-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof, or the plutonium activity 2 curies limits ar9 exceeded, the licensee will be j
authonzed to possess and transfer of special nuclear material, and the additional applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 70, Part 73, and Part 74 will apply for the amount possessed.
NRC staff finds the licensee's proposal acceptable based on: (1) the amount of special nuclear materiallimit of 15 grams of U-235, U-233, or plutonium, or any combination thereof and the plutonium activity not to exceed 2 curies is below the 10 CFR 70.4 definition of low strategic significance; (2) the licensee will be required to track and keep records of the quantity of special nuclear material at Fermi 1; and (3) if the licensed limit is exceeded, the requirements of 10 CFR Part 70, Part 73, and Part 74 will apply for the amount special nuclear material possessed.
3.0 STATE CONSULTATION
in accordance with P $RC remdations, the Michigan State official was notified of the proposed issuance of the amtJtdment. The State official had no comments.
4.0 ENVIRONMENTAL CONSIDERATION
The amendment allows possession of a nominal amount of special nuclear material. NRC staff 1
has previously issued on October 21,1998, a proposed finding that the amendment involves no significant hazards consideration (63 FR 56240), and there has been no public comment on such finding. Further, NRC staff has determined that the amendment involves no significant change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite, and that there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure. Accordingly, the amendment meets the eligibility criteria for categorical exclusion set forth in 10 CFR 51.22(c)(9). Pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmental impact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared in connection with the issuance of the amendment.
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5.0 CONCLUSION
The NRC staff has concluded, based on the considerations discussed above, that: (1) there is reasonable assurance that the health and safety of the public will not be endangered by operation in the proposed manner; (2) such activities will be conducted in compliance with the NRC regulations; and (3) the issuance of the amendment will not be inimical to the common defense and security or to the health and safety of the public.
Principal Contributor: Stewart W. Brown, DWM/NMSS Date: April 15,1999
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