ML20206A606

Advises That License Condition 2.1.1 Revised & New Unnumbered License Condition Being Added to Amend MPP-2 to License SNM-1168,per Encl Revised Transitional Facility Attachment 6 Dtd 861001.Encl Withheld (Ref 10CFR2.790)

ML20206A606
Person / Time
Site:	07001201
Issue date:	12/08/1986
From:	Brown W NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Watters J BABCOCK & WILCOX CO.
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NUDOCS 8704080101
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..... ote - 8198s DESIGNATED ORlGlNAL SGNI:RLJ 70-1201 Babcock & Wilcox Company Commercial Nuclear Fuel Plant ATTN: Mr. J. P. Watters License and Control Administrator P.O. Box 11646 Lynchburg, Virginia 24506-1646 Gentlemen: ,

This letter concerns Transitional Facility Attachment (TFA) No. 6 dated August 1,1983 which was effected as a condition of your License No. SNM-1168 per our letter to you dated December 19, 1983.

As a result of negotiation between the U.S. Negotiating Team and IAEA Technical Advisory Council, Code 3.1.3 (Physical inventory taking) of TFA No. 6 has been modified to read Annually, rather than dem1-annua ny, as the required nominal frequenc/. Enclosure A to this letter (TFA No. 6 in its entirety) reflects this change in the form of revised Page No. 5 dated October 1, 1986.

Wewishtotakethisopportunitytoremindyouthat10CFRParI75.35(a) requires the submission of a Material Balance Report (DOE /NRC Form-742) and Physical Inventory Listing (DOE /NRC Form-742C) only after the taking of a physical inventory.

Taking into account the revision made to Code 3.1.3 of TFA No. 6, your request of January 31, 1986 to implement an annual inventory frequency as permitted under the provisions of 10 CFR 74.31, denied in our response to you dated March 6, 1986, may now be granted. 'iince your Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan submitted per the requirements of 10 CFR 74.31(b)(1) has not been approved, an exception to the requirements of 10 CFR 70.51(e)(3)(ii),

as qualified in Section 5.1.2 of yonr FNMC Plan, is appropriate.

In order to effectuate revised Code 3.1.3 of TFA No. 6 and to grant a yearly physical inventory, current License Condition 2.1.1 is hereby revised and a new Licenseunnumbered License Condition No. SNM-1168, i', being addedtotoread effective im1ediately, Amendment MPP-2 to your as follows:

2.1.1 The licensee thall follow Codes 2. through 7., as appli-cable, of Transitional Facility Attachment (TFA) No. 6 of those pages dated August 1, 1985 and Page No. 5 dated October 1, 1936 to the Protocol of the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement.

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Unnumbered Notwithstanding the requirement of Section 5.1.2 of the approved FNMC Plan to conduct physical inventories at in-tervals not to exceed 210 days with a minimum of two (2) inventories per calendar year, the licensee has until November 14, 1987 to start the next physical inventory.

Thereafter, physical inventories are to be conducted at least once every twelve months.

It should be noted that the addendum contained as Enclosure 2 (US/IAEA Clarifying License Conditions) of our letter to you dated December 19, 1983 rerrains in effect.

Please also note, the markings on the enclosed Transitional Facility Attachment that read " Safeguards Confidential" are of IAEA origin and have no connotation in regards to any domestic security classification.

It has been detennined that the enclosed Transitional Facility Attachment No. 6 dated contains August in its 1,information entirety 1983 (except of aPage type 5specified which isindated 10 CFROctober 1, 1986) ).

2.790(d Accordingly, pursuant to Section 2.790(d)(1), such information is deemed to be comercial or financial information within the meaning of 10 CFR 9.5(a)(4) and shall be subject to disclosure only in accordance with the provisions of 10 CFR 9.12.

Sincerely, Willard B. Brown, Chief Safeguards Material Licensing and International Activities Branch Division of Safeguards, NMSS

Enclosure:

As stated i