ML20207D589
| ML20207D589 | |
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| Issue date: | 05/20/1999 |
| From: | Matthews D NRC (Affiliation Not Assigned) |
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7590-01-P UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION PROJECT NO. 697 NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF STAFF'S SAFETY EVALUATION ON DOE'S TOPICAL REPORT ON THE TRITIUM PRODUCTION CORE The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for establishing the capability to produce tritium, an essential material used in U.S nuclear weapons, by the end of 2005, in accordance with a Presidential decision directive. On July 30,1998, as revised on February 10, _1999, DOE submitted a report to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) entitled,
" Tritium Production Core (TPC) Topical Report." This report contained technical information related to the production of tritium using tritium-producing bumable absorber rods (TPBARs) in a commerciallight-water reactor (CLWR). The NRC staff has reviewed this report and has prepared its safety evaluation.
The staff's safety evaluation, which will be issued as NUREG-1672, concluded that many technical issues have been satisfactorily addressed in the DOE topical report and identified a number of plant-specific interface issues that will need to be addressed in order to determine the acceptability of irradiating a full-core load of TPBARs in any particular CLWR facility.
NUREG-1672 is available for public inspection and copying for a fee at the Commission's
- Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2129 L Street, NW, Washington, DC. Printed Ci copies of NUREG-1672 are available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S.
I Govemment Printing Office, P.O. Box 37082, Washington, DC 20402-9328.
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t' FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: J. H. Wilson, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301) 415-1108; e-mail JHW1 @ nrc.aov Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 20th day of May,1999.
FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION.
DavidB. atthews, Director Divislun of Regulatory improvement Programs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation