ML20207J777
| ML20207J777 | |
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| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 03/04/1999 |
| From: | Emeigh C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| NUDOCS 9903160391 | |
| Download: ML20207J777 (1) | |
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4 UNITED STATES Ij NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION s
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70-1151 LICENSEL:
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, a division of CBS Corporation Columbia, SC j
SUBJECT:
SAFETY EVALUATION REPORT: LICENSE REVISION 15.0 --
TRANSURANICS AMENDMENT FOR THE WESTINGHOUSE COMMERCIAL FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY i
BACKGROUND By letter dated February 12,1999, Westinghouse Electric Corporation submitted an application to amend the Westinghouse Commercial Fuel Fabrication Facility License SNM-1107 Revision 15.0, Pages v and 1.4 to clarify possession limits for feedstock contaminated with transuranics and fission products.
i DISCUSSION J
l The purpose of the revision is to clarify that Westinghouse may process feedstock that has been contaminated with transuranics and fission products not to exceed 3,300 Bq Alpha / KgU or 440,000 MeV Bq Beta / Kg U not to exceed a total mass of 5 grams of plutonium. These maximum concentrations are identical to the limits on alpha and gamma activity specified for
" enriched reprocessed UF," in ASTM C996-96 " Standard Specification for Uranium Hexafluoride Enric..ed to Less Than 5%
6U," and 3,300 Bq plutonium is equivalent to 90 pCi of alpha activity. Uranium enriched to 3.5 weight percent assU has a specific activity of 1.77E-6 Ci/ gram U, or 1.77E+6 pCl. The alpha activity from the plutonium is less than 0.005 percent of the total alpha activity in enriched uranium. The plutonium alpha activity percentage decreases with increased uranium enrichment. Other Part 70 licensees have similar ASTM specification provisions in their licenses. These limits are below the definition of a production facility in 10 CFR 50.2(3)(ii).
ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW These changes are concidered administrative in nature. The staff has determined that the proposed changes do not adversely affect public health and safety or the environment and are categorically excluded from the requirement to prepare a site-specific environmental assessment. Therefore, in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22(c)(11), neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is warranted for this action, j
CONCLUSION The staff has determined that there is no danger to the health and safety of the public and so the amendment is approved. The Region ll inspection staff has no objection to this proposed amendment.
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Charles Gaskin 3///9f 9903160391 990304
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