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MONTHYEARML20217J8171999-10-14014 October 1999 Responds to NRC GL-98-03,completing Portion Which Applies to Safety & Process Control Activities of Y2K Readiness Program to Assure That Computer Sys Will Not Prevent or Degrade Safety Function of Structure,Sys or Component ML20217B7511999-10-11011 October 1999 Forwards Siemens Power Corp Responses to RAI in Ltr ML20217C7671999-10-0606 October 1999 Forwards Proprietary Rev 32 EMF-12(P), Nuclear Matls Safeguards Procedures Description for Fuels Fabrication Plants, Replacing Chapters 2 & 3 of Rev 32,dtd Jul 1999. Proprietary Info Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790(d) ML20217C5651999-10-0404 October 1999 Requests Addl Info Needed Before Action Can Be Taken on Siemens Application for Amend to License SNM-1227 to Authorize Activities with SNM in Fuel Services Bldg.Info Specified in Encl Should Be Provided within 10 Days of Ltr ML20216J5381999-09-30030 September 1999 Forwards RAI Per 990721 Application Requesting Amend to License SNM-1227 to Add Process Waste Storage Area Consisting of Four Tanks & Ion Exchange Column to Ammonia Recovery Facility as Part of Wastewater Treatment Process ML20212G3631999-09-21021 September 1999 Forwards Two Sheets from R Burklin Dose Calculations for Heather & Julie ML20212A1921999-09-10010 September 1999 Submits follow-up to NRC Operations Center Rept 36030 Re Bulletin 91-001 Rept on over-batching of Waste Drums Due to Inaccurate Determinations of U Contents ML20217B5621999-09-0202 September 1999 Ack Receipt of 990806 Application for Amend to License SNM-1227.Acceptance Review Completed & Identified No Administrative Omissions or Deficiencies.Formal Review Anticipated Completion Date of Dec 1999 ML20212G1281999-08-31031 August 1999 Informs That Corporation Is Expected to Produce Approx 40,000 Gallons of Ammonium hydroxide-ammonium Nitrate Solution Per Week.Unsold Solution Will Be Processed Through Arf for Recovery of Ammonia & Then Be Sent to Sewer ML20211G1681999-08-26026 August 1999 Ack Receipt of Transmitting Application for Amend to License SNM-1227 Re Addition to Ammonium Recovery Facility.Acceptance Review Has Identified No Administrative Errors of Omissions ML20211F5791999-08-25025 August 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/99-201 on 990802-05.No Violation Noted.Proprietary Document Enclosed ML20211B9101999-08-19019 August 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/99-202 on 990802-05.No Violations Noted ML20210R8961999-08-12012 August 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/99-02 on 990712-16.No Violations Noted.Insp Consisted of Selective Exam of Procedures & Representatives Records,Interviews with Personnel & Observation of Activities in Progress ML20210T4811999-08-11011 August 1999 Informs That NRC Has Completed Acceptance Review of Application for Amend to License SNM-1227 & Have Identified No Administrative Omissions or Deficiencies.Nrc Anticipates Completing Formal Review by End of Oct 1999 ML20210U0561999-08-11011 August 1999 Responds to 990714 Correspondence,By Which Siemens Sent Revised Page Change to Table I-1.1, Authorized Activities. Since NRC Had Previously Authorized Activity Stated,Change to Application Is Administrative & No Action Is Required ML20210G0681999-07-28028 July 1999 Concludes That Proposed Additions to Chapter 15 of License Application Submitted by Listed Ltrs Demonstrate Applicant Adherence to Conditions in Part I of License Application & That No Amend to License Necessary ML20210E9551999-07-26026 July 1999 Forwards Amend 17 to License SNM-1227,allowing Storage of Moderated Uranium Compounds in sea-land Containers.Safety Condition S-1 Has Also Been Revised to Include Date of 990527.Safety Evaluation Rept,Encl ML20210F1791999-07-23023 July 1999 Forwards Proprietary Rev 32 to EMF-12(P), Nuclear Matls Safeguards Procedures Description for Fuel Fabrication Plants, Replacing All Sections of Existing Plan.Proprietary Encl Withheld ML20216D4351999-07-21021 July 1999 Provides Description of Modifications That Will Be Made to Ammonia Recovery Facility.Wastewater Flowsheet Encl ML20209H5361999-07-15015 July 1999 Ack Receipt of 990519 Application for Amend to License SNM-1227 Re Sale of Ammonium Nitrate/Ammonium Hydroxide Solution Fertilizer.Initial Review of Application Has Identified No Administrative Omissions or Deficiencies ML20209G2561999-07-12012 July 1999 Informs That Staff Has No Comments on Siemens Power Corp Ammonium Recovery Facility - Sepa Determination of non-significance in Response to ML20209D8121999-07-0606 July 1999 Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/99-01. Corrective Actions Will Be Reviewed During Future Insp to Determine That Full Compliance Has Been Achieved ML20196H0021999-06-23023 June 1999 Submits Response to NRC GL 98-03 for Y2K.Upgraded Y2K Ready Primary Control Sys Will Be Installed & Tested in July 1999 ML20196A0931999-06-15015 June 1999 Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/99-01.Corrective Actions:Info Requested by NRC Is Fully Available in Previously Docketed Correspondence ML20209C2711999-06-11011 June 1999 Requests Review & Comment on Encl Sepa Checklist & Other Info on File with City,By 990625 ML20195F9401999-06-0707 June 1999 Concurs That 990331 Proposed Changes to Richland Facility Emergency Plan Do Not Decrease Effectiveness of Plan.Nrc Will Amend License,Within Next Six Months,To Ensure Latest Rev to Plan Is Reflected ML20207B3681999-05-21021 May 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/99-01 on 990322-26,0514 & 21 & Nov.Three Violations Identified Involving Two Examples of Using Transport Containers Which Did Not Meet Terms & Conditions of Applicable Certificate of Compliance ML20206L5371999-05-11011 May 1999 Forwards Amend 16 to License SNM-1227,allowing Storage of Moderated Special Nuclear Matl in sea-land Containers.Ser Also Encl ML20207M0151999-03-11011 March 1999 Informs That Encl Ltr Dtd 950622,explains How NRC Staff Plans to Institute Round Robin Sample Exchange Program Administered by Nbl for Verifying Quality of Licensee U Destructive Measurement Systems.Invoice FL0236-99 Encl ML20207J7221999-02-24024 February 1999 Ack Receipt of 980121 Application for Amend to License SNM-1227.Completed Initial Review with No Administrative Omissions or Deficiencies Identified.Anticipates Technical Review Will Be Completed by First Week in April ML20203G2191999-02-16016 February 1999 Responds to Which Expressed Concerns Re USNRC Plans to Distribute 981221 SRM Re SECY-98-232 & Commission Paper to All Agreement States.Informs That NRC Does Not Plan to Delay Implementation of Actions Specified in SRM ML20202E4141999-01-29029 January 1999 Ack Receipt of 990122 Response to Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/98-204.Implementation of Licensee Corrective Actions Will Be Reviewed During Future Insps ML20202H6241999-01-29029 January 1999 Forwards Siemens Power Corp Best Estimate of Upcoming Work Which Will Require NRC Licensing Actions ML20199K9571999-01-19019 January 1999 Informs of Listed New Address,For Docket 7106851,for Siemens Power Corp,Effective 990101.Postcard with New Address,Encl ML20199F3741999-01-12012 January 1999 Responds to NRC Re Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/98-204.Corrective Actions:All Work on Line 1 Ammonium Diuranate (Adu) Project Was Stopped Until Incident Could Be Fully Investigated & Necessary Actions Implemented ML20206R9451999-01-0707 January 1999 Forwards Pages 15-159 Through 15-174 to Include in Chapter 15 of Siemens Power Corp License Application.Pages Provide Summary of Criticality Safety Analysis for Processes Carried Out in Lagoon U Recovery & Solids Processing ML20198P0991998-12-30030 December 1998 Submits Response to GL 98-03 Re Program Set Forth in EMF-2097, Siemens Power Corp Yr 2000 Readiness & Administered by Yr 2000 Project Team ML20198M8901998-12-23023 December 1998 Forwards Amend 15 to License SNM-1227,amended to Allow Processing of TVA Lead Test Assembly Fuel ML20198A9651998-12-15015 December 1998 Submits Addl Info to Support Request to Amend Limit for transuranic-related Activity in Feedstock for License SNM-1227.Revised License Pages 1-5 & 1-6,correcting Inadvertent Omission of Section 1.6.12,encl ML20198F5701998-12-15015 December 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-05 on 981026-30.No Violations Noted.Areas Examined During Insp Were Operational Safety & Event Review Feedback & Mgt Organization & Controls ML20198B4041998-12-14014 December 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-204 on 981109-13 & Notice of Violation Involving Failure to Control Decommissioning Operations So That Operators Would Verify That Disassembled Equipment Free from Visible U Deposits ML20154S1881998-10-20020 October 1998 Submits follow-up to NRC Operations Ctr Rept 34819 Bulletin 91-001 on Failure to Remove Accumulated Solids from Dismantled Ductwork ML20155A5371998-10-0909 October 1998 Informs That NRC Has Reviewed Changes to Part II of Application for License SNM-1227.Administrative Error Re Three 500 Kw Generators Was Noted.Nrc Would Like to Be Informed as to Whether Interpretation Is Correct ML20153C3091998-09-18018 September 1998 Submits Response to GL 98-03,re Year 2000 Readiness Program ML20151X0591998-09-11011 September 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-04 on 980810-14.No Violations Noted.During Insp,Licensee Conduct of Activities at Siemens Facility Was Generally Characterized by Effective Implementation of Operational Safety,Maint & Surveillance ML20239A5221998-09-0202 September 1998 Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/98-03 on 980717 ML20151W9751998-09-0202 September 1998 Forwards Amend to License SNM-1227,revising to Incorporate Fundamental Nuclear Matl Control Plan.Revised License & Evaluation Rept,Encl ML20151W9951998-09-0101 September 1998 Forwards Amend 13 to License SNM-1227 to Reflect Correct Location of UF6 Cylinder Storage,Adding Filter Presses to Table I-4.1 & Sale of Ammonium Hydroxide for Fertilizer ML20237E7701998-08-26026 August 1998 Forwards Pages 15-133 Through 15-139 Which Provide Summary of Criticality Safety Analysis for Recovery of U from Pellets in Gd Scrap U Recovery Facility for Info & Inclusion in Chapter 15 of Siemens Power Corp License Application 1999-09-30
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MONTHYEARML20217C5651999-10-0404 October 1999 Requests Addl Info Needed Before Action Can Be Taken on Siemens Application for Amend to License SNM-1227 to Authorize Activities with SNM in Fuel Services Bldg.Info Specified in Encl Should Be Provided within 10 Days of Ltr ML20216J5381999-09-30030 September 1999 Forwards RAI Per 990721 Application Requesting Amend to License SNM-1227 to Add Process Waste Storage Area Consisting of Four Tanks & Ion Exchange Column to Ammonia Recovery Facility as Part of Wastewater Treatment Process ML20217B5621999-09-0202 September 1999 Ack Receipt of 990806 Application for Amend to License SNM-1227.Acceptance Review Completed & Identified No Administrative Omissions or Deficiencies.Formal Review Anticipated Completion Date of Dec 1999 ML20211G1681999-08-26026 August 1999 Ack Receipt of Transmitting Application for Amend to License SNM-1227 Re Addition to Ammonium Recovery Facility.Acceptance Review Has Identified No Administrative Errors of Omissions ML20211F5791999-08-25025 August 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/99-201 on 990802-05.No Violation Noted.Proprietary Document Enclosed ML20211B9101999-08-19019 August 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/99-202 on 990802-05.No Violations Noted ML20210R8961999-08-12012 August 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/99-02 on 990712-16.No Violations Noted.Insp Consisted of Selective Exam of Procedures & Representatives Records,Interviews with Personnel & Observation of Activities in Progress ML20210U0561999-08-11011 August 1999 Responds to 990714 Correspondence,By Which Siemens Sent Revised Page Change to Table I-1.1, Authorized Activities. Since NRC Had Previously Authorized Activity Stated,Change to Application Is Administrative & No Action Is Required ML20210T4811999-08-11011 August 1999 Informs That NRC Has Completed Acceptance Review of Application for Amend to License SNM-1227 & Have Identified No Administrative Omissions or Deficiencies.Nrc Anticipates Completing Formal Review by End of Oct 1999 ML20210G0681999-07-28028 July 1999 Concludes That Proposed Additions to Chapter 15 of License Application Submitted by Listed Ltrs Demonstrate Applicant Adherence to Conditions in Part I of License Application & That No Amend to License Necessary ML20210E9551999-07-26026 July 1999 Forwards Amend 17 to License SNM-1227,allowing Storage of Moderated Uranium Compounds in sea-land Containers.Safety Condition S-1 Has Also Been Revised to Include Date of 990527.Safety Evaluation Rept,Encl ML20209H5361999-07-15015 July 1999 Ack Receipt of 990519 Application for Amend to License SNM-1227 Re Sale of Ammonium Nitrate/Ammonium Hydroxide Solution Fertilizer.Initial Review of Application Has Identified No Administrative Omissions or Deficiencies ML20209G2561999-07-12012 July 1999 Informs That Staff Has No Comments on Siemens Power Corp Ammonium Recovery Facility - Sepa Determination of non-significance in Response to ML20209D8121999-07-0606 July 1999 Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/99-01. Corrective Actions Will Be Reviewed During Future Insp to Determine That Full Compliance Has Been Achieved ML20195F9401999-06-0707 June 1999 Concurs That 990331 Proposed Changes to Richland Facility Emergency Plan Do Not Decrease Effectiveness of Plan.Nrc Will Amend License,Within Next Six Months,To Ensure Latest Rev to Plan Is Reflected ML20207B3681999-05-21021 May 1999 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/99-01 on 990322-26,0514 & 21 & Nov.Three Violations Identified Involving Two Examples of Using Transport Containers Which Did Not Meet Terms & Conditions of Applicable Certificate of Compliance ML20206L5371999-05-11011 May 1999 Forwards Amend 16 to License SNM-1227,allowing Storage of Moderated Special Nuclear Matl in sea-land Containers.Ser Also Encl ML20207M0151999-03-11011 March 1999 Informs That Encl Ltr Dtd 950622,explains How NRC Staff Plans to Institute Round Robin Sample Exchange Program Administered by Nbl for Verifying Quality of Licensee U Destructive Measurement Systems.Invoice FL0236-99 Encl ML20207J7221999-02-24024 February 1999 Ack Receipt of 980121 Application for Amend to License SNM-1227.Completed Initial Review with No Administrative Omissions or Deficiencies Identified.Anticipates Technical Review Will Be Completed by First Week in April ML20203G2191999-02-16016 February 1999 Responds to Which Expressed Concerns Re USNRC Plans to Distribute 981221 SRM Re SECY-98-232 & Commission Paper to All Agreement States.Informs That NRC Does Not Plan to Delay Implementation of Actions Specified in SRM ML20202E4141999-01-29029 January 1999 Ack Receipt of 990122 Response to Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/98-204.Implementation of Licensee Corrective Actions Will Be Reviewed During Future Insps ML20198M8901998-12-23023 December 1998 Forwards Amend 15 to License SNM-1227,amended to Allow Processing of TVA Lead Test Assembly Fuel ML20198F5701998-12-15015 December 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-05 on 981026-30.No Violations Noted.Areas Examined During Insp Were Operational Safety & Event Review Feedback & Mgt Organization & Controls ML20198B4041998-12-14014 December 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-204 on 981109-13 & Notice of Violation Involving Failure to Control Decommissioning Operations So That Operators Would Verify That Disassembled Equipment Free from Visible U Deposits ML20155A5371998-10-0909 October 1998 Informs That NRC Has Reviewed Changes to Part II of Application for License SNM-1227.Administrative Error Re Three 500 Kw Generators Was Noted.Nrc Would Like to Be Informed as to Whether Interpretation Is Correct ML20151X0591998-09-11011 September 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-04 on 980810-14.No Violations Noted.During Insp,Licensee Conduct of Activities at Siemens Facility Was Generally Characterized by Effective Implementation of Operational Safety,Maint & Surveillance ML20239A5221998-09-0202 September 1998 Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/98-03 on 980717 ML20151W9751998-09-0202 September 1998 Forwards Amend to License SNM-1227,revising to Incorporate Fundamental Nuclear Matl Control Plan.Revised License & Evaluation Rept,Encl ML20151W9951998-09-0101 September 1998 Forwards Amend 13 to License SNM-1227 to Reflect Correct Location of UF6 Cylinder Storage,Adding Filter Presses to Table I-4.1 & Sale of Ammonium Hydroxide for Fertilizer ML20236R2661998-07-17017 July 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-03 on 980615-19 & Notice of Violation Re Lack of Rigor in Implementation of Std Operating Procedures Used in Segregation of Hazardous Wastes Onsite & Rework of Fuel Cladding ML20236P2141998-06-26026 June 1998 Forwards Proprietary Request for Addl Info Identified in Encl to Ltr Re Revs to Fundamental Nuclear Matl Control Plan.Proprietary Encl Withheld (Ref 10CFR2.790(d)) ML20249A7211998-06-15015 June 1998 Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/98-202 ML20249A9691998-06-15015 June 1998 Refers to 980610 Meeting Conducted at Richland,Wa Re NRC Review of Performance Related to NRC Licensed Activities. List of Attendees & Slides Encl ML20249A2331998-06-11011 June 1998 Informs That QA Program Description Is Acceptable,Based on Review of Organizational Changes Described in Submittals & Addressing of NRC Comments in 980527 Submittal ML20249B2151998-06-0808 June 1998 Discusses Nrc'S Plans to Develop Emergency Response Technical Manual (Rtm) Supplements for Licensee Facility. Copy of Draft Outline for Rtm Supplements,Encl.W/O Encl ML20248J9831998-06-0202 June 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-02 on 980413-17 & 980504-08.No Violations Noted.Insp Included Review of Circumstances Involved W/Fire That Occurred in Waste Handling Facility on 980415 Acceptable ML20248D8441998-05-21021 May 1998 Forwards Amend 12 to License SNM-1227,adding Operation of Solids Processing Facility as Authorized Location for Uranium Recovery.Safety Condition S-1 Revised to Include Dates of 960730 & 970128.Safety Evaluation Rept,Encl ML20248E0791998-05-18018 May 1998 Forwards Amend 11 to License SNM-1227,reflecting New Location for Liquid Effluent Sampling & Flow Measurements. Safety Condition S-1 & Safeguards Condition SG-2.1 Have Been Revised.Ser & Safeguards Evaluation Rept,Encl ML20247D7051998-05-0808 May 1998 Discusses NRC Performance Review of Licensed Activities on 961231-980101.Concludes That NRC Decided to Increase Insp Effort in Packaging & Shipping of Nuclear Fuel & Seek to Reduce Level of Insp in Area of Safeguards ML20247N1791998-05-0808 May 1998 Ack Receipt of ,Which Transmitted Rev 15 to Physical Protection Plan Entitled, Physical Protection Plan for SNM of Low Strategic Significance. Review of Changes Were Found to Be Consistent w/10CFR70.32(e) ML20248J0271998-05-0808 May 1998 Forwards Outline of NRC Review of Licensee Performance in Areas of Safety Operations,Safeguards,Radiological Controls, Facility Support & Licensing Activities ML20217Q9501998-05-0404 May 1998 Forwards Proprietary NOV & Insp Rept 70-1257/98-202 for Insp Conducted on 980406-10.Violation Involved Failure to Maintain Current Knowledge of Special Nuclear Matl Bearing Items.Nov & Insp Rept Withheld,Per 10CFR2.790 ML20216H6381998-04-15015 April 1998 Responds to & Affidavit Signed by Re Vaughan on 980316,requesting That Certain Info in Response to RAI Be Withheld Per 10CFR2.790.Determined That Info Sought to Be Withheld Contains Proprietary Info & Will Be Withheld ML20217J8541998-04-0101 April 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-201 on 980313-19 on Nov. Violations Re Use of Unapproved Procedures & Operator Aids. Corrective Actions Taken by Staff ML20217A9071998-03-17017 March 1998 Forwards Amended License SNM-1227 & SER Re Authorization of Low Level Radioactive Waste Shredding & Uranium from LLRW in Modular Unit ML20217Q5141998-03-0505 March 1998 Ack Receipt of Informing NRC of Steps Taken to Correct Violations Noted in Insp Rept 70-1257/97-07 ML20203K3581998-02-24024 February 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/98-01 on 980126-30.No Violations Noted.Inspector Noted That Staff Had Implemented Effective Programs in Mgt Organization & Controls,Operational Event Review & Feedback & Operator Training & Requalification ML20203A4081998-02-0303 February 1998 Informs That Project Management for Facility Has Been Changed Due to Reorganization of Staff.P Lain Will Be Project Manager Effective 980217 ML20198S4771998-01-16016 January 1998 Forwards Insp Rept 70-1257/97-07 on 971215-19 & 971222-24 & Nov.Insp Included Review of Selected Activities at Facility in Richland,Washington.Noted Staff Implemented Effective Programs in EP & Areas of Operation Reviewed During Insp ML20198Q1211998-01-15015 January 1998 Forwards Amend 9 to License SNM-1227 & Ser.Amend Authorizes Use of Operations Scrap Warehouse 1999-09-30
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\...... June 22, 1995 Siemens Power Corporation ATTN: Mr. L. J. Maas, Manager '
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2101 Horn Rapids Road P.O. Box 130 ,
Richland, WA 99352-0130
Dear Mr. Maas:
In the spirit of the President's National PrograW Review, and to lessen the burden to licensees through cost reduction, we plan to revise our independent sampling verification program. The revised program will more effectively and efficiently verify the quality of licensee uraniu'm destructive measurement systems through their participation in a sample exchange test program. The program will be administered, under NRC contract, by the Department of Energy's New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL), and will be conducted pursuant to 10 CFR 74.82 and 70.56, which state that each licensee shall perform any tests that the NRC deems appropriate or necessary for the administration of the i regulations. This includes special nuclear material (SNM) and facilities, equipment, and devices used in connection with the production, utilization, or storage of SNM.
The present system is costly to both licensees and the NRC, and involves NRC inspectors taking onsite inventory verification samples for performance testing. Material randomly drawn during an inspection is split and submitted for measurement by the licensee and NBL for comparison and follow-up action, j Another concern involves measurement uncertainti'es, such as attendant sampling i variation and impurities,that may cause interferences and complicate the evaluation of analytical data. Currently, typical annual fee-recoverable costs for NBL analytical measurements are approximately $30 thousand for a licensee selected for verification activities. A program continued along the i present lines would involve rising NBL measurements costs. It also would :
require additional sampling to achieve a level of confidence comparable to the round robin system, and consequent additional costs to the licensee.
Presently, additional costs occur from physically drawing samples from process and storage, shipping the material to NBL, and destructively measuring the facility's portion of splits. Other fee-recoverable costs involve NRC inspector time for devising representative sampling plans, observing the drawing of sample material for splitting and shipping, statistically evaluating the resulting measurement data, and taking any necessary follow-up action. This may include supplementary onsite NRC sampling for NBL measurement, to resolve any significant differences.
The round robin testing program will provide a less costly, measurement method-specific approach for inspecting the performance of analytical measurement systems. Performance test results will enable the NRC to more directly evaluate the state-of-the-practice of the facility's selection and qualification of measurement methods, the maintenance and calibration program (including traceability), the training and qualification of facility measurement personnel, and the measurement control program. , ;
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- O Annually, NBL will distribute well characterized, clean product material (00, pellets that hsve been provided by an NRC licensee) for your semiannual analysis of elemental concentration and isotopic (U-235) abundances.
Incorporated into each characterization protocol was a concurrent validation of measurements with suitable certified reference material, and the calculation of measurement uncertainties--as a 95-percent confidence interval.
Comparative results from this interlaboratory "round robin" will be issued to all participants in coded form to maintain anonymity. The annual cost, on a licensing fee-recoverable basis, for each participating low-enriched uranium facility will be roughly $5,100 to cover shipping,. data analyses, and reports.
We expect the licensing fee-recoverable cost for each facility to be approximately a factor of ten lower than an equivalent practice of routinely taking random verification samples nar NBL and licensee destructive analysis.
Further, we will restrict, as needed, any future o'nsite material sampling efforts to special cases that may arise, e.g., pot'ential problem areas involving heterogeneous or unique material. This ' redirected overall approach should improve inspection information, while lower'ing licensee costs substantially.
The brief enclosure outlines how the round robin would be run to fulfill routine NRC requirements, beginning in late 1995. Licensee participation will be part of NBL's Safeguards Measurement Evaluation (SME) Program, through which 00E has monitored its major facilities since 1985. You will be invited to attend the annual SME Program participants meeting that will be held at NBL in October 1995. NRC staff will attend that meeting, which should provide both a comprehensive, working level overview, and an opportunity to have any questions answered in detail.
Please contact Jerry Roth on (301) 415-7257 regarding our plans in the meantime. i Sincerely, (Original signed by)
Philip Ting, Chief Operations Branch Division of fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, HMSS Docket No. 70-1257 License No. SNM-1227
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I NBL will ship samples once per year beginning in October 1995; each shipment will contain enough material to be analyzed on a semiannual basis. Analytical results are to be sent to NBL for statistical analysis semiannually, starting in late 1995. Statistical results will be sent to the participating facility ;
and to the NRC semiannually. A report comparing all participating facilities i in coded form, by material analyzed, will also be distributed.
Low-enriched U0r pellets are packaged in small snap-cap glass vials. Each analysis period's supply includes four pellets. Analyze two pellets for both uranium concentration and isotopic distribution on each of two analysis days.
If a replicate is known to be invalidated, run another so that the appropriate number of analyses is done for each solution. This schedule will allow a statistical evaluation of both within-day and between-day variation. The samples are intended to be analyzed with othar routine samples without special ,
identification to the analyst utilizing your normal accountability measurement methods. For the isotopic measurements, only the U-235 content will be statistically analyzed; the percent relative differences will be given for the other isotopic values for diagnostic purposes.
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KUCLE'J1 REGULATORY COMMISSION Wash {nston, D.C. 20555 0001 INVOICE Invoice No.: FLO236-99 TO: . SIEMENS POWER CORPORATION '
l ATTN:LOREN J. MAAS Invoice Date: 03/16/99 REGULATORY COMPLIANCE P.O. BOX 130
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M. MESSIER 2101 HORN RAPIDS ROAD ,
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I Docket No/ Facility Names Llrense No.: Billing Period: l 070-01257/ SNM-1227 09/27/98 - 01/02/99 l i
Review Costs: ................... $ 0.00 Contract Costs: ................. $ 16,572.00 Balance Due: .................... $ 16,572.00 l
l TERMS. Payment {s due lunediately. Interest will accrue from the invoice date et the annual rate of 5.000%. However, interest will be waived if payment is received within 30 days from the invoice date. Penalty and adnin{strat{ve charges will be essessed on a delinquent invoice. Additional terms and conditions are attached, if applicable.
1 Notes: If there are any quest {ons about the existence or amount of the debt, contact the indiv{ dual named above. For NRC debt collection procedures, including interest and penalty provisions, see 11 U.S.C.1717, 4 CFR 101-105, and 10 CFR 15.
If payment by check, please return this portion with your payment.
Payment ACH, Wire Transfer, Check Payable to
- U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (Reference Invoice No.)
If payment by check, mail to:
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission License Fee & Accounts Receivable Branch Invoice No.: FLO236-99 P.O. Box 954514 St. Louis, MO 63195-4514 Invoice Date: 03/16/99 Change of Billing Address or Bliting Contact? Docket No.: 070-01257 Please mall corrections to the above USNRC address or fax changes to (301) 415 5387. License No.: SNM-1227 Balance Due: $16,572.00 AMOUNT PAID: $
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