ML20207M128

Informs of NRC Plans to Revise Independent Sampling Verification Program to More Effectively & Efficiently Verify Quality of Licensee U Destructive Measurement Sys Through Participation in Sample Exchange Test Programs

ML20207M128
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Site:	07000036
Issue date:	06/22/1995
From:	Ting P NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
To:	Junkrans S ABB COMBUSTION ENGINEERING NUCLEAR FUEL (FORMERLY
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ABB Combustion Engineering Inc.

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Mr. S. B. Junkrans, Vice President, fuel Operations Hematite fluclear Fuel Manufacturing P.O. Box 107. Highway P H6matite, MO 63047

Dear Mr. Junkrans:

In the spirit of the President's National Program Review, and to lessen the burden samplingto licensees verification through cost reduction, we plan to revise our independej program.

efficiently verify the quality of licensee uranium destructive measure systems through their participation in a sample exchange test program.

program will be a1 ministered, under NRC contract, by the Department of The Erergy's 10 CFR 74.82New.idBrunswick 70.56 Laboratory (NBL), and will be conducted pursuant to that the NRC deems appr,opriate or necessary for the administraj regulations.

This includes special nuclear material (SNM) and facilities, i

equipment, storage of SNM.and devices used in connection with the production, utilization, or The present system is costly to both licensees and the NRC, and involves NRC inspectors taking onsite inventory verification samples for performance testing.

for measurement by the licensee and NBL for comparison i I

Another concern involves measurement uncertainties, such as attendant sa variation

e. valuationand ofimpurttles that may cause interferences and compilcate the analytical data.

Currently, typical annual fee-recoverable costs for NBL analytical measurements are approximately $30 thousand for a licensee selected for verification activities.

present lines would involve rising NBL measurements costs.A program continued along t It also would require additional sampling to achieve a level of con,ldence comparable to the round robin system, and consequent additional costs to the licensee.

and storage, facility's shipping portion of splits. the material to NBL, and destru Other fee-recoverable costs involve NRC drawing of sample material for splitting and shipping, st evaluating action. This may the resulting include sumeasurement data, and taking any necessary follow-u measurement, to resolve anytgnificant :pplementary onsite NRC sampling for NBL differences.

The round robin testing program will provide a les's costly, measurement method-specific measurement systems. approach for inspecting the performance of analytical 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 progra (including traceability , the training and qualification of facility measurement personnel, a)nd the measurement control program.

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. ABB Combustion Engineering 'Inc. 2-June 22, 1995 Annually, NBL will distribute well characterized, clean product material (00, pellets that have been provided by an NRC licensee) for your semiannual analysis of elemental concentration and isotopic (U-235) abundances.

Inc6rporated into each characterization protocol was a concurrent validation of measurements with suitable certified reference material, and the Comparative results from this interlaboratory "roun'd ro 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 ship,ning, data an:1yses, and reports.

We expect the licensing fee-recoverable cost for each facility to be aparnximately ta a factor of ten lower than an equivalent practice of routinely ting random verification samples for NBL and licensee destructive analysis.

Further, we will restrict, as needed, any future onsite material sampling efforts to special cases that may arise, e.g., potential problem areas involving heterogeneous or unique material. t should improve inspection information, while lowering licensee costsThis redirect substantially.

The routinebriefNRC enclosure requirements, outlines beginning inhow the round robin would be run to fulfi late 1995.

which DOE has monitored its major facilities since 1985.be p i You will be invited to attend the in October annual SME Program participants meeting that will be held at NBL 1995.

NRC staff will attend that meeting, which should provide both a comprehensive, questions answered in detail.working level overview, and an opportunity to have an Please contact Jerry Roth on (301) 415-7257 regarding our plans in the meantime.

Sincerely, (Original si Philip Ting, gned Chiefby)

Operations Branch Division of fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, NHSS Docket No. 70-36 License No. SNM-33

Enclosure:

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The Safeguards Measurement Evalue?, ion (SME) Program is a sample exchan program ("round the Department robin") (DOE).

of Energy administered by the New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL) for of destructive safeguards measurements, as performed by DOE contractoi facilities.

licensee facilities will participate in the SME Program to fulfil NRC!

inspection requirements.  ;

4111 contain enough material to be analyzedAnalytical .

on a semlann results are to be sent to NBL fer statistical analysis semiannually, starting in late 1995.

and to the NRC semlannually. Statistical results will be sent to the participating fa in coded form, by material analyzed, will also be distributed.A report compar Low enriched U02 pellets are packaged in small snap-cap glass vlais. Each analysis period's supply includes four pellets. Analyze two pellets for both urantum concentration and isotopic distribution on each o number of analyses is done for each solution.

statistical evaluation of both within-day and between-dayThis schedule will allow a variation. The samples are intended to be analyzed with other routine s methods.

For the isotopic measurements, only the U-235 content will be other Isotopic values for diagnostic purposes. statistically analyzed; h

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. UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Washireton, D.C. 20555 0001 INVOICE 1

l Invoice No.: FLO232-99 TO: . COMBUSTION ENOINEERING, INC.

ATTN: ROBERT W SHARKEY Invoice Date: 03/16/99 DIRECTOR REGULATORY AFFAIRS PO BOX 107

Contact:

M. MESSIER HEMATITE MO 63047 Phone: 301/415-6087 Docket No/ Facility Names License No.: Bitting Period:

070-00036/ SNM-33 09/27/98 - 01/02/99 Review Costs: ................... $ 0.00 Contract Costs: ................. $ 16,558.00 Balance Due: .................... $ 16,558.00 TERMS. Payment is due immediately. Interest will accrue from the invoice date at the annual rate of 5.000%. However, interest will be waived if payment is received within 30 days from the invoice date. , Penalty and adninistrative charges will be assessed on a delinquent invoice. Additional terms and conditions are attached, if applicable.

Notes: If there are any cpestions about the existence or amomt of the debt, contact the individual named above. For NRC tebt 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.

Payinent: 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.: FLO232-99 P.O. Box 954514 ,

St. Louis, MO 63195-4514 Invoice Date: 03/16/99 Chinge of Billing Address or Bitting Contact? Docket No.: 070-00036 Placse m:.1 corrections to the above USNRC address or f ax charges to (301) 4 e 5387. License No.: SNM-33 Balance Due: $16,558.00 l

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