ML20211D654
| ML20211D654 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Issue date: | 08/17/1999 |
| From: | Toelle S UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORP. (USEC) |
| To: | Paperiello C NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
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| GDP-99-0126, NUDOCS 9908270107 | |
| Download: ML20211D654 (7) | |
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USEC A Global Energy 'l:ompany August 17,1999 GDP 99-0126 Dr. Carl J. Paperiello Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Attention: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP)
Docket No. 70-7001 Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes
Dear Dr. Paperiello:
By letter dated October 31,1997 (Reference 1), USEC submitted a certificate amendment request (CAR) containing the Safety Analysis Report Update (SARUP) required by Issue 2 of DOE /ORO-2026," Plan for Achieving Compliance with NRC Regulations at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant"(the Compliance Plan), for NRC review and approval. By letters dated March 31, 1998 (Reference 2), October 19,1998 (Reference 3), and November 6,1998 (Reference 4) USEC submitted proposed changes to the SARUP certificate amendment request. By letters dated July 1, 1999 (Reference 5) and July 16,1999 (Reference 6), USEC submitted proposed changes to the SARUP certificate amendment request. This letter provides additional changes to the SARUP certificate amendment request. These changes to the SARUP certificate amendment comprise the third set of SARUP Technical Safety Requirement (TSR) changes and associated changes to the SARUP text that were discussed in USEC's letter to NRC dated February 26,1999 (Reference 7).
The proposed changes herein replace the original SARUP TSRs with revisions to current TSRs that are included in Volume 4 of USEC's Certification Application (USEC-01). This third set of"new" SARUP TSR changes include the proposed TSR changes and associated changes to SARUP Section 3.15 and Chapter 4 for the withdrawal plant facilities. The proposed changes herein also address changes to SARUP Section 3.15, Chapter 4, and SARUP TSRs associated with removing the k
Normetex Pump High Discharge Pressure Shutdown System as a control credited in the SARUP
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accident analysis for prevention of potential UF. releases. By letter dated September 11,1998 (Reference 8), USEC submitted proposed changes to Safety Analysis Report (SAR) associated with changes to the SAR were subsequently approved by the NRC in A removing this system from the SAR accident analysis and deleting associated TSRs. These proposed Compliance (Reference 9). In addition, this submittal includes SARUP pages associated with the 9908270107 990017 DR ADOCK 0700 1
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' August 17,1999 GDP 99-0126, Page 2 cascade and feed, toll transfer, and sampling facilities which have been revised to incorporate resolution of previous NRC comments. to this letter provides a detailed description of the proposed changes. Revised SARUP pages are provided in Enclosure 3. For the TSRs, revisions from the current approved set are noted by a revision bar in the right-hand page margin. For other SARUP submittal pages, revisions from the original submittal (Reference 1) are noted by a revision bar in the left-hand page margin. The L
L conclusions stated in Enclosure 2 to Reference 1, that the proposed changes associated with the CAR j
are significant, are not affected by this revision and thus no significance determination is provided.
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l Any questions regarding this matter should be directed to Mark Smith at (301) 564-3244. There are no new commitments contained in this submittal.
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Sincerely, l
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L Steven A. Toelle Nuclear Regulatory Assurance and Policy Manager
References:
- 1. Letter from James H. Miller (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Cenificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Repon, USEC l
Letter GDP 97-0188, October 31,1997.
- 2. Letter from George P. Rifakes (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Cenificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes, USEC Letter GDP 98-0064, March 31,1998.
- 3. Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Cenificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes, USEC Letter GDP 98-0219, October 19,1998.
- 4. Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes, USEC Letter GDP 98-0235, November 6,1998.
- 5. Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate j
Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Repon - Proposed Changes Associated with the Cascade and Balance ofPlant Facilities, USEC Letter GDP 99-0102, July 1,1999.
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Dr. Carl J. Paperiello August 17,1999 GDP 99-0126, Page 3
- 6. Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes Associated with the Feed, Toll Transfer, and Sampling Facilities, USEC Letter GDP 99-0117, July,16,1999.
- 7. Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Adoption of Current Application Technical Safety Requirements, USEC Letter GDP 99-0042, February 26,1999.
- 8. Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Safety Analysis Report, TSR 2.3.2.1 and TSR 2.3.3.1 -
Normetex Pump High Discharge Pressure System, USEC Letter GDP 99-0193, September 11,1998.
- 9. Letter from Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC) to James H. Miller, Paducah Certificate Amendment Request: Normetex Pump High Discharge Pressure System, TSR 2.3.2.1 and TSR 2.3.3.1 (TAC NO. L32097), December 18,1998.
Enclosures:
- 1. Oath and Affirmation
- 2. United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), Proposed Changes, Certificate Amendment Request, Update the Application Safety Analysis Report, Detailed Description of Change
- 3. Proposed Changes, Certificate Amendment Request, Safety Analysis Report Update, Insertion / Removal Instructions, July 23,1999 Robert Pierson, NRC Special Projects Branch cc:
H"Etrick Hiland, NRC Region III David Hartland, NRC Resident inspector - PORTS Kenneth O'Brien, NRC Resident Inspector - PGDP Randall M. DeVault, DOE
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OATH AND AFFIRMATION I, Steven A. Toelle, swear and affirm that I am the Nuclear Regulatory Assurance and Policy Manager of the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC), that I am authorized by USEC to l
sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission these proposed changes to the Safety l
Analysis Report Update for the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, as described in GDP 99-0126, that I am familiar with the contents thereof, and that the statements made and matters set forth therein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.
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Il Steven A. Toelle On this 17th day of August 1999, the individual signing above personally appeared before me, is known by me to be the person whose name is subscribed to within the instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same for the purposes therein contained.
In witness hereofI hereunto set my hand and official seal.
i/Ja' net M. Boothe, Notary Public State of Maryland, Montgomery County My commission expires June 23,2003
I GDP 99-0126 Page1of3 United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC)
Proposed Changes Certificate Amendment Request Update the Application Safety Analysis Report Detailed Description of Change 1.0 Purnose The purpose of this submittal is to provided revised pages to the Safety Analysis Report Update (SARUP) previously transmitted in USEC letters GDP 97-0188, dated October 31, 1997 (Reference 1); GDP 98-0064, dated March 31,1998 (Reference 2); GDP 98-0219, dated October 19,1998 (Reference 3); GDP 98-0235, dated November 6,1998 (Reference 4);
GDP 99-0102 dated July 1,1999 (Reference 5); and GDP 99-0117 dated July 16,1999 (Reference 6) for NRC review and approval.
2.0 Description of Submittal The following changes are included in this submittal which modify the latest version of the SAR Update certificate amendment request. The revised pages are included in Enclosure 3.
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The Revision Log has been updated to reflect the changes included in this revision.
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The List of Effective Pages has been updated to reflect the changes included in this revision.
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The proposed changes herein replace the original SARUP TSRs with revisions to current TSRs that are included in Volume 4 ofUSEC's Cenification Application (USEC-01). This is the third set of"new" S ARUP TSR changes which include the proposed TSR changes and associated changes to SARUP Section 3.15 and Chapter 4 for the withdrawal facilities.
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The proposed changes herein include changes to SARUP Section 3.15, Chapter 4, and SARUP TSRs associated with removing the Normetex Pump High Discharge Pressure Shutdown System as a control credited in the SARUP accident analysis for prevention of potential UF. releases.
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The SARUP document has also been revised in miscellaneous locations to incorporate additional information suggested in NRC questions on the original SARUP submittal, an j to resolve conunents received during internal review of this submittal.
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GDP 99-0126 Page 2 of 3 3.0 Basis for the Revision
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As discussed in Reference 7, USEC presented in a February 12,1999 meeting between USEC and NRC, USEC's intention to delete the original SARUP TSRs and adopt a revised version of the current TSRs. This set of"new" SARUP TSR changes include the proposed TSR changes and associated changes to SARUP Section 3.15 and Chapter 4 for the withdrawal facilities.
This letter also provides additional changes to the SARUP certificate amendment request associated with removing the Normetex Pump High Discharge Pressure Shutdown System as a control credited in the SARUP accident analysis for prevention of potential UF. releases. Similar changes were previously proposed for removing this system for the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) accident analysis and deleting associated TSRs (Reference 8). The proposed changes to the SAR were subsequently approved by the NRC by letter dated December 18,1998 (Reference 9).
References 1.
Letter from James H. Miller (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report, USEC Letter GDP 97-0188, October 31,1997.
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Letter from George P. Rifakes (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes,
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USEC Letter GDP 98-0064, March 31,1998.
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Letter from Steven A Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes, USEC Letter GDP 98-0219, October 19,1998.
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Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes, USEC Letter GDP 98-0235, November 6,1998.
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Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes Associated with the Cascade and Balance of Plant Facilities, USEC Letter GDP 99-0102, July 1,1999.
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Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Proposed Changes Associated with the Feed, Toll Transfer, and Sampling Facilities, USEC Letter GDP 99-Oll7, July,16,1999.
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Letter from Steven A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate l
Amendment Request - Update the Application Safety Analysis Report - Adoption of Current Application Technical Safety Requimments, USEC Letter GDP 99-0042, February 26,1999.
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Letter from Steven' A. Toelle (USEC) to Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC), Certificate Amendment Request - Safety Analysis Report, TSR 2.3.2.1 and TSR 2.3.3.1 - Normetex Pump High Discharge Pressure System, USEC Letter GDP 99-0193, September 11,1998.
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Letter from Dr. Carl J. Paperiello (NRC) to James H. Miller, Paducah Certificate Amendment Request: Normetex Pump High Discharge Pressure System, TSR 2.3.2.1 and TSR 2.3.3.1 (TAC NO. L32097), December 18,1998.
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