ML20235P019

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Notice of Issuance of CP CPEP-1 for Alchemie Centrifuge Plant Demonstration Facility,Per ASLB 890201 Decision
ML20235P019
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Site: 05000000, 05000603
Issue date: 02/22/1989
From: Rouse L
NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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.c 7590-01 U. S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION NOTICE OF ISSUANCE OF CONSTRUCTION PERMIT FOR THE ALCHEMIE FACILITY - 1 CPDF DOCKET N0. 50-603 ALL CHEMICAL IS0 TOPE ENRICHMENT, INC.

Notice is hereby given that pursuant to the Initial Decision of the Atomic Safety and Licensing Board, dated February 1,1989, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) has issued Construction Permit No. CPEP-1, dated Februa ry 10, 1989, to the All Chemical Isotope Enrichment, Inc.. (A1ChemIE) for modification of.the Centrifuge Plant Demonstration, Facility (CPDF), which it is leasing from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and which ~is located on the Federally owned Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

AlChemIE intends to use the facility to enrich stable isotopes.

In order to enrich stable isotopes, AlChemIE is purchasing centrifuge machines from D0E.

The centrifuge machines were originally designed and manufactured to enrich uranium, but AlChemIE will not use them for that purpose.

1 The Initial Decision is subject to review by an Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board prior to its becoming final.

Any decision or action taken by an Atomic Safety and Licensing Appeal Board in coraection with the Initial Decision may be reviewed by the Corirnission.

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t The Commission's Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS) has completed its environmental, safeguards, and safety reviews in support of the issuance of this construction permit. The Commission has made the appropriate findings as required by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act),

and the Commission's regulations in 10 CFR Chapter 1, which are set forth in the construction permit. The application for the construction permit complies with the standards and requirements of the Act and the Commission's regulations.

The Commission authorized issuance of this construction permit pursuant to S2.764(a) of 10 CFR Part 2.

Following receipt of the application dated November 17, 1987, a Notice of Receipt of Application for Construction Permit, Receipt of Application for Facility Operating License, Availability of Applicant's Environmental Report, Consideration of 1ssuance of Construction Permit and Facility Operating License and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing was published in the FEDERAL REGISTER on April 28, 1988 (53 FR 15317). The " Environmental Assessment Related to the Construction and Operation of A1ChemIE Facility-1, CPDF," and Finding of No Significant Impact, All Chemical Isotope Enrichment, Inc. (dated September 8, 1988) were issued and noticed in the FEDERAL REGISTER (53 FR 38807, October 3, 1988) in accordance with 10 CFR Part 51.

The Staff's " Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Construction Modification and Licensing of the AlChemIE Facility-1 CPDF" was completed in October 1988, and " Supplement No.1 to the Safety Evaluation Report Related to the Application for Construction Modification and Licensing of the A1ChemIE Facility-1 CPDF" was completed in December 1988.

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The Initial Decision, dated February 1,1989, Construction Permit No. CPEP-1, dated February 10, 1989, the report of the Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, dated October 13, 1988, and the abovementioned Safety Evaluation Report and Supplement 1, the Environmental Assessment, and the November 17, 1987 application related to this action are available for public inspection and copying at the Commission's Public Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW.,

Washington, DC.

Copies of the Safety Evaluation Report and Supplement 1, and the Environmental Assessment may be obtained by calling (301) 492-3358 or by l

writing to the Fuel Cycle Safety Branch, Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555.

1 Dated at Rockville, Moryland, this 22nd day of February 1989.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OW:mt m cmy,y.

Leland C. Rouse, Chief Fuel Cycle Safety Branch Division of Industrial and Medical Nuclear Safety, NMSS l

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