ML20236W331
| ML20236W331 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Issue date: | 07/28/1998 |
| From: | John Miller UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORP. (USEC) |
| To: | Knapp M NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20138K503 | List: |
| References | |
| GDP-98-0153, GDP-98-153, NUDOCS 9808050209 | |
| Download: ML20236W331 (5) | |
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A ow.i kn.rsy comp ny JAMES H. MILLER Dir. (301) 564-3309 VICE PRESIDENT, PRODUCTION Fax: (301) 571-8279 I
July 28,1998 GDP 98-0153 Dr. Malcolm R. Knapp Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Attention: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS) l Docket No. 70-7002 Transmittal of Revision 22 to Portsmouth Certification Application - Fundamental Nuclear Materials Control Plan & Transportation Security Plan l
INFORMATION TRANSMITTED HEREWITH IS PROTECTED FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE AS CONFIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND/OR TRADE SECRETS PURSUANT T9 If CFR 2794 AND 9.17(a)(4)
Dear Dr. Knapp:
By separate letter of the same date (Letter GDP 98-0152), the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) is submitting to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Revision 22 to USEC-02, Application for United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certification, Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. As described in letter GDP 98-0152, certain portions of Revision 22 contain confidential commercial or financial information or trade secrets that are exempt from public j
disclosure pursuant to Section 1314 of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and 10 CFR 2.790 and 9.17(a)(4).
In accordance with 10 CFR 76.33(e), proprietary versions of the Revision 22 changes to the l
Fundamental Nuclear Materials Control Plan (FNMCP) and Transportation Security Plan are being l
submitted with this letter. USEC specifically requests that the Revision 22 changes to the FNMCP l
and Transportation Security Plan be withheld from public disclosure. The enclosed USEC affidavit provides the information required by 10 CFR 2.790(b)(4).
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Dr. Malcolm R. Knapp July 28,1998 GDP 98-0153, Page 2 l
The information contained in USEC letter GDP 98-0152 dated July 28,1998 (including the accompanying oath and affirmation) is hereby incorporated by reference into this letter.
Should you have any questions or comments on Revision 22, please call me at (301) 564-3301 or Steve Routh at (301) 564-3251.
Sincerely, Jamels H. Miller r~
Yic'e President, Production r
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Enclosure:
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Affidavit 2.
USEC-02, Application for United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Certification, Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Revision 22 Changes to the Fundamental Nuclear Materials Control Plan, and Transportation Security Plan, 20 copies i
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NRC Resident Inspector - PGDP, w/l copy NRC Resident Inspector - PORTS, w/o Mr. Joe W. Parks (DOE), w/4 copies i
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AFFIDAVIT OF JAMES H. MILLER l
SUPPORTING APPLICATION TO WITHHOLD FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE CERTAIN PORTIONS OF REVISION 22 TO USEC-02 i
APPLICATION FOR U' ITED STATES N
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION CERTIFICATION PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT I, James H. Miller, Vice President, Production, United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC),
having been duly sworn, do hereby affirm and state:
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I am an officer of USEC and have been authorized by USEC to (a) review the I
information owned by USEC which is referenced herein relating to the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and which USEC seeks to have withheld from public disclosurc pursuant to section 147 of the Atomic Energy Act (AEA), as amended,42 U.S.C. { 2M7, and 10 CFR 2.790(a)(3),
2.790(a)(4),2.790(d)(1) and 9.17(a)(4), and (b) apply for the withholding of such information from public disclosure by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) on behalf of USEC.
1 Fundamental Nuclear Materials Control Plan j
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Pursuant to 10 CFR 76.35(h), USEC has prepared a " Fundamental Nuclear Materials Control Plan, Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant" which describes the measures used by USEC at the Portsmouth plant to control and account for special nuclear material that USEC uses, possesses, or has access to. USEC is submitting changes to this plan to the NRC as part of Revision 22, July 28,1998, to its application for a certificate of compliance for the Portsmouth plant under 10 CFR Part 76.
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10 CFR 2.790(d)(1) states that correspondence and reports to or from the NRC 1
I containing information conceming an applicant's material control and accounting program for special nuclear material not otherwise designated as Safeguards Information or classified as National i
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Security Information or Restricted Data are deemed to be confidential commercial or financial information exempt from public disclosure. Accordingly, USEC requests that the Revision 22 i
l changes to the Portsmouth Fundamental Nuclear Materials Control Plan be withheld from public l
disclosure pursuant to section 147 of the AEA,42 U.S.C. { 2167, and 10 CFR 2.790(a)(3),
2.790(d)(1) and 9.17(a)(4).
Physical Security Plan for the Transportation of Snecial Nuclear Material of Low Strategic Significance 4.
Pursuant to 10 CFR 76.35(I), USEC has prepared a "Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion l
Plant Physical Security Plan for the Transportation of Special Nuclear Material of Low Strategic Significance" (Transportation Security Plan) which describes the measures used by USEC at the Portsmouth plant to physically protect and control and account for special nuclear material that USEC uses, possesses, or has access to. USEC is submitting changes to this plan to the NRC as part of Revision 22, July 28,1998, to its application for a certificate of compliance for the Portsmouth plant under 10 CFR Part 76.
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10 CFR 2.790(d)(1) states that correspondence and reports to or from the NRC which contain information concerning an applicant's physical protection or material control and accounting program for special nuclear material not otherwise designated as Safeguards Information or classified as National Security Information or Restricted Data are deemed to be i
confidential commercial or financial information exempt from public disclosure.
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Transportation Security Plan contains such information. Accordingly, USEC requests that the Revision 22 changes to the "Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Physical Security Plan for the Transportation of Special Nuclear Material of Low Strategic Significance" be withheld from public l
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disclosure pursuant to section 147 of the AEA,42 U.S.C. f 2167, and 10 CFR 2.790(d)(1) and 9.17(a)(4).
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James H. Miller, having been duly sworn, hereby confirms that I am Vice President, i
Production, of USEC, that I am authorized on behalf of USEC to review the information attached hereto and to sign and file with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission this affidavit and the attachments breto, and that the statements made and matters set forth herein are true and correct to the best of my knowledge, information, and belief.
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/I ades H. Miller On this 28th day of July 1998, the officer signing above personally appeared before me, is i
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 hereof I hereunto set my hand and official seal, e
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ALY Ipurie M. Knisley, Notary Public
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