ML20236Y310
| ML20236Y310 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Issue date: | 08/04/1998 |
| From: | Toelle S UNITED STATES ENRICHMENT CORP. (USEC) |
| To: | Knapp M NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| GDP-98-0146, GDP-98-146, TAC-L32086, NUDOCS 9808120093 | |
| Download: ML20236Y310 (2) | |
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August 4,1998
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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 i
. Response to Questions Concerning Request for Enforcement Discretion dated June 18,1998 (TAC No. L32086) l
Dear Dr. Knapp:
1 On June 18, 1998, the United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC)' submitted a request for enforcement discretion regarding the Certificate Amendment Request (CAR) for Portsmouth Compliance Plan, Issue 11 (TAC No. L32086). In a letter dated July 9,1998, NRC requested that i
USEC provide a description of the actions taken to achieve a timely submittal of the Certificate Amendment Request and the actions taken or planned to prevent recurrence. USEC's response to the NRC request is provided below.
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-A Request for an Application Change (RAC) to Compliance Plan, Issue 11, as reflected in the June l
11,1998, submittal was initiated near the end of October 1997. Review of the Compliance Plan change indicated that NCSA Plant 48, Contaminated Metals, which pertained to the X-744H facility needed to be revised to ensure that the initial conditions assumed in the change justification remained unchanged. The change process for NCSAs is lengthy since it requires not only the actual revision to the NCSA but also the implementation of procedure flowdown and training.
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Additional time was also required to obtain final Plant Oversight Review Committee (PORC) and l
DOE approvals.
USEC is pursuing improvements in regulatory commitment management including commitment management training that is currently being given to plant and headquarters personnel and l
evaluation of improvements to the comminnent tracking system. USEC believes that these actions will contribute to achieving timely completion of regulatory commitments.
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- Dr. Malcolm R. Knapp August 4,1998 GDP 98-0146, Page 2
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Any questions related to this subject should be directed to Marc Klasky at (301) 564-3408. There are no new commitments contained in this submittal.
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Nuclear Regulatory Assurance and Policy Manager I
cc: Mr. Robert C. Pierson (NRC)
NRC Region III Office NRC Resident Inspector-PGDP NRC Project Manager - PORTS l
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