ML20248M016
| ML20248M016 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Issue date: | 06/10/1998 |
| 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-98-0118, GDP-98-118, NUDOCS 9806120232 | |
| Download: ML20248M016 (2) | |
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se USEC A Global Energy Company June 10,1998 GDP 98-0118 Mr. Malcolm R. Knapp Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards i
Attention: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regutatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555-0001 Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS)
Docket No. 70-7002 Notification that Highly Enriched Uranium Cylinder Valve Replacement Activities in the X-705 South Annex are Complete
Dear Mr. Knapp:
The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) has completed the highly enriched uranium (HEU) cylinder valve replacement activities in the X-705 South Annex, which was temporarily converted to 3
Department ofEnergy (DOE) regulation to support this activity, ahead of the original schedule. USEC has determined that the X-705 South Annex meets all applicable NRC requirements and Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Plan commitments. Based on the results of a static special inventory of the area, USEC has determined that converting the X-705 South Annex to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulation will not result in USEC possessing (across all leased and NRC-regulated areas) special nuclear material (SNM) of either moderate or high strategic significance (other than inaccessible residual holdup). Therefore, all applicable requirements contained in the Plan for Achieving Compliance with NRC Regulations at the Portsmouth Plant (Compliance Plan), Issue A.4, Rev. 7, have been satisfied and the.X-705 South Annex is ready to be converted to NRC regulation. A security sweep of the X-705 South r
Annex was completed for DOE to provide a high degree of assurance that no materials exist in the area that would cause USEC axceed the Category III possession limits (as documented in Safety Analysis Report Table 1-3) across all NRC regulated areas.
By copy of this letter, USEC requests that DOE notify NRC and USEC of the intent to transfer regulatory authority and transmit any open findings or issues related to the X-705 South Annex, as required by Compliance Plan issue A.4, as soon as possible.
- USEC requests that NRC approve the conversion of the X-705 South Annex to NRC regulation effective as soon as possible after receipt of the DOE notification described above so that other NRC regulated activities that need to be conducted in the X-705 South Annex will not be impacted. While there are no t\\ !D current Planned Expeditious Handlings (PEHs) scheduled until July 1998, an inability to maintain or establish a flourinating environment could cause PEH schedules to be revised.
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.GDP 98-0118, Page 2 There are no new commitments made in this submittal. If you have any questions, please contact Mark Lombard at (301) 564-3248.
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1 00 Steven A.Toelle Nuclear Regulatory Assurance and Policy Manager i
cc: DOE Site Safety Representative, PORTS Mr. Randall.M. DeVault (DOE)
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