ML20294A233

American Centrifuge Plant - U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Report Number 70-7004/2020-403

ML20294A233
Person / Time
Site:	07007004
Issue date:	10/20/2020
From:	Robert Williams NRC/RGN-II
To:	Snider M American Centrifuge Operating
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IR 2020403
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION October 20, 2020 Mathew D. Snider General Manager/Operations Manager American Centrifuge Operating, LLC 3930 U.S. Route 23 South P.O. Box 628 Mail Stop 7560 Piketon, OH 45661

SUBJECT:

AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE PLANT - U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION INSPECTION REPORT NUMBER 70-7004/2020-403

Dear Mr. Snider:

This report documents the results of the Information Security Operational Readiness Review that was conducted on September 15 - 17, 2020, at the American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (ACO) facility in Piketon, Ohio. The purpose of this inspection was to determine whether adequate controls were in place to support the storage and processing of classified matter and to determine whether activities authorized under the license were conducted safely, securely and in accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements. The results of this inspection were discussed with members of your staff at an exit meeting held on September 17, 2020.

During this inspection, the NRC staff examined activities conducted under your license as they related to protection of classified information and to confirm compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license. Areas examined during the inspections are identified in the enclosed report. Within these areas, the inspection consisted of selected examination of procedures and representative records, observations of activities, and interviews with personnel.

Based on the results of the inspections, no violations of NRC requirements were identified.

The material enclosed herewith contains Security-Related Information associated with the Classified Information Security safeguards program at the American Centrifuge Plant, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1), its disclosure to unauthorized individuals could present a security vulnerability. Therefore, the material in the enclosure will not be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION M. Snider 2 or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS);

accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions regarding the report, please contact us.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Robert E. Williams, Jr. Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of Fuel Facility Inspection Docket No. 70-7004 License No. SNM-2011

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report 70-7004/2020-403 w/

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Supplemental Information OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION M. Snider 3 cc:

Kelly Wiehle Regulatory Manager American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (ACO) wiehlekl@centrusenergy.com SoLita Greene Director, DOE NE-32/D-430 solita.greene@nuclear.energy.gov OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

ML20294A233 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE S FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DFFI/PB1 RII:DFFI/PB1 NSIR RII:DFFI/PB2 RII:DFFI/PB2 RII:DFFI/PB1 NAME L. Pitts K. Womack K. Everly T. Vukovinsky N. Pitoniak R. Williams DATE 10/07/2020 10/08/2020 10/13/2020 10/09/2020 10/09/2020 10/20/2020