ML20302A084
| ML20302A084 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 12/09/2020 |
| From: | Damaris Marcano NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| To: | Malek E Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication |
| DTiktinsky NMSS/DFM/FFL 301.415.8740 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML20302A083 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID: L-2020-LLL-0009 | |
| Download: ML20302A084 (3) | |
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY-/SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY-/SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION December 9, 2020 Ms. Elise Malek Licensing Manager Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication 5801 Bluff Road Hopkins South Carolina 29061-9121
SUBJECT:
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC - AMENDMENT 25 TO MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-1107, EXEMPTION FOR ALTERNATE DISPOSAL OF SPECIFIC WASTE (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFIER L-2020-LLL-0009)
Dear Ms. Malek:
In response to your letter dated May 8, 2020 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML20129J934), as supplemented on September 22, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20266G551) and October 12, 2020 (ADAMS Accession No. ML20287A545), and pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR)
Sections 20.2002, 70.11 and 30.11, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an exemption from the requirements in 10 CFR 70.3 License requirements, and 10 CFR 30.3 Activities requiring license, and issuing a conforming license amendment to allow Westinghouse to transfer certain specific waste containing byproduct and special nuclear material to the US Ecology Idaho, Inc. RCRA Subtitle C disposal facility near Grand View, Idaho.
Safety Condition S-11 of your license is added and states:
S-9 The licensee is granted an exemption from the requirements of 10 CFR 70.3 and 10 CFR 30.3, pursuant to 10 CFR 30.11 and 10 CFR 70.11, to allow it to transfer, for disposal, specific waste material from a) the East Lagoon, b) the East Lagoon liner, c) soils excavated from below the liner, solid CaF2 sludge previously dredged from the Calcium Fluoride Lagoons on the site and placed in a storage pile (all of this material is known to contain <0.5 weight percent U-235) and d) UF6 cylinders previously used for shipping that have gone through an internal wash/rinse process following their last use and are internally contaminated with SNM to the US Ecology Idaho, Inc. (USEI)
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Subtitle C disposal facility near Grand View, Idaho as described in its submittals of May 8, 2020, September 22, 2020, and October 12, 2020.
Documents transmitted by this letter contain Security-Related Information.
When separated from Enclosure 3, this letter is decontrolled.
OFFICIAL USE ONLY-/SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION E. Malek 2
OFFICIAL USE ONLYSECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION Condition 1 is also modified to reflect WECs submittals in association with this request. All other conditions of this license shall remain the same. The amended license, safety evaluation report, exemption notice, and environmental assessment (EA) are enclosed. The EA was published in the Federal Register at 85 FR 79228. The exemption notice will also be published in the Federal Register. This letter concludes staff action on this request, and Enterprise Project Identifier L-2020-LLL-0009 is considered closed.
In accordance with 10 CFR Section 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from ADAMS. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.
If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact David Tiktinsky of my staff at 301-415-8740 or via e-mail at David.Tiktinsky@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Damaris Marcano, Acting Chief Fuel Facilities Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 70-1151 License No. SNM-1107
Enclosures:
- 1. Safety Evaluation Report (Public)
- 2. Amendment 25 - SNM License 1107 (Public)
- 3. Amendment 25 - SNM License 1107 (Non-Public)
- 4. Exemption Federal Register Notice
- 5. Environmental Assessment Federal Register Notice Damaris Marcano Digitally signed by Damaris Marcano Date: 2020.12.09 16:04:49 -05'00'
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NAME DTiktinsky ELee CMcKenney AGendelman DMarcano DATE 12/2 /2020 10/29/2020 12/1 /2020 12/ 3 /2020 12/ 9 /2020