ML21064A225

Letter: Westinghouse License Amendment and Exemption Rev.26 Cfff for Alternate Disposal of Wastes from Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility Under 10CFR20.2002

ML21064A225
Person / Time
Site:	Westinghouse
Issue date:	03/11/2021
From:	Jacob Zimmerman Division of Fuel Management
To:	Malek E Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication
Tiktinsky D
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ML21064A224	List: ML21064A225 ML21064A232
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EPID L-2021-LLA-0013
Download: ML21064A225 (3)

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY-/SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION March 11, 2021 Ms. Elise Malek Licensing Manager Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication 5801 Bluff Road Hopkins, South Carolina 29061-9121

SUBJECT:

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC - AMENDMENT 26 TO MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-1107, EXEMPTION FOR ALTERNATE DISPOSAL OF SPECIFIC WASTE (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFIER L-2021-LLA-0013)

Dear Ms. Malek:

In response to your letter dated February 8, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML21039A719), 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 for disposal to the US Ecology Idaho, Inc. RCRA Subtitle C disposal facility near Grand View, Idaho.

Safety Condition S-11 of your license is modified to include the new application date and states:

S-11 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, October 12, 2020, and February 8, 2021 Condition 1 is also modified to reflect WECs submittal 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 on March11, 2021 (86 FR 13915). An exemption notice will also be Documents transmitted by this letter contain Security-Related Information.

When separated from Enclosure 3, this letter is decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY-/SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY-/SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION E. Malek 2 published in the Federal Register. This letter concludes staff action on this request, and Enterprise Project Identifier L-2021-LLA-0013 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,

/RA/ Jacob I. Digitally signed by Jacob I.

Zimmerman Zimmerman Date: 2021.03.11 15:18:20

-05'00' Jacob I. Zimmerman, 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 26 - SNM License 1107 (Public)

3. Amendment 26 - SNM License 1107 (Non-Public)

4. Exemption Federal Register Notice

5. Environmental Assessment Federal Register Notice OFFICIAL USE ONLYSECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

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