ML21271A241
| ML21271A241 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Erwin |
| Issue date: | 10/04/2021 |
| From: | James Downs NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| To: | Jacob Zimmerman NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| J DOWNS NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB 3014157744 | |
| References | |
| Download: ML21271A241 (4) | |
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J. Zimmerman October 4, 2021 MEMORANDUM TO: Jacob I. Zimmerman, Chief Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM: James R. Downs, Senior Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch James Digitally signed by James R.
Division of Fuel Management R. Downs Date:
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Downs 2021.10.04 13:48:57 -04'00'
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF SEPTEMBER 13-14, 2021, CLOSED MEETINGS TO DISCUSS A NEW PROCESS TO PURIFY URANIUM AT NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC.
On September 13-14, 2021, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission held two closed meetings with Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) to discuss a new process to purify uranium at their facility in Irwin, Tennessee. The meeting notices are available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System at Accession No. ML21245A298 and ML21245A297. The presentation slides from both meetings are not publicly available due to the proprietary nature of the information contained there within. These were teleconference meetings, and an attempt was made to capture a list of the attendees as they called into the meetings. The enclosed attendance list provides the attendees for each meeting, as captured by the NRC staff who helped facilitate the meeting.
During the meetings, the NFS staff provided a general overview of their progress on the technical design for facility changes to support the National Nuclear Security Administration contract for highly enriched uranium conversion and purification services. In addition to the general overview, NFS presented more detailed information on their consideration of:
- Integrated safety analysis, nuclear criticality safety, radiation protection, and fire safety (on September 13, 2021); and
- Emergency preparedness (on September 14, 2021).
CONTACT: James R. Downs, NMSS/DFM 301-415-7744
J. Zimmerman 2 During the NFS presentations, the NRC staff asked several questions intended to raise awareness of details that may need to be more fully discussed in the future. NFS stated that they remain on track to submit the license amendment request in November 2021.
Docket No.70-143 License No. SNM-124
Enclosure:
Attendance List cc: nfs@listmgr.nrc.gov
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NAME JDowns ELee JZimmerman JDowns DATE 09/28/2021 09/29/2021 10/04/2021 10/04/2021 ATTENDANCE LIST September 13, 2021:
From Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS):
Nick Brown; Mike Eakin; Scott Frazier; Ken Givens; Scott Gizzie; Brad Graham; Melinda Graham; Adam Harber; John Nagy; Danielle Rogers; Emily Senter; Sam Skiles; Gail Tapp; Larry Tester; Molly Underwood; and Christian Williams From the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC):
Jimmy Chang; James Downs; Jim Hammelman; Jeremy Munson; April Smith; and Joel Rivera-Ortiz September 14, 2021:
From NFS:
Sara Barron; Scott Gizzie; Brad Graham; Melinda Graham; Marie Moore; John Nagy; Danielle Rogers; and Gail Tapp From NRC:
James Downs; Larry Harris; Ken Mott; Mike Norris; and Joel Rivera-Ortiz Enclosure