ML21308A611
| ML21308A611 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Framatome ANP Richland |
| Issue date: | 11/22/2021 |
| From: | Richard Jervey NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| To: | Jacob Zimmerman NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| Rick Jervey NMSS/DFM/FFL 301-415-6201 | |
| Shared Package | |
| ML21308A607 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2021-LRM-0111 | |
| Download: ML21308A611 (5) | |
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November 22, 2021 MEMORANDUM TO: Jacob I. Zimmerman, Chief Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards FROM: R. A. Jervey, Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF OCTOBER 22, 2021, CLOSED MEETING WITH FRAMATOME INC. TO DISCUSS UPCOMING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF MINIMUM MARGIN OF SAFETY TO CRITICALITY AND PLANNING FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL MANUFACTURING On October 22, 2021, staff from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Division of Fuel Management, held a closed meeting with representatives from Framatome Inc., Richland Washington. The purpose of this meeting was to discuss Framatomes planned license amendment request for the Richland Washington Fuel Manufacturing Plant.
The NRC issued a notice for the meeting, including the agenda, on October 14, 2021 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML21286A110). The attendees list is enclosed. The meeting notice and presentation slides for the meeting are available for review at ADAMS Accession No. ML21308A607.
The meeting was conducted remotely as a teleconference and webinar. During the meeting, Framatome representatives discussed the proposed changes described in the presentation slides, including a two-step change to license SNM-1227 to support increased enrichment fuel manufacturing. The first step being a change to allow a reduction in the minimum margin of safety to criticality from 0.95 to 0.97 of keff. The second step would correspond with modifications to the plant to use increased enrichment fuel stock. Framatome Inc. stated that it planned to submit the first amendment request by the end of November 2021. The second amendment request would come following additional planning needed for the physical changes in the plant.
CONTACT: R. A. Jervey, NMSS/DFM 301-415-6201
J Zimmerman 2 The NRC staff asked questions regarding how the integrated safety assessment (ISA) would be affected and to what extent physical processes would be changed in the actual manufacturing steps. Framatome stated the effects on the ISA would be analyzed and the results forthcoming.
They also stated that there were no differences in the physical manufacturing steps required for fuel manufacture at increased enrichment levels proposed.
Enclosure:
Attendee List Docket No.: 70-1257 License No.: SNM-1227
J Zimmerman 3
SUBJECT:
SUMMARY
OF OCTOBER 22, 2021, CLOSED MEETING WITH FRAMATOME INC. TO DISCUSS UPCOMING LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR CHANGE OF MINIMUM MARGIN OF SAFETY TO CRITICALITY AND PLANNING FOR ADVANCED REACTOR FUEL MANUFACTURING DATE: November 22, 2021 DISTRIBUTION:
DFM r/f ADAMS Accession Number: ML21308A611 *via email NMSS/DFM/ NMSS/DFM/
OFFICE NMSS/DFM/FFLB PM* NMSS/DFM/FFLB LA*
FFLB BC* FFLB PM*
NAME RJervey ELee JZimmerman RJervey DATE 11/08/2021 11/10/2021 11/18/2021 11/22/2021 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY
Attendee List Name Organization/Position USNRC Jeremy Munson Criticality Engineer April Smith Risk and Reliability Engineer Jason Piotter AFM Engineer Rick Jervey Framatome Project Manager Framatome Tim Tate Manager EHS&L Bill Doane Manager Nuclear Safety Michael Crawford Project Engineer for AFM Steven Cole Project Manager for AFM Mehmet Saglam NCS Engineer Joel Kreitzberg NCS Engineer Enclosure