ML22040A177
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| Site: | 07001113 |
| Issue date: | 02/15/2022 |
| From: | Global Nuclear Fuel |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
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Global Nuclear Fuel
RAJ-II Safety Analysis Report Amendment Pre-application Meeting February 15, 2022
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Agenda
- Purpose - Expand Existing RAJ-II Safety Basis (public)
- Overview of the RAJ-II Package (public)
- Description of the requested additional payload and SAR amendment (public)
- Overview of SAR Changes (non-public)
- Timeline (non-public)
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Purpose
Introduce and provide NRC with technical information regarding an amendment for Revision 11 of the Safety Analysis Report (SAR) to expand payload content parameters of the RAJ-II container, Certificate of Compliance (CoC) 9309.
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Overview of the RAJ-II Package
- NRC approved for Type B fissile material package ~
- SS outer container (OC)
- Vibro-isolating device and shock absorbers (wood & honeycomb) between IC and OC
- Packaging materials:
- Approved for shipment for polyethylene, plastics unirradiated BWR assemblies
- Can ship channeled or and loose rods (UC and generic unchanneled for 8x8, 9x9, 1Ox10 BWR/PWR) fuel designs GN -r Global Nuclear Fuel 5
Summary of RAJ-II SAR Amendment
- No package or hardware modifications.
- Increase allowed Uranium-235 (U-235) enrichment up to 8 wt.% for GNF 1Ox10 fuel bundle and loose light water rod contents.
- New content will be introduced as an amendment to the RAJ-II SAR.
- Minor administrative SAR updates will also be provided.
- A proposed RAJ-I I Coe mark-up will be provided as part of the amendment submittal.
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END OF PUBLIC DISCUSSION
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LEU+ Contents
Low Enriched Uranium Plus (LEU+)
Increase in allowed maximum U-235 content
- Current RAJ-II CoC 9309 Rev.12 allows:
- 5.00 x 10-2 g/gU
- RAJ-II SAR NEDE-33869 Rev. 11 Amendment requests:
- 8.00 x 10-2 g/gU
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Changes by Chapter
Chapters 1, 2, 3, 7, 8
- Updates to incorporate new LEU+ contents Chapter 4
- Updated leak rate calculation and evaluation based on LEU+ contents
Chapter 5
- Updated shielding calculation and evaluation based on LEU+ contents GNii=
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Chapter 6
General Changes
- CSI = 1.6 for an 8x8 package array with 5 - 8 wt.%
U-235 range
Fuel Assembly Loading Criteria (SAR Table 6-1)
- Increase in minimum number of gad rods in the 5 - 8 wt.% U-235 range
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- GNF-A plans to submit RAJ-II SAR, Revision 11, amendment request in the 3 rd quarter 2022.
- NRC approval is requested within one year after submittal.
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