ML22133A023

Letter - Response to Chief Mitchum May 2022

ML22133A023
Person / Time
Site:	Westinghouse
Issue date:	05/18/2022
From:	Jennifer Tobin NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To:	Mitchum M Pine Hill Indian Community
J TOBIN NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB 3014152320
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Download: ML22133A023 (2)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 May 18, 2022 Chief Michelle Mitchum Pine Hill Indian Tribe Executive Director Pine Hill Indian Community Development Initiative 4055 Coburg Lane Orangeburg, SC 29115

SUBJECT:

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANYS COLUMBIA FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY LICENSE RENEWAL REVIEW

Dear Chief Mitchum:

Thank you for your letter dated May 10, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML22130A680) regarding your concerns about the May 9, 2022 earthquake that occurred in the vicinity of the Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins, SC (Westinghouse). The impacts of seismology on the facility and Westinghouses emergency response plans are not considered within the scope of the Environmental Impact Statement. Instead, the risk of earthquakes is addressed in the safety evaluation report being developed for the proposed license renewal on the Westinghouse license renewal action. Although the license renewal is still under review by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff, seismic and flooding hazards were evaluated in-depth in 2016 in response to Generic Letter GL-2015-01, Treatment of Natural Phenomena Hazards in Fuel Cycle Facilities. Westinghouse responded to the generic letter with the information requested regarding seismic and flooding hazards at the site (ML15238B643). The NRC staff reviewed the response and completed an inspection in 2016 to verify the actions completed, and the review of seismic and flooding hazards was closed out later that year (ML16251A030).

Additionally, NRC uses its inspection program (based out of NRC Region II in Atlanta, Georgia) to ensure that Westinghouse implements the requirements in the regulations and follows the commitments in their special nuclear materials license.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Section 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, 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 (PDR), or from the NRCs ADAMS. The PDR is open by appointment only. You may submit your request to the PDR via email at PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. (EST), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at: http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

Chief M. Mitchum 2 If you have any questions regarding the license renewal review, please contact me at 301-415-2328 or via email at Jennifer.Tobin@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Jenny Tobin, Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards cc: E. Johnson, SHPO ejohnson@scdah.sc.gov

Chief M. Mitchum 3

SUBJECT:

WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANYS COLUMBIA FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY HOPKINS, SOUTH CAROLINA DOCUMENT DATE: May 18, 2022 DISTRIBUTION:

JTappert, NMSS TVukovinsky, RII LWilkins, OCA JTrefethen, NMSS CRegan, NMSS TInverso, NMSS SImboden, NMSS SHelton, NMSS EMichel, RII STalley, NMSS DMcIntyre, OPA DGasperson, RII JWhited, NMSS ADAMS Accession Number: ML22133A023 NMSS/DFM/ NMSS/DFM/ NMSS/REFS/ NMSS/DFM/ NMSS/DFM/

OFFICE RII/DFFI FFLB/PM FFLB/LA ERMB/BC FFLB/BC FFLB/PM SImboden NAME JTobin ELee acting for EMichel JZimmerman JTobin JQuintero DATE 5/11/2022 05/13/2022 5/12/2022 5/12/2022 5/18/2022 5/18/2022 OFFICIAL RECORD COPY