ML23010A151

Letter - Acceptance for Review Centrus/Aco Request to Extend HALEU Authorization to Dec 31, 2023

ML23010A151
Person / Time
Site:	07007004
Issue date:	01/13/2023
From:	Yawar Faraz NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To:	Karen Fitch Centrus Energy Corp
References
EPID L-2022-LLA-0178
Download: ML23010A151 (3)

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January 13, 2023 Kelly L. Fitch, Regulatory Manager American Centrifuge Operating, LLC P.O. Box 628 Mail Stop 7560 3930 U.S. 23 South Piketon, Ohio 45661

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE FOR DETAILED REVIEW OF AMERICAN CENTRIFUGE OPERATINGS LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST TO EXTEND THE U.S.

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSIONS HIGH ASSAY LOW ENRICHED URANIUM AUTHORIZATION EXPIRATION DATE (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: L-2022-LLA-0178)

Dear Kelly Fitch:

By letter dated November 30, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

[ADAMS] Accession No. ML22340A461), American Centrifuge Operating, LLC (ACO), a wholly owned subsidiary of Centrus Energy Corp. (Centrus), provided the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) a request to amend its materials license for the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon Ohio by extending the NRCs High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) authorization expiration date from November 30, 2022, until completion of Phase I involving HALEU demonstration and production of 20 kilograms UF6 or December 31, 2024, whichever comes first.

We have completed our acceptance review of your submittal and have identified no administrative omissions or deficiencies. Your submittal has been assigned Enterprise Project Identification Number (EPID) L-2022-LLA-0178. Please reference this EPID number and Docket Number 07007004 in any future correspondence associated with this request. Please note that the NRC staffs detailed technical review of your submittal may identify omissions in the submittal information or technical issues which require additional information.

Based on our acceptance review and projection of current review schedules, we anticipate that we will complete the technical review of your submittal by April 28, 2023. In addition, the NRC staff estimates that completing the review of the submittal will require approximately 120 staff hours. The total cost of the review corresponds to $34,800 ($290.00/hour).

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 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 the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS. The ADAMS database is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

K. Fitch 2 If you have any questions regarding this communication, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-7220, or via e-mail at Yawar.Faraz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Signed by Faraz, Yawar on 01/13/23 Yawar H. Faraz, Senior Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 70-7004 License No. SNM-2011 cc: centrus_acp@listmgr.nrc.gov L. Cutlip, Vice President, Centrus S. Harlow, DOE NE-HQ M. Snider, General Manager, ACO

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