ML23313A077

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Framatome Inc. - Request to Amend License and Approve Criticality Safety Methods - License Amendment 19 (Enterprise Project Identification Number L-2023-LLA-0073)
ML23313A077
Person / Time
Site: Framatome ANP Richland
Issue date: 11/27/2023
From: Lav S
NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To: Travis Tate
Framatome
Shared Package
ML23313A076 List:
References
EPID L-2023-LLA-0073
Download: ML23313A077 (3)


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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 November 27, 2023 Timothy Tate, Manager Environmental, Health, Safety & Licensing Framatome, Inc.

2101 Horn Rapids Road Richland, WA 99354-5102

SUBJECT:

FRAMATOME, INC. - REQUEST TO AMEND LICENSE AND APPROVE CRITICALITY SAFETY METHODS - LICENSE AMENDMENT 19 (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER L-2023-LLA-0073)

Dear Timothy Tate:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has reviewed your submittal dated May 17, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML23137A396), requesting to amend license number special nuclear material (SNM)-1227 and to approve the extension of Framatome, Inc.s validation methodology and minimum margin of subcriticality to include enrichments up to 20 weight percent uranium-235, as supplemented by information dated October 18, 2023 (ML23291A204).

The NRC staffs review is documented in the safety evaluation report, which is provided in to this letter. The staff concluded that the requested changes provide reasonable assurance of subcriticality under normal and all credible abnormal conditions, provide reasonable assurance of adequate protection against the risk of criticality accidents, and otherwise satisfy the requirements of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR),

Part 70. Materials License SNM-1227 is hereby amended to include the changes to chapter 5.0, Nuclear Criticality Safety. Please consider providing a complete copy of the updated License Application including the changed pages identified above within 20 days of the date of this letter. to this letter provides the publicly available pages of the amended license. to this letter provides the non-publicly available page of the amended license.

This letter concludes action on this submittal, and Enterprise Project Identification Number L-2023- LLA-0073 is considered CLOSED.

Documents transmitted by this letter contain proprietary information. When separated from Enclosures 1 and 3, this letter and Enclosure 2 are decontrolled.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION T. Tate In accordance with 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 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. The ADAMS database is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Enclosures 1 and 3 will be withheld from public disclosure.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please contact me or Stephen Poy by telephone at 301-415-7135, or via email to stephen.poy@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Rowley, Jonathan signing on behalf of Lav, Samantha on 11/27/23 Samantha C. Lav, Chief Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 70-1257 License No. SNM-1227

Enclosures:

1. Safety Evaluation Report (Non-Public)
2. Amendment 19 of SNM-1227 (Public)
3. Amendment 19 of SNM-1227 (Non-Public) cc: framatome@listmgr.nrc.gov OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION

ML23313A076 (pkg); ML23313A077 (letter);

ML23313A078 (encl 1); ML23313A079 (encl 2); ML23313A080 (encl 3)

OFFICE NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NAME SPoy JGoodridge JRowley for SLav DATE 11/09/2023 11/15/2023 11/27/2023