ML24025A129
| ML24025A129 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 02/23/2024 |
| From: | Lav S NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| To: | Ferguson J Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication |
| Shared Package | |
| ML24025A125 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2023-LLE-0090 | |
| Download: ML24025A129 (3) | |
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Jeffrey Ferguson, Licensing Manager Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication 5801 Bluff Road Hopkins, SC 29061-9121
SUBJECT:
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC, - AMENDMENT 3 TO RENEWED SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL-1107, REQUEST FOR EXEMPTION FROM 24-HOUR REPORTING REQUIREMENT OF TITLE 10 OF THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS PARAGRAPH 70.50(b)(1)
(ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION L-2023-LLE-0090)
Dear Jeffrey Ferguson:
In response to your letter dated December 28, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML23362A136), and pursuant to Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 70, Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is granting an exemption from reporting certain unplanned contamination events.
The exemption reads as follows:
S-21 Notwithstanding the requirements of 10 CFR 70.50(b)(1), as requested in the license amendment request dated December 28, 2023 (ML23362A136), the licensee is exempted from the requirement to report unplanned contamination events when the following conditions are met:
- 1. The event occurs in a restricted area in a building which is maintained inaccessible to the public by multiple access controls,
- 2. The area was controlled for contamination before the event occurred, the release of radioactive material is contained within the Contamination-Controlled Area, and no contamination has spread outside the Contamination-Controlled Area
- 3. Radiation safety personnel trained in contamination control are readily available,
- 4. Equipment and facilities that may be needed for contamination control are readily available, and
- 5. The otherwise reportable unplanned contamination event is documented in the licensees Corrective Action Program. transmitted herewith contains Security-Related Information. When separated from Enclosure 2, the remaining documents are decontrolled.
February 23, 2024
OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION J. Ferguson 2
A safety evaluation report and the amended license are enclosed.
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2, Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter and enclosures 1 and 3 will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room (PDR) or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS. The ADAMS database is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. The PDR is open by appointment. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. eastern time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
If you have any questions, please contact Jenny Tobin at (301) 415-2328, or via email at Jennifer.tobin@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Samantha C. Lav, Chief Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 70-1151 License No. SNM-1107
Enclosures:
1.Safety Evaluation Report (Public)
- 2. Amendment 3, Renewed SNM-1107 (Non-Public)
- 3. Amendment 3, Renewed SNM-1107 cc: westinghouse@listmgr.nrc.gov Signed by Lav, Samantha on 02/23/24
ML24025A125(Pkg), ML24025A129 (Ltr)
ML24025A128 (Encl 1), ML24025A126 (Encl 2, non-public); ML24025A127 (Encl 3)
- via email OFFICE NMSS/DFM/FFLB/PM NMSS/DFM/FFLB/LA NMSS/DFM/NARAB/BC NAME JTobin JGoodridge DJohnson DATE 1/26/2024 1/29/2024 2/16/2024 OFFICE OGC*
NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM/FFLB/BC NAME AGendelman SHelton SLav DATE 2/16/2024 2/23/2024 2/23/2024