ML24052A385

Acceptance for Review of Uusa License Amendment Request for Changes to License Conditions and Raise Enrichment Limit to Less than 10 Weight Percent for Leu+ Production Systems

ML24052A385
Person / Time
Site:	07003103
Issue date:	03/01/2024
From:	Rowley J NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To:	Schwarz C URENCO USA
References
EPID L-2023-LLA-0168
Download: ML24052A385 (3)

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March 1, 2024

Chris Schwarz Licensing and Performance Assessment Manager Louisiana Energy Services, LLC PO Box 1789 Eunice, NM 88231

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE OF LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES, LLC - LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR CHANGES TO LICENSE CONDITIONS AND RAISE ENRICHMENT LIMIT TO LESS THAN 10 WEIGHT PERCENT FOR LEU+ PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (LAR 23-02) (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER L-2023-LLA-0168)

Dear Chris Schwarz:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has received your submittal dated November 30, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS)

Accession Number ML23334A122) requesting a license amendment to increase the enrichment limit in Materials License SNM-2010, License Condition 6B, from 5.5 weight percent Uranium-235 (U-235) to less than 10.0 weight percent U-235.

We have completed our acceptance review of your submittal. We have identified no administrative omissions or deficiencies that would prevent us from proceeding with a detailed review. Your submittal has been assigned Enterprise Project Identification Number (EPID)

L-2023-LLA-0168. Please reference this EPID number and Docket Number 07003103 in any future correspondence associated with this request.

Please note that the NRC staffs technical review of your submittal may identify issues that require additional information. Based on our preliminary evaluation and projection of current review schedules, we anticipate completing our formal review by November 8, 2024. This date could change depending on the findings of our technical review, urgent assignments, or other factors. We will promptly communicate any significant changes to this schedule. In addition, the NRC staff estimates that completing the review of your submittal will require approximately 2200 staff hours which corresponds to about $660,000.00 ($300.00/hr).

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 2 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 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.

C. Schwarz 2 If you have any questions regarding this communication, please contact me at 301-415-4053, or via email to jonathan.rowley@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Jonathan G. Rowley, Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No. 07003103 License No. SNM-2010 cc: les@listmgr.nrc.gov Signed by Rowley, Jonathan on 03/01/24

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