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2024 Licensee Performance Review Meeting Slides for Urenco USA (Uusa)
ML24144A275
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Site: 07003103
Issue date: 05/23/2024
From: Timothy Sippel, Robert Williams
NRC/RGN-II/DFFI
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2024 Licensee Performance Review U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission - Region II Division of Fuel Facility Inspection May 29, 2024, 6:30 PM (MDT)

Lea County Event Center, Hobbs, NM for URENCO USA (UUSA)

Timothy Sippel, U.S. NRC timothy.sippel@nrc.gov 404-997-4525 Dr. Robert Williams, U.S. NRC robert.williams@nrc.gov 404-997-4836

Meeting Purpose Discuss licensee performance 2022-2023 Discuss performance review process Observation Meeting 2

  • Facility and NRC Oversight Background
  • Performance Review Process
  • Performance Review Results
  • Licensee Response
  • Adjourn Business Portion
  • Questions & Comments from the Public
  • Adjourn Meeting 3

Agenda 3

NRCs Mission The NRC licenses and regulates the Nation's civilian use of radioactive materials to protect public health and safety, promote the common defense and security, and protect the environment.

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5 Facility Background 5

UUSAs Primary Licensed Activities

Enrich Special Nuclear Material (Uranium Hexafluoride (UF6))

Receive, store and ship UF6 cylinders

Inspections Investigations Allegations Incident

Response

Enforcement Performance Assessment NRC Fuel Cycle Oversight 6

NRC Inspection Program Category III Enrichment Facility NRC Core Inspection Program Safety Operations Radiological Controls Facility Support Safeguards Other Areas NRC Inspectors Category III Enrichment Facility

References:

Inspection Manual Chapter 2600 (ADAMS ML23179A127)

Inspection Manual Chapter 2600, Appendix B (ADAMS ML23180A241)

Inspection Manuel Chapter 2604 (ADAMS ML22007A216) 7

Licensee Performance Review Process Inputs Review of Performance Areas Results NRC Actions

  • Recent Enforcement Actions
  • Recent Performance
  • Safety Significance
  • Performance Trends
  • Cross Cutting Issues
  • Corrective Actions No Performance Issues
  • Routine Inspection Program
  • Inform Licensee & the Public Area Needing Improvement (ANI)
  • Inspection Program Changes
  • LPR Frequency Changes

Licensee Performance Areas

  • Safety Controls
  • Supporting Safety Programs Operational Safety
  • Criticality Controls
  • Program Oversight
  • Criticality Incident Response Criticality Safety
  • Prevention, Detection, & Mitigation
  • Supporting Fire Safety Programs Fire Protection Safety Operations 9

Licensee Performance Areas

  • Compliance with Material Control Plan Material Control and Accounting
  • Compliance with 10 CFR 95 regulations Classified Material and Information Security Safeguards 10

Licensee Performance Areas

  • Protection of Members of the Public
  • Protection of Plant Workers
  • Waste Management Radiation Protection
  • Program Implementation
  • Liquid and Gaseous Effluents Effluent Control &

Environmental Protection

  • Receipt of Radioactive Materials
  • Packaging & Delivery of Radioactive Materials Transportation Radiological Controls 11

Licensee Performance Areas

  • Configuration Management Program
  • Evaluation for NRC Pre-Approval Plant Modifications
  • Identifying problems
  • Implementing corrective actions Corrective Action Program Facility Support & Other Areas 12

Current Performance Assessment Period January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2023 6

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Urenco USA Current Program (From IMC 2600 App B)

Inspection Area Annualized Hours/year

~Actual Average hrs

  • Operational Safety 90 87
  • Nuclear Criticality Safety 60 56
  • Fire Protection 20 0
  • Material Control & Accounting 40 36
  • Information Security 56 - 172 70

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  • Radiation Protection 20 0
  • Effluent Control & Environmental Protection 6 - 12 16
  • Transportation 6 - 12 0
  • Plant Modifications 30 41
  • Corrective Action Program 30 46 Total ~470 hrs/year

~390 hrs/year 7

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Significant Violations

  • NOV 07003103/2022007-01, Failure to meet performance requirements in 10 CFR 70.61(b) by not establishing IROFS barriers (Performance Area: Safety Operations)
  • NOV 07003103/2022007-02, Loss of IROFS 50b/c independence (Performance Area: Safety Operations)

These two NOVs are Severity Level II violations, that the NRC considered to be safety-significant issues during the LPR. As a result, the NRC identified an Area Needing Improvement (ANI).

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Additional Violations

  • NCV 07003103/2022001-01, Failure to make a required report
  • NCV 07003103/2022002-01, Failure to Perform Nuclear Criticality Safety (NCS) Weekly Walkthroughs
  • NCV 07003103/2022003-01, Failure to report as required by 10 CFR 70
  • NCV 07003103/2022003-02, Failure to Conduct Adequate Exercise Critiques
  • NCV 07003103/2022401-01, Failure to conduct adequate material control and accounting investigation
  • NCV 07003103/2023003-01, Lack of Implementation of Safety Controls for an Analyzed High Consequence Event
  • NCV 07003103/2023003-02, Corrective Actions not Aligned with Causes in Root Cause Evaluation 16

2023 Program Adjustment

  • On August 24, 2023, the NRC issued a Program Adjustment in area of Safety Operations.
  • Added ~45 hours of Operational Safety inspection to an already scheduled core inspection the week of August 28.
  • This inspection focused on corrective actions from the SL-II violations, particularly as they were applied to other IROFS50 series controls.
  • These inspections resulted in two NCVs, documented in Inspection Report 2023-003 (ML23289A004), and listed previously.

Program Adjustment Letter (ML23235A047) 17

Licensee Performance Review Results Urenco USA (UUSA)

Two Severity Level II violations, and four Severity Level IV non-cited violations in Safety Operations; resulting in an Area Needing Improvement.

One Severity Level IV non-cited violation in Safeguards.

One Severity Level IV non-cited violation in Radiological Controls.

One Severity Level IV non-cited violation in Facility Support.

18 LPR Letter (ML24061A268)

Area Needing Improvement (ANI)

Additional inspections of up to 30 hours3.472222e-4 days <br />0.00833 hours <br />4.960317e-5 weeks <br />1.1415e-5 months <br /> per year for this performance period. The inspections will focus on the underlying programmatic causes of these violations.

The ANI will be closed when it is determined that the licensees corrective actions and corrective actions to prevent recurrence, are effectively complete for the implementation of all IROFS50 series controls.

Maintain a 24-month assessment period, due to previous inspections completed since these events, including last years Program Adjustment.

19 LPR Letter (ML24061A268)

URENCO USAs presentation follows:

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© 2023 Urenco Limited URENCO USA

22 Opening Remarks Scott Diggs Head of Maintenance Chris Schwarz Licensing Manager

23 Who We Are Safety is our top priority Licensed for 10 million SWU annually Current Capacity - 4.4 Million SWU Current Employees - 240 Contracted Staff - 130 The only large-scale, commercial uranium enrichment plant in North America Provides nearly 1/3 of domestic needs for enriched uranium

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  • Corrective Action Program
  • Self-Assessments
  • Safety Observations
  • Benchmarking
  • Operational Experience
  • Safety Conscious Work Environment Continuous Improvement

25 Summary

  • Acknowledgement
  • Approach to the future
  • Holistic Approach
  • Quality Assurance/Engineering
  • Safe Construction

26 Community Outreach Lisa Hardison Manager of Communications & PR

27 Community Outreach

  • United Way Giving
  • 9/11 Day of Service
  • Richie Enrichment Science Workshops

28 Community Outreach

  • Career Technical Education Center
  • Governors STEM Challenge
  • Career and Science Fairs
  • Leaders, Inc. Work Partnership

29 Closing Scott Diggs Head of Maintenance

QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC 30

Contact the NRC Website: www.nrc.gov (Contact Us or Report a Safety Concern)

Questions/Information: OPA2.Resource@nrc.gov or call 404-997-4417 For Safety or Security Concerns:

  • Non-Emergency Hotline: 1-800-695-7403
  • Emergencies: 301-816-5100

NRC Inspection Reports To receive correspondence from the NRC:

NRC Inspection Reports https://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/listserver.html https://www.nrc.gov/info-finder/fc/urenco-enrichment-fac-nm-lc.html 32

NRC on Social Media Twitter: https://twitter.com/nrcgov Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nrcgov/

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YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/NRCgov Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nrcgov/sets LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/u-s--nuclear-regulatory-commission/

GovDelivery: https://service.govdelivery.com/accounts/USNRC/subscriber/new 33

Providing Feedback To NRC Link: https://feedback.nrc.gov/pmfs/feedback/form?meetingcode=20240635 34

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