ML24170A717

Cover Letter - Approval of Revised Gle Standard Practice Procedure Plan

ML24170A717
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Site:	07007033
Issue date:	10/22/2024
From:	Matt Bartlett NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To:	Knowles T Global Laser Enrichment
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ML24170A716	List: ML24170A717 ML24170A719
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EPID L-2024-SPR-0002
Download: ML24170A717 (1)

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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001

October 22, 2024

Tim Knowles, Licensing Manager Regulatory Affairs Global Laser Enrichment 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28402

SUBJECT:

APPROVAL OF UPDATES TO THE GLOBAL LASER ENRICHMENT LLC STANDARD PRACTICE, PROCEDURE PLAN TO REMOVE THE FUELS GROWTH ENGINEERING HEADQUARTER BUILDING (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER L-20214-SPR-0002)

Dear Tim Knowles:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff received an application from Global Laser Enrichment LLC. (GLE) for approval of its revised Standard Practice Procedures Plan (SPPP) by letter dated July 16, 2024 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] Accession No. ML24199A106) and supplemented on September 17, 2024 (ML24261B962). The revised SPPP would remove the GLE Fuels Growth Engineering (FGE) building, as an approved NRC cleared area, and describe the classified matter controls implemented at the Test Loop (TL) facility.

The NRC staff conducted a review of the revised SPPP. The NRC staff also held a limited number of informal technical calls to seek clarification on the revised SPPP.

The SPPP Security Evaluation Report (SER) is provided in enclosure 1. The review included an environmental assessment of the plan updates, consistent with the requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR) Part 51, Environmental Protection Regulations for Domestic Licensing and Related Regulatory Functions. The SPPP for removing the FGE head quarters building is required under 10 CFR Part 95 and does not involve a license amendment.

Therefore, the proposed revisions do not meet the criterion for categorical exclusion from an environmental assessment provided in 10 CFR 51.22. The NRC staff developed an environmental assessment resulting in a finding of no significant impact documented in enclosure 2, which was published as a notice in the Federal Register.

Enclosure 1 transmitted herewith contains security related information. When separated from enclosure 1, this letter and enclosure 2 are decontrolled.

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The NRC staff finds that the revised SPPP reflecting the removal of the FGE building satisfies the applicable requirements of 10 CFR Part 25, 10 CFR Part 95, and 32 CFR Part 117. The review is documented further in the non-public security evaluation report in Enclosure 1.

Therefore, SPPP GLEP-00100-R, Revision 4 dated September 10, 2024 (ML24261B962, non-public), is approved.

The NRC staff estimates that this action required approximately 15.5 hours5.787037e-5 days <br />0.00139 hours <br />8.267196e-6 weeks <br />1.9025e-6 months <br /> of review, which corresponds to about $4,898 ($316.00/hour). These hours were charged to the following Enterprise Project Identification Numbers (EPID) 000224/07007033/L-2021-SPR-0002, "GLE Security Reviews. This EPID will remain open once this review has been completed.

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2 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.

If you have any questions regarding this communication, please contact me at 301-415-7154, or via email to Matthew.Bartlett@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

Signed by Bartlett, Matthew on 10/22/24

Matthew Bartlett, Senior Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

Docket No. 07007027

Enclosures:

1.SER for Revised GLE SPPP 2.Federal Register Notice of EA/FONSI

cc: gle@listmgr.nrc.gov

OFFICIAL USE ONLY SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION-T.Knowles 3 APPROVAL OF UPDATES TO THE GLOBAL LASER ENR ICHMENT LLC STANDARD PRA CTICE, PRO CEDURE PLAN TO REMOVE THE FUELS GROWTH ENG INEERING HEADQUARTER BUILDING DATE October 22, 2024 DISTRIBUT ION: Docket No. 07007027 JRowley, NMSS /DFM/FFLB MMangefrida, OCIO/GEMSD/CSB/CSOT SBazian, NSIR/DSO/ISB LPitts, R-II/DFFI/PB1 RMathis, R-II/DCO/CIB2 ADAMS Accession Nos.: ML24170A716; LtrML24170A717, SER ML24170A718, FRN ML24170A719 OFFICE NMSS NMSS/DFM/FFLB NAME JRudd JR MBartlett MB DATE Sep 18, 2024 Sep 19, 2024 OFFICE NSIR/DSO/ILTAB NMSS/DFM/FFLB NAME MMacDonald MM Slav JDowns for JD DATE Oct 9, 2024 Oct 11, 2024 NMSS/DFM/FFLB JGoodridge Sep 24, 2024 NMSS/DFM/FFLB MBartlett Oct 22, 2024 OFRCLRECORDCOPY JG ME JM OGC/GCRPS

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