ML25160A287
| ML25160A287 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 06/25/2025 |
| From: | Lav S NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| To: | Ferguson J Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication, Westinghouse, Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility |
| Shared Package | |
| ML25160A286 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-LLL-0008 | |
| Download: ML25160A287 (1) | |
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Jeffrey Ferguson, Manager Regulatory Compliance and Environmental, Health and Safety Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 5801 Bluff Road Hopkins, SC 29061-9121
SUBJECT:
RESPONSE TO WESTINGHOUSES NATIONAL PHENOMENA CRITERIA WHITE PAPER FOR ITS PLANNED LOW-ENRICHED URANIUM PLUS FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFIER L-2025-LLL-0008)
Dear Jeffrey Ferguson:
By letter dated February 26, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
[ADAMS] Accession No. ML25057A092), Westinghouse Electric Company LLC (WEC) submitted to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) its natural phenomena hazards white paper as a follow-up to the pre-application meeting held on November 21, 2024, to discuss WECs low-enriched uranium plus (LEU+) building design. The NRC staff has reviewed the white paper and identified observations which are documented in the enclosure to this letter.
The purpose of these observations is to provide early feedback on pre-application documents to improve the review of the license application. The observations are grouped into three categories: 1) major observations are gaps that need to be addressed in the application for the NRC to accept the license amendment request for docketing, 2) moderate observations are issues that are likely to result in the development of requests for additional information if the license amendment request is docketed, and 3) minor observations are clarifications or lessons learned that would improve the efficiency of the NRCs review. The detailed technical review of your license amendment request may result in requests for additional information beyond the scope of these observations.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 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. ADAMS 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.
The enclosure transmitted herewith contains sensitive proprietary information. When separated from the sensitive conditions in the enclosure, this document is decontrolled.
June 25, 2025
OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION J. Ferguson 2
OFFICIAL USE ONLY - PROPRIETARY INFORMATION If you have any questions regarding this action, please contact Yawar Faraz by telephone at 301-415-7220, or via email at Yawar.Faraz@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Samantha 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
Enclosure:
NRCs Observations (Proprietary) cc:
S. Subosits, Licensing, Westinghouse C. Zozula, LEU+ Manager westinghouse_cfff@listmgr.nrc.gov Signed by Lav, Samantha on 06/25/25
ML25160A286 (pkg); ML25160A287 (ltr);
ML25160A288 (encl, non-public)
OFFICE NMSS/DFM/FFLB NMSS/DFM/FFLB NMSS/DFM/MSB NAME YFaraz JGoodridge LRegner DATE 06/09/2025 06/10/2025 06/17/2025 OFFICE NMSS/DFM/NARAB NMSS/DFM/CTCFB NMSS/DFM/FFLB NAME DJohnson TGovan SLav DATE 06/17/2025 06/17/2025 06/25/2025