ML25223A248
| ML25223A248 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | BWX Technologies |
| Issue date: | 08/11/2025 |
| From: | James Downs NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| To: | Ashworth D BWXT |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-DFA-0020 | |
| Download: ML25223A248 (1) | |
Text
From:
James Downs To:
Ashworth, Daniel Cc:
Yates, Julian R
Subject:
ACCEPTANCE OF UPDATED FINANCIAL ASSURRANCE DOCUMENTS FOR BWXT NOG-L - EPID L-2025-DFA-0020 Date:
Monday, August 11, 2025 8:55:00 AM
Dear Daniel Ashworth:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff received your submittal dated June 26, 2025, transmitting the signed financial assurance documents that were recently updated for BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. - Lynchburg (BWXT NOG-L). The submittal has been docketed but is not publicly available in the NRCs Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) because of the proprietary nature of the information contained with the package.
We have completed our acceptance review of your submittal and 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-2025-DFA-0020. Please reference this EPID number and Docket Number 07000027 in any future correspondence associated with this request.
Based on the NRC staffs acceptance review of the submittal, we anticipate completing the review by November 2025, which is 9 months shorter than our metric of 12 months for license amendments (see https://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/generic-schedules.html). Please note that the NRC staffs technical review of your submittal may identify issues that require additional information. The November 2025 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 40 staff hours which corresponds to about
$12,680.00 ($317.00/hr.).
When possible, the NRC staff will conduct review steps and concurrence in parallel and review technical areas on an accelerated schedule. NRC staff will focus their review on the most safety/risk significant items and narrowly focus on the changes included in the amendment, recognizing that BWXT NOG-L is an existing NRC licensee. The schedule below is based, in part, on several assumptions: (1) BWXT NOG-L providing request for additional information (RAI) responses within 30 days of receiving draft RAIs, unless another date is agreed upon, (2) RAI responses resolving issues with limited need for follow-up RAIs, (3) clarification calls and audits being scheduled and conducted promptly, and (4) any additional supporting non-docketed information being provided timely. To achieve this schedule, the NRC staff intends to engage BWXT NOG-L frequently to resolve open items and address emerging technical and regulatory issues. Not meeting these assumptions could result in changes to the review schedule. The NRC requests that BWXT NOG-L inform us in writing, as early as possible, should potential delays arise in its support of the schedule.
The table below provides key milestones for the review:
Review Milestones Estimated Completion Draft Safety Evaluation (SE)/Draft RAIs September 12, 2025 Issuance of RAIs September 19, 2025 RAI Responses October 13, 2025
Final SE and licensing decision November 2025
In accordance with 10 CFR Part 2, Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this email 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 NRCs 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 1800397-4209 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.
Sincerely,
James Downs Senior Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NMSS/DFM/.FFLB 301-415-7744