ML25238A207
| ML25238A207 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | 07007038 |
| Issue date: | 08/07/2025 |
| From: | Orano Enrichment USA |
| To: | Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards |
| Shared Package | |
| ML25238A205 | List: |
| References | |
| EPID L-2024-NEW-0007, OE-25-0008 | |
| Download: ML25238A207 (1) | |
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Orano Enrichment USA Enrichment Facility Pre-application Meeting Structural Codes and Standards August 28, 2025 NRC Headquarters - Rockville, MD OPI 0 UNRESTRICTED
00 INTRODUCTION 01 LICENSING PERSPECTIVE 02 DESIGN PERSPECTIVE 03 DESIGN BASIS DESIGNATIONS
Introduction 00
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Orano Enrichment USA 00 Headquartered in Bethesda, MD, Orano USA is a leading supplier of advanced reactor services, nuclear fuel materials, used fuel management, decommissioning, decontamination, and radwaste treatment solutions to U.S. commercial and federal customers.
- Letter of Intent
- Docket 70-7035
- Kickoff meeting
- Pre-application activities
- Submit application Pre-application 2024-2025
- Environmental Review
- Safety and Safeguards Review
- Issue Materials License Application Review 2026-2027
- Site preparation
- Facility construction
- Pre-operation readiness review Build and Startup 2026-2031 Orano Enrichment USA, LLC, created to build, commission and operate the Chemistry and Enrichment Facilities in the US.
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IKE Program Facility planned for Idaho Falls, ID License Application accepted Materials License SNM-2015 Issued Project terminated due to low demand due to cancelled reactor projects Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility 00 Orano has initiated exclusive discussions to establish a future uranium enrichment facility at a Department of Energy-owned site in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Pre-application activities started IKE Enrichment Facility 2004 2008 2011 2014 2024 2025 IKE is comparable to EREF, and GB2 is the reference plant in operation in France since 2011 EREF GB2
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Meeting Objectives Propose a broad philosophical framework for design classification of buildings / structures Provide the bases for determining the necessary design and QA/QC related adjustments to structural codes/standards to ensure alignment with relevant risk and performance objectives 00 Targeted application of structural codes and standards to ensure alignment with relevant risk and performance objectives
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Project Team 00 Orano Enrichment USA (OE) is a large multi-discipline project team working on design and licensing of IKE Enrichment Facility. Orano has engaged the expertise of Purdue Applied Research Institute (PARI) in the discipline of civil/structural codes and standards.
Lionel Antognelli, VP Engineering and Projects (OE)
Peter Vescovi, Licensing Manager / QA Manager (OE)
Sanj Malushte, Civil/Structural Engineering Consultant (PARI)
Amit H. Varma, Civil/Structural Engineering Consultant (PARI)
Paul Tiao, Chief Legal Officer (Orano USA)
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Designation Of Items Relied On For Safety for Natural Phenomena Hazard-initiated Events NRC Executive Director of Operations issued response to Nuclear Energy Institute concern with a position recently taken by the NRC staff that newly constructed facilities housing special nuclear material be classified as items relied on for safety (IROFS) in the Integrated Safety Analyses (ISA) required under 10 CFR Part 70. [ML24241A119]
Applicant must meet the baseline design criteria (BDC) in 10 CFR §70.64(a)(2) for new facilities and new processes at existing facilities and must provide adequate protection against natural phenomena with consideration of the most severe documented historical events for the site.
Moreover, if an applicant demonstrates that a to-code building/structural limits the risks of a credible high-consequence event in the integrated safety analyses (ISA) pursuant to 10 CFR § 70.62, the licensee may be able to credit adherence to the particular building/structural code as an IROFS 00 NRC does not require new fuel cycle facility buildings to be designated as IROFS
Orano Enrichment USA IKE Enrichment Facility Pre-application Meeting Structural Codes and Standards August 28, 2025 NRC Headquarters - Rockville, MD OPI 0 UNRESTRICTED Proprietary information withheld pursuant to 10 CFR 2.390