ML25261A144
| ML25261A144 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Westinghouse |
| Issue date: | 09/26/2025 |
| From: | Diana Woodyatt NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| To: | Subosits S Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication |
| References | |
| EPID L-2025-MCA-0000 | |
| Download: ML25261A144 (1) | |
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Stephen Subosits, Manager, Regulatory Affairs Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 5801 Bluff Road Hopkins, SC 29061-9121
SUBJECT:
ACCEPTANCE OF WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY, LLC REQUEST FOR REVIEW OF UPDATED FUNDAMENTAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL CONTROL PLAN FOR THE WESTINGHOUSE COLUMBIA FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY -
ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER L-2025-MCA-0000
Dear Stephen Subosits:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has received your submittal dated July 28, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System [ADAMS] No.
ML25209A443, non-public), requesting prior approval of Revision 45 of the fundamental nuclear material control plan for the Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Hopkins, South Carolina.
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. However, the NRC staffs technical review of your submittal may identify issues that could require you to provide additional information. Your submittal has been assigned Enterprise Project Identification Number (EPID) L-2025-MCA-0000. Please reference this EPID No. and Docket No. 70-1151 in any future correspondence associated with this request.
Based on our preliminary evaluation and projection of current review schedules, we anticipate completing our review of your submittal by January 2026, which is 7 months shorter than our 12-month metric for license amendments. This schedule includes the issuance, if needed, of a request for additional information (RAI) by October 2025. The NRC staff estimates that completing the review of your submittal will require approximately 40 staff hours, which corresponds to about $12,720.00 ($318.00/hour) and aligns with historical averages for this type of licensing review. We will promptly communicate any significant schedule or cost changes.
The schedule is also based, in part, on Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (Westinghouse) providing RAI responses within 30 days of receiving draft RAIs, unless another date is agreed upon, RAI responses resolving issues with limited need for follow-up RAIs, clarification calls and audits being scheduled and conducted promptly, and any additional supporting non-docketed information being provided timely. To achieve this schedule, the NRC staff intends to engage Westinghouse frequently to resolve open items and address emerging technical and regulatory issues. Not meeting these assumptions, including the information requests above, could result in changes to the review schedule. The NRC requests that Westinghouse inform us in writing, as early as possible, should potential delays arise in its support of the schedule. Should the September 26, 2025
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review experience a delay for other reasons, the NRC staff will endeavor to make up the time within the schedule.
In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Section 2.390, Public inspections, exemptions, requests for withholding, 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/readingrm/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 301-415-1245, or via email to Diana.Woodyatt@nrc.gov.
Sincerely, Diana Woodyatt, Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No.: 70-1151 License No.: SNM-1107 cc: westinghouse_ff@listmgr.nrc.gov Signed by Woodyatt, Diana on 09/26/25
ML25261A144 OFFICE NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NMSS/DFM NAME RMathis YFaraz WWheatley TGovan DATE 09/18/2025 09/18/2025 09/19/2025 09/26/2025 OFFICE NMSS/DFM NAME DWoodyatt DATE 09/26/2025