ML25272A128
| ML25272A128 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 09/25/2025 |
| From: | Rowley J NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB |
| To: | Lorskulsint P URENCO USA |
| References | |
| LAR 25-03 | |
| Download: ML25272A128 (1) | |
Text
From:
Jonathan Rowley To:
Licensing UUSA Cc:
Subject:
Acceptance of LAR 25-03 for detailed review Date:
Thursday, September 25, 2025 2:57:00 PM
Dear Paul Lorskulsint:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff received your submittal dated August 26, 2025 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System Accession Number ML25239A077), transmitting the Urenco USA (UUSA) license amendment request (LAR) 25-03 (LAR 25-03) asking for approval of an exemption from the requirements in Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations 70.24 for criticality alarms to be located in the new Centrifuge Storage Building.
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) L2025-LLA-0140. Please reference this EPID number and Docket Number 07003103 in any future correspondence associated with this request.
Based on the NRC staffs acceptance review of the LAR, we anticipate completing the review by the end of January 2026, which is 7 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 January 2026 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 175 staff hours which corresponds to about $55,475.00 ($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 UUSA is an existing NRC licensee. The schedule below is based, in part, on several assumptions: (1) UUSA 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 UUSA 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 UUSA 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 October 31, 2025 Issuance of RAIs November 7, 2025 RAI Responses November 28, 2025
Final SE and licensing decision January 2026
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,
Jonathan Rowley, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NMSS)
Division of Fuel Management (DFM)
Fuel Facility Licensing Branch (FFLB)
Phone: 301-415-4053 Email: jonathan.rowley@nrc.gov