NL-03-2459, Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System, for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant
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| Site: | Hatch, Vogtle, Farley  |
| Issue date: | 12/22/2003 |
| From: | Gasser J Southern Nuclear Operating Co |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response |
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| BL-03-004, NL-03-2459 | |
| Download: ML033630744 (5) | |
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Jeffrey T.Gasser Southern Nuclear Vice President Operating Company, Inc.
40 Inverness Center Parkway Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham. Alabama 35201 Tel 205.992.7721 Fax 205.992.0403 SOUTHERN A December 22, 2003 COMPANY EnerVy to Serve YourVorld' Docket Nos.: 50-321 50-348 50424 NL-03-2459 50-366 50-364 50-425 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555-0001 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System" Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued NRC Bulletin 2003-04, "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System,"
dated October 8, 2003, to inform licensees of performance concerns associated with reporting of data to and the resulting materials balances contained in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS) database. Accordingly, the enclosure to this letter provides the Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) 90-day response for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant.
This letter contains no NRC commitments. The SNC technical point of contact for this bulletin response is Robin Jones (205/992-5079). If you have any questions, please advise.
Sincerely, Jef 1e 7Ar TGa ser JTG/TMM/sdl Enclosure A6il
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NL-03-2459 Page 2 cc: Southern Nuclear Operating Company Mr. J. D. Woodard, Executive Vice President Mr. J. B. Beasley, Jr., Vice President, Plant Farley Mr. H. L. Sumner, Jr., Vice President, Plant Hatch Mr. D. E. Grissette, General Manager - Plant Farley Mr. G. R. Frederick, General Manager - Plant Hatch Mr. W. F. Kitchens, General Manager - Plant Vogtle Document Services RTYPE: CFA04.054; CHA02.004; CVC7000; LC# 13892 U. S. Nuclear Regulators Commission Mr. L. A. Reyes, Regional Administrator Mr. S. E. Peters, NRR Project Manager - Farley Mr. S. D. Bloom, NRR Project Manager - Hatch Mr. S. D. Bloom, NRR Project Manager - Vogtle Mr. T. P. Johnson, Senior Resident Inspector - Farley Mr. D. S. Simpkins, Senior Resident Inspector - Hatch Mr. J. Zeiler, Senior Resident Inspector - Vogtle Mr. L. C. Harris, NSIR
Enclosure Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System" The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued NRC Bulletin 2003-04, "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System,"
dated October 8, 2003, to inform licensees of performance concerns associated with reporting of data to and the resulting materials balances contained in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS) database. Restated below is each Bulletin request and the Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) 90-day response for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP), Edwin 1. Hatch Nuclear Plant (HNP),
and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP).
NRC Bulletin Item (i)
Notify licensees about performance concerns associated with their reporting data to, and the resulting material balances contained in, the NMMSS database.
Response to NRC Bulletin Item (i)
SNC acknowledges the performance concerns described in the Bulletin and provides the requested information in Items (ii), (iii), and (iv) below.
NRC Bulletin Item (ii)(a)
Request affected licensees to perform a one-time reporting of the quantities of special nuclear material (SNM) and/or foreign obligated source material in their possession, specified as a quantity of SNM defined by 10 CFR 72.76, 72.78, 74.15, and 150.16, as I gram or more of contained uranium-235, uranium-233, plutonium, or 0.1 gram or more plutonium-23 8 that is greater than 10 percent of the total plutonium by weight.
SNC Response to Bulletin Item (ii)(a)
SNC made its last periodic inventory report of this material as of May 31, 2003, to NMMSS for FNP, HNP, and VEGP in References 1, 2, and 3, respectively. As directed by the Bulletin, SNC subsequently contacted NMMSS to request verification that this last reported material inventory was in agreement with the book values identified in the NMMSS database. This request was made by electronic communications on December 4 and 8, 2003. Accordingly, SNC will interface with NMMSS as needed to confirm the material inventory in their database is in agreement with References 1, 2, and 3 as of May 31, 2003.
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Enclosure Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System" NRC Bulletin Item (ii)(b):
Request affected licensees to perform a one-time reporting of the quantities of special nuclear material (SNM) and/or foreign obligated source material in their possession, specified as a quantity of foreign obligated source material (i.e., natural uranium, depleted uranium, or thorium) defined by 10 CFR 40.64 and 150.17 as 1 kilogram or more.
SNC Response to Bulletin Item (ii)(b)
SNC made its last periodic inventory report of this material as of May 31, 2003, to NMMSS for FNP, HNP, and VEGP in References 1, 2, and 3, respectively. As directed by the Bulletin, SNC subsequently contacted NMMSS to request verification that this last reported material inventory was in agreement with the book values identified in the NMMSS database. This request was made by electronic communications on December 4 and 8, 2003. Accordingly, SNC will interface with NMMSS as needed to confirm the material inventory in their database is in agreement with References , 2, and 3 as of May 31, 2003.
NRC Bulletin Item (iii):
Request affected licensees to perform a one-time reporting of the quantities of other types of Government-owned materials, specified as any quantity of deuterium, tritium, curium, americium, neptunium, californium, berkelium, or enriched lithium in their possession (hereafter referred to as other Government-owned materials).
SNC Response to Bulletin Item (iii)
SNC has no holdings of other types of Government-owned materials specified as any quantity of deuterium, tritium, curium, americium, neptunium, californium, berkelium, or enriched lithium.
NRC Bulletin Item (iv):
Request affected licensees to submit the results of this one-time reporting of the balances of the requested material types directly to NMMSS, as described in NUREG/BR-0006 or 0007 and NMMSS Report D-24, as referenced in 10 CFR 40.64, 72.76, 72.78, 74.13, 74.15, 150.16, and 150.17, and to coordinate with NMMSS staff, the resolution of any discrepancies that become evident, based on a comparison of the results of the one-time reporting and previously existing licensee nuclear material balances.
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Enclosure Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System" SNC Response to Bulletin Item (iv)
SNC's response to Bulletin Items (iiXa), (ii)(b), and (iii) above conforms with the guidance provided in NMMSS special edition newsletter dated October 2003, and the electronic communication from the NRC (Mr. Larry Harris, NSIR/NRC) dated December 16, 2003, for a licensee to verify that its nuclear material inventory is in agreement with the NMMSS database records.
References
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Jeffrey T.Gasser Southern Nuclear Vice President Operating Company, Inc.
40 Inverness Center Parkway Post Office Box 1295 Birmingham. Alabama 35201 Tel 205.992.7721 Fax 205.992.0403 SOUTHERN A December 22, 2003 COMPANY EnerVy to Serve YourVorld' Docket Nos.: 50-321 50-348 50424 NL-03-2459 50-366 50-364 50-425 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555-0001 Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System" Ladies and Gentlemen:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued NRC Bulletin 2003-04, "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System,"
dated October 8, 2003, to inform licensees of performance concerns associated with reporting of data to and the resulting materials balances contained in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS) database. Accordingly, the enclosure to this letter provides the Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) 90-day response for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant, Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant, and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant.
This letter contains no NRC commitments. The SNC technical point of contact for this bulletin response is Robin Jones (205/992-5079). If you have any questions, please advise.
Sincerely, Jef 1e 7Ar TGa ser JTG/TMM/sdl Enclosure A6il
U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission NL-03-2459 Page 2 cc: Southern Nuclear Operating Company Mr. J. D. Woodard, Executive Vice President Mr. J. B. Beasley, Jr., Vice President, Plant Farley Mr. H. L. Sumner, Jr., Vice President, Plant Hatch Mr. D. E. Grissette, General Manager - Plant Farley Mr. G. R. Frederick, General Manager - Plant Hatch Mr. W. F. Kitchens, General Manager - Plant Vogtle Document Services RTYPE: CFA04.054; CHA02.004; CVC7000; LC# 13892 U. S. Nuclear Regulators Commission Mr. L. A. Reyes, Regional Administrator Mr. S. E. Peters, NRR Project Manager - Farley Mr. S. D. Bloom, NRR Project Manager - Hatch Mr. S. D. Bloom, NRR Project Manager - Vogtle Mr. T. P. Johnson, Senior Resident Inspector - Farley Mr. D. S. Simpkins, Senior Resident Inspector - Hatch Mr. J. Zeiler, Senior Resident Inspector - Vogtle Mr. L. C. Harris, NSIR
Enclosure Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System" The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued NRC Bulletin 2003-04, "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System,"
dated October 8, 2003, to inform licensees of performance concerns associated with reporting of data to and the resulting materials balances contained in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System (NMMSS) database. Restated below is each Bulletin request and the Southern Nuclear Operating Company (SNC) 90-day response for Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant (FNP), Edwin 1. Hatch Nuclear Plant (HNP),
and Vogtle Electric Generating Plant (VEGP).
NRC Bulletin Item (i)
Notify licensees about performance concerns associated with their reporting data to, and the resulting material balances contained in, the NMMSS database.
Response to NRC Bulletin Item (i)
SNC acknowledges the performance concerns described in the Bulletin and provides the requested information in Items (ii), (iii), and (iv) below.
NRC Bulletin Item (ii)(a)
Request affected licensees to perform a one-time reporting of the quantities of special nuclear material (SNM) and/or foreign obligated source material in their possession, specified as a quantity of SNM defined by 10 CFR 72.76, 72.78, 74.15, and 150.16, as I gram or more of contained uranium-235, uranium-233, plutonium, or 0.1 gram or more plutonium-23 8 that is greater than 10 percent of the total plutonium by weight.
SNC Response to Bulletin Item (ii)(a)
SNC made its last periodic inventory report of this material as of May 31, 2003, to NMMSS for FNP, HNP, and VEGP in References 1, 2, and 3, respectively. As directed by the Bulletin, SNC subsequently contacted NMMSS to request verification that this last reported material inventory was in agreement with the book values identified in the NMMSS database. This request was made by electronic communications on December 4 and 8, 2003. Accordingly, SNC will interface with NMMSS as needed to confirm the material inventory in their database is in agreement with References 1, 2, and 3 as of May 31, 2003.
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Enclosure Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System" NRC Bulletin Item (ii)(b):
Request affected licensees to perform a one-time reporting of the quantities of special nuclear material (SNM) and/or foreign obligated source material in their possession, specified as a quantity of foreign obligated source material (i.e., natural uranium, depleted uranium, or thorium) defined by 10 CFR 40.64 and 150.17 as 1 kilogram or more.
SNC Response to Bulletin Item (ii)(b)
SNC made its last periodic inventory report of this material as of May 31, 2003, to NMMSS for FNP, HNP, and VEGP in References 1, 2, and 3, respectively. As directed by the Bulletin, SNC subsequently contacted NMMSS to request verification that this last reported material inventory was in agreement with the book values identified in the NMMSS database. This request was made by electronic communications on December 4 and 8, 2003. Accordingly, SNC will interface with NMMSS as needed to confirm the material inventory in their database is in agreement with References , 2, and 3 as of May 31, 2003.
NRC Bulletin Item (iii):
Request affected licensees to perform a one-time reporting of the quantities of other types of Government-owned materials, specified as any quantity of deuterium, tritium, curium, americium, neptunium, californium, berkelium, or enriched lithium in their possession (hereafter referred to as other Government-owned materials).
SNC Response to Bulletin Item (iii)
SNC has no holdings of other types of Government-owned materials specified as any quantity of deuterium, tritium, curium, americium, neptunium, californium, berkelium, or enriched lithium.
NRC Bulletin Item (iv):
Request affected licensees to submit the results of this one-time reporting of the balances of the requested material types directly to NMMSS, as described in NUREG/BR-0006 or 0007 and NMMSS Report D-24, as referenced in 10 CFR 40.64, 72.76, 72.78, 74.13, 74.15, 150.16, and 150.17, and to coordinate with NMMSS staff, the resolution of any discrepancies that become evident, based on a comparison of the results of the one-time reporting and previously existing licensee nuclear material balances.
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Enclosure Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant Edwin I. Hatch Nuclear Plant Vogtle Electric Generating Plant Response to NRC Bulletin 2003-04 "Rebaselining of Data in the Nuclear Materials Management and Safeguards System" SNC Response to Bulletin Item (iv)
SNC's response to Bulletin Items (iiXa), (ii)(b), and (iii) above conforms with the guidance provided in NMMSS special edition newsletter dated October 2003, and the electronic communication from the NRC (Mr. Larry Harris, NSIR/NRC) dated December 16, 2003, for a licensee to verify that its nuclear material inventory is in agreement with the NMMSS database records.
References
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