Press Release-II-16-020, NRC Schedules Open House to Discuss Mixed Oxide Facility Performance
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| Issue date: | 04/11/2016 |
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No: II-16-020 April 11, 2016 CONTACT: Roger Hannah 404-997-4417 Joey Ledford 404-997-4416 NRC Schedules Open House to Discuss Mixed Oxide Facility Performance The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled an open house for Tuesday, April 19, to discuss the agencys assessment of activities last year at the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility under construction at the Savannah River site.
The open house is scheduled from 6-7 p.m. in the Garden Conference Room of the Applied Research Center, 301 Gateway Dr., in New Ellenton, S.C. There will be no formal presentation, but NRC staff members will be available to answer questions and provide information about NRC inspection and oversight of the facility.
The NRC review covered the period from Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015, and concluded that construction activities were consistent with NRC rules and regulations as well as the conditions of the MOX construction authorization. No areas were identified as needing improvement and the NRC plans to continue its inspections at the site appropriate for the level of construction activity.
The MOX facility, being constructed by CB&I AREVA MOX Services, is located at the U.S.
Department of Energys Savannah River Site near Aiken, S.C. If completed, the facility will be owned by the DOEs National Nuclear Security Administration and will convert supplies of surplus weapons-grade plutonium into more proliferation-resistant material by blending it with natural or depleted uranium. When converted into mixed oxide, or MOX fuel, it can be used in commercial nuclear reactors to generate electricity.
The MOX facility performance review letter covering 2015 is available on the NRC website.