ML20137A333

Notice of Amend to Coc for Us Enrichment Corp Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant,Portsmouth,Oh

ML20137A333
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Site:	Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Issue date:	03/18/1997
From:	Greeves J NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS)
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i j . . s 7590-01 l U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION l NOTICE OF AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE OF COMPLlANCE FOR THE U.S. ENRICHMENT CORPORATION PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT PORTSMOUTH. OHIO DOCKET 70-7002 The Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety ar.d Safeguards has made a determination that the following amendment request is not significant in accordance with 10 CFR 76.45.  !

In making that determination the . staff cc ncluded that (1) there is no change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite: (2) there is no significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure: (3)  ;

there is no significant construction impact: (4) there is no significant increase in the  ;

potential for, or radiological or chemical consequences from, previously analyzed accidents:

(5) the proposed changes do not result in the possibility of a new or different kind of accident: (6) there is no significant reduction in any margin of safety; and (7) the proposed changes will not result in an overall decrease in the effectiveness of the plant's safety, safeguards or security programs. The basis for this determination for the amendment request is described below.

The NRC staff has reviewed the certificate amendment application and concluded that it provides reasonable assurance of adequate safety, safeguards, and security, and compliance with NRC requirements. Therefore, the Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards is prepared to issue an amendment to the Certificate of Compliance for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PORTS). The staff has prepared a Compliance Evaluation Report which provides details of the staff's evaluation.

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The NRC staff has determined that this amendment satisfies the criteria for a categorical exclusion in accordance with 10 CFR 51.22. Therefore, pursuant to 10 CFR 51.22(b), no environmentalimpact statement or environmental assessment need be prepared for this amendment.

USEC or any person whose interest may be affected may file a petition, not exceeding 30 pages, requesting review of the Director's Decision. The petition must be filed with the Commission not later than 15 days after publication of this Federal Reoister Notice. A petition for review of the Director's Decision shall set forth with particularity the inte' rest of the petitioner and how that interest may be affected by the results of the decision. The petition should specifically explain the reasons why review of the Decision should be permitted with particular reference to the following factors: (1) the interest of the petitioner; (2) how that interest may be affected by the Decision, including the reasons why the petitioner should be permitted a review of the Decision; and (3) the petitioner's areas of concern about the activity that is the subject matter of the Decision. Any person described in this paragraph (USEC or any person who filed a petition) may file a response to any petition for review, not to exceed 30 pages, within 10 days after filing of the petition. If no petition is received within the designated 15-day period, the Director will issue the final amendment to the Certificate of Compliance without further delay, if a petition for review is received, the decision on the amendment application will become final in 60 days, unless the Commission grants the petition for review or otherwise acts within 1

60 days after publication of this Federal Reoister Notice. I l

3 A petition for review must be filed with the Secretary of the Coramission, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, Attention: Docketing and Services Branch, or may be delivered to the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman I

Building,2120 L Street, Washington, DC, by the above date.

For further details with respect to the action see (1) the application for amendment and (2) the Commission's Compliance Evaluation Report. These items are available for public inspection at the Commission's Public Document Room, the Gelman Building,2120 L i

Street, N.W., Washington, DC, and at the Local Public Document Room. l l

Date of amendment request: December 23,1996 Brief description of amendment: The amendment,in accordance with a commitment made in the USEC certificate application, changes the administrative Technical Safety Requirement (TSR) that limits the working hours of facility staff who perform safety functions.

Basis for finding of no significance:

1. The proposed amendment will not result in a change in the types or significant increase in the amounts of any effluents that may be released offsite.

4 Administrative TSR 3.2.2.b limits working hours of facility staff who perform safety functions (operators, health physics personnel, maintenance personnel, etc.). The proposed change revises TSR 3.2.2.b.2 as specified in issue 37 of DOE /ORO 2027 Revision 3, Change A, Plan for Achieving Compliance with NRC Regulations at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, by reducing the currently authorized limits, excluding shift turnover time, of 32 hours3.703704e-4 days <br />0.00889 hours <br />5.291005e-5 weeks <br />1.2176e-5 months <br /> in any 48 hour5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> period and 80 hours9.259259e-4 days <br />0.0222 hours <br />1.322751e-4 weeks <br />3.044e-5 months <br /> in any 7 day period, to 24 hours2.777778e-4 days <br />0.00667 hours <br />3.968254e-5 weeks <br />9.132e-6 months <br /> in any 48 hour5.555556e-4 days <br />0.0133 hours <br />7.936508e-5 weeks <br />1.8264e-5 months <br /> period and 72 hours8.333333e-4 days <br />0.02 hours <br />1.190476e-4 weeks <br />2.7396e-5 months <br /> in any 7 day period, respectively. These two 8-hour reductior.c in overtime limits may enhance safety by reducing occupational stresses and burdens on facility staff who perform safety functions. Therefore, this TSR amendment will not result in significant amounts of effluents that may be released offsite.

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2. The proposed amendment will not result in a significant increase in individual or cumulative occupational radiation exposure.

Operations at PORTS do not result in significant occupational radiation exposures. Some of the reasons being that (1) occupancy factors are low, (2) distances from radioactive sources are generally high, (3) significant shielding is provided by solid and liquid UF6 (self-shielding) and by piping and equipment, (4) depleted and low enriched uranium has low i

specific activities and are also comparatively low gamma radiation emitters (5) most of the

! uranium in precess is in gaseous form (Iow density), and (6) UF6 is confined within quality

! controlled cylinders, equipment and piping. The proposed reductions in overtime limits j would not significantly affect any of these six reasons. Therefore, reducing overtime i

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limits, as described in the assessment of criterion 1, will not measurably modify individual i

or cumulative occupational radiation exposures.

3. The proposed amendment will not result in a significant construction impact.

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Since the proposed changes do not involve any construction, therefore, there will be no i

] construction impacts.

i 4. The proposed amendment will not result in a significant increase in the potential for, or radiological or chemical consequences from, previously analyzed accidents, i

i The proposed changes which involve reductions in overtime limits will not result in a i

j significant increase in the potential for UF6 releases. The proposed changes will also not i result in a significant increase for, or radiological consequences from previously evaluated criticality accidents. In fact, the reductions in overtime limits described in the assessment of criterion 1, may enhance safety by reducing occupational stresses and burdens on i

j facility staff who perform safety functions. Therefore, this TSR amendment will not result in a significant increase in the potential for, or radiological or chemical consequences from, previously analyzed accidents.

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5. The proposed amendment will not result in the possibility of a new or different I

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i j The proposed changes will not result in the possibility of a new or different kind of l accident. In fact, the reductions in overtime limits described in the assessment of criterion 1, may enhance safety by reducing occupational stresses and burdens on facility staff who

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I 6. The proposed amendment will not result in a significant reduction in any margin i

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The proposed change, which is described in the assessment of criterion 1, will not result in i

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reduce any margin of safety.

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! 7. The proposed amendment will not result in an overall decrease in the

! effectiveness of the plant's safety, safeguards or security programs.

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Reductions in limits to overtime would not result in a decrease in the overall effectiveness i

of the plant's safety program. In fact, as discussed in the assessment of criterion 1,it i

l may enhance the effectiveness of the plant's safety program.

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The staff has not identified any safeguards or security related implications from the proposed amendment. Therefore reducing the limits on overtime as discussed in the i- assessment of criterion 1 will not result in an overall decrease in the eifectiveness of the

plant's safeguards or security programs.

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1 Effective date: 30 days after issuance l

Certificate of Compliance No. GDP-2: Amendment will revise the Technical Safety Requirements. l I

Local Public Document Room location: Portsmouth Public Library,1220 Gallia Street, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662.

h Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this /T day of h(Cb 1997.

FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION oppnelsened BY John T. Greeves, Acting Director Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards DISTRIBUTION:

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