ML20357A092

General Electric-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment Facility U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Report 0707016/2020402

ML20357A092
Person / Time
Site:	07007016
Issue date:	12/21/2020
From:	Robert Williams NRC/RGN-II/DFFI
To:	Owens T GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment
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IR 2020402
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OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION December 21, 2020 Thomas H. Owens President and Chief Operating Officer GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment LLC P. O. Box 780, Mail Code J20 Wilmington, NC 28402

SUBJECT:

GENERAL ELECTRIC-HITACHI GLOBAL LASER ENRICHMENT FACILITY U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION INSPECTION REPORT 70-7016/2020-402

Dear Mr. Owens:

This report documents the results of the information security inspection that was conducted on November 9, 2020, at the Global Laser Enrichment (GLE) facility site in Wilmington, North Carolina and the classified document reviews that were performed remotely on December 10, 2020. The purpose of this inspection was to determine whether activities authorized under the license were conducted safely, securely, and in accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements. The results of this inspection were discussed with members of your staff at an exit meeting held on December 15, 2020.

During the inspection, the NRC staff examined activities conducted under your license as they related to protection of classified information and confirmed compliance with the Commissions rules and regulations and with the conditions of your license. Areas examined during the inspections are identified in the enclosed report. Within these areas, the inspections consisted of selected examination of procedures and representative records, observations of activities, and interviews with personnel.

Based on the results of these inspections, no violations of more than minor significance were identified.

The material enclosed herewith contains Security-Related Information associated with the classified information security safeguards program at the GLE facility, and in accordance with 10 CFR 2.390(d)(1), its disclosure to unauthorized individuals could present a security vulnerability.

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION Enclosure(s) transmitted herewith contain(s) SUNSI. When separated from enclosure(s),

this transmittal document is decontrolled.

LIMITED INTERNAL DISTRIBUTION PERMITTED

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION T. Owens 2 Therefore, the material in the enclosure will not be made available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS); accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html.

If you have any questions regarding the report, please contact Leonard Pitts of my staff at 404-997-4708.

Sincerely, Joel Rivera Ortiz, for

/RA/

Robert E. Williams, Jr., Chief Projects Branch 1 Division of Fuel Facility Inspection Docket No. 70-7016 License No. SNM-2019

Enclosure:

NRC Inspection Report 70-7016/2020-402 w/Attachment - Supplemental Information OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION T. Owens 3 cc:

Thomas Owens, President and Chief Executive Officer Global Laser Enrichment 3901 Castle Hayne Road P.O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402 tom.owens@ge.com Patricia Jenny, Security Manager Global Laser Enrichment 3901 Castle Hayne Road P.O. Box 780 Wilmington, NC 28402 pat.jenny@ge.com SoLita Greene Director, Department of Energy NE-32/D-430 solita.greene@nuclear.energy.gov OFFICIAL USE ONLY - SECURITY-RELATED INFORMATION

ML20357A092 SUNSI REVIEW COMPLETE FORM 665 ATTACHED OFFICE RII:DFFI/PB1 RII:DFFI/PB1 RII:DFFI/PB1 NAME L. Pitts K. Womack R. Williams DATE 12/10/2020 12/11/2020 12/10/2020