ML24248A189

Cover Letter - Request for Additional Information Regarding Louisiana Energy Services, LLC License Amendment Request 23-02 - Changes to License Conditions and Raise Enrichment Limit to Less than 10 Weight Percent for Leu+ Production Systems

ML24248A189
Person / Time
Site:	07003103
Issue date:	09/16/2024
From:	Rowley J NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To:	Lorskulsint P Louisiana Energy Services
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ML24248A188	List: ML24248A189
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EPID L-2023-LLA-0168
Download: ML24248A189 (1)

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OFFICIAL USE ONLY-SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION OFFICIAL USE ONLY-SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 Paul Lorskulsint, Chief Nuclear Officer and Head of Compliance Louisiana Energy Services, LLC P.O. Box 1789 Eunice, NM 88231

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING LOUISIANA ENERGY SERVICES, LLC LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST 23 CHANGES TO LICENSE CONDITIONS AND RAISE ENRICHMENT LIMIT TO LESS THAN 10 WEIGHT PERCENT FOR LOW ENRICHED URANIUM PLUS PRODUCTION SYSTEMS (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFIER L-2023-LLA-0168)

Dear Paul Lorskulsint:

By letter dated November 30, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

[ADAMS] Number ML23334A122), Louisiana Energy Services, LLC, dba Urenco USA (UUSA),

requested an amendment to its Materials License. The amendment proposes an increase of the enrichment limit from 5.5 weight percent (wt. %) uranium 235 (U-235) to less than 10.0 wt. %

U-235. UUSA has termed U-235 enriched to less than 10 wt. % as Low Enriched Uranium Plus.

The proposed increase would result in revisions to numerous license conditions and minor administrative changes in the license. Our review of your application has identified that additional information is needed before final action can be taken.

The additional information, specified in the enclosures, should be provided within 30 days from the date of this letter.

Pending your response, we anticipate completing our review by the end of November 2024.

This 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.

Enclosures 1 and 2 transmitted with this letter contain Security Related Information. When separated from Enclosures 1 and 2, this letter is decontrolled.September 16, 2024 OFFICIAL USE ONLY-SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION P. Lorskulsint 2 OFFICIAL USE ONLY-SECURITY RELATED INFORMATIONIn accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations Part 2, Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter 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. 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 1-800-397-4209 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 at 301-415-4053, or via email to jonathan.rowley@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Jonathan G. Rowley, Project Manager Fuel Facility Licensing Branch Division of Fuel Management Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards Docket No.: 07003103 License No.: SNM-2010

Enclosures:

1. RAI Integrated Safety Analysis (non-public)

2. RAI Nuclear Criticality Safety (non-public) cc: les@listmgr.nrc.gov Signed by Rowley, Jonathan on 09/16/24

ML24248A188 (pkg, non-public); ML24248A189(ltr);

ML24248A190 (encl 1, non-public);

ML24248A191 (encl 2, non-public)

OFFICE NMSS/DFM/FFLB NMSS/DFM/FFLB NMSS/DFM/FFLB NMSS/DFM/FFLB NAME JRowley JGoodridge SLav JRowley DATE 09/06/24 09/09/24 09/16/24 09/16/24