ML24127A209

Issuance of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Facility Security Clearance for the Global Laser Enrichment New Headquarters Building

ML24127A209
Person / Time
Site:	07007033
Issue date:	05/07/2024
From:	Darryl Parsons NRC/NSIR/DSO/ISB
To:	Fishel B Global Laser Enrichment
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Bryan Fishel Facility Security Officer Global Laser Enrichment LLC 3901 Castle Hayne Road Wilmington, NC 28402

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION FACILITY SECURITY CLEARANCE FOR THE GLOBAL LASER ENRICHMENT NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

Dear Bryan Fishel:

By letter dated August 25, 2023 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System

[ADAMS] Accession No ML23243A847)), Glob al Laser Enrichme nt (GLE) requested approval of a Standard Practice and Procedure s Plan (SPPP) for the new Global Laser Enrichment Headquarters, located at 4110 U S Hwy 421, Suite 100, Wilmingto n, NC 28401. GLE was previously granted a facility security clearance (FCL) by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for their facility on Castle Hayne Road on January 29, 2021 (ML21026A048).

By package dated May 1, 2024 (ML24037A127), the NRC notified you that it had completed its review of the Standard Practice Procedure Plan fo r the Protection of Classified Matter and the approval of the Classified Matter Transportation Security Plan for the GLE Headquarters location and found them both acceptable. The details associated with the review of these p lans are documented in the enclosures to the approval letter, see SPPP Safeguards Evaluation Report (SER) (ML24037A129 - non-public) and TSP SER (ML24072A064 - non-public).

On April 25, 202 4, NRC completed an onsite readine ss review of the GL E Headquarters building. The review did not identify any violations of more than minor significance. The details associated with this review we re recently provide d to you (ML24124A117). Following the ORR, GLE submitted the non-substantive update s to the SPPP and TSP via letter dated April 26, 2024 (ML24122C628).

On January 5, 202 1, the NRC conducted a Foreign Ownership, Control, or Influence (FOCI) review of GLE. The review concluded that implementation of the mitigation measures, recommended by the NRC and committed to b y GLE, will ensure that the degree and extent of FOCI over GL E will not pose an undue risk to national secu rity (ML20290A397). The se FOCI measure s have been committed to in the recently submitted SPPP.

Based on the co mmitments in the updated SPPP and TSP, as documented in the SERs; the onsite readiness review; and FOCI determination, the NRC staff hereby grants GLE a facility security clearance to allow classified informatio n, up to SECRET-Restricted Data, to be used, processe d, store d, reproduced, transported and handled at the GL E facility located at 4110 US Hwy 421, Suite 100, Wilmington, NC 28401.May 7, 2024 B. Fishel 2 In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Section 2.390 of the NRCs Agency Rules of Practice and Procedure, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room, or from the Publicly Available Records component of the NRCs ADAMS.

If you have any questions regarding this action, please contact Samuel Bazian of my staff at 3014157048, or via email at Samuel.Bazian@nrc.gov.

Sincerely, Darryl H. Parsons, Chief Information Security Branch Division of Security Operations Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response Docket No. 707033 License No. N/A cc: M. Bartlett (NMSS)

Signed by Parsons, Darryl on 05/07/24

Ltr ML24127A209 OFFICE NSIR/DSO/ISB NSIR/DSO NSIR/DSO/ISB NAME SBazian SB TInverso TI DParsons DP DATE May 6, 2024 May 6, 2024 May 7, 2024