ML22304A671

Acceptance of Global Nuclear Fuel - Americas License Amendment Request for 8 Weight Percent Uranium-235

ML22304A671
Person / Time
Site:	07001113
Issue date:	11/02/2022
From:	Rowley J NRC/NMSS/DFM/FFLB
To:	Nay D Global Nuclear Fuel
References
EPID L-2022-LLA-0065
Download: ML22304A671 (3)

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Doug Nay, Facility Manager Global Nuclear Fuel Global Nuclear Fuel Americas Facility 3901 Castle Hayne Road P.O. Box 4780 Wilmington, NC 28402

SUBJECT:

ACCEPTANCE OF GLOBAL NUCLEAR FUEL - AMERICAS, LLC, LICENSE AMENDMENT REQUEST FOR 8 WEIGHT PERCENT URANIUM-235 (ENTERPRISE PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NUMBER L-2022-LLA-0065)

Dear Doug Nay:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff has received your submittal dated June 24, 2022 (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession Number ML22175A070), and responses to the NRC staffs requests for supplemental information (RSI) dated October 5, 2022 (ML22278A155), requesting a license amendment to permit nuclear fuel fabrication with material enrichment limits up to 8 weight percent Uranium-235.

We have completed our acceptance review of your submittal and RSI responses. We have identified no administrative omissions or deficiencies that would prevent us from proceeding with a detailed review. Your submittal has been assigned Enterprise Project Identification Number (EPID) L-2022-LLA-0065. Please reference this EPID number and Docket Number 07001113 in any future correspondence associated with this request.

Please note that the NRC staffs technical review of your submittal may identify issues that require additional information. Based on our preliminary evaluation and projection of current review schedules, we anticipate completing our formal review by October 31, 2023. 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. In addition, the NRC staff estimates that completing the review of your submittal will require approximately 1200 staff hours which corresponds to about $348,000.00 ($290.00/hr).

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. ADAMS is accessible from the NRC website at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).November 2, 2022 D. Nay 2 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. 07001113 License No. SNM-1097 cc: gnfa@listmgr.nrc.gov Signed by Rowley, Jonathan on 11/02/22

ML22304A671 OFFICE NMSS/DFM/FFLB/PM NMSS/DFM/FFLB/LA NMSS/DFM/FFLB/BC(A)

NAME JRowley ELee JDowns for JZimmerman DATE 11/01/2022 11/01/2022 11/02/2022