ML15266A139

Summary of the Environmental Site Audit Related to the Review of the Construction Permit Application

ML15266A139
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Site:	Northwest Medical Isotopes
Issue date:	10/13/2015
From:	Martinez N C NRC/NRR/DLR/RERGUB
To:	Haass C C Northwest Medical Isotopes
Martinez N, 415-2719
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C. Haass UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20555-0001 October 13, 2015 Carolyn C. Haass Vice President Northwest Medical Isotopes, LLC 8815 Northwest 9 th Street, Suite 256 Corvallis, OR 97330

SUMMARY

OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE AUDIT RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLICATION FOR NORTHWEST MEDICAL ISOTOPES, LLC

Dear Ms. Haass:

On September 16-17, 2015, a review team consisting of staff from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) participated in a site audit at the Regional Economic Development, Inc. building, 500 E Walnut St., Suite 102, Columbia, MO, related to the environmental review of Northwest Medical Isotopes, LLC's (NWMI) construction permit application for its proposed radioisotope facility. The primary goal of the site visit was to review documentation and gather information. The site audit was conducted in accordance with the issued audit plan (Agencywide Documents Access and Management System (ADAMS) Accession No. ML15202A643). A list of representatives from the Boone County Commission, the Regional Economic Development, Inc., NRC, NWMI and its contractors, and the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) who participated in the site audit is provided in Enclosure 1.

The audit began on September 16, 2015, with an entrance meeting to introduce participants and to discuss logistics of the audit. Following the entrance meeting, presentations were led by NRC staff and NWMI staff. NRC staff presented an overview of the environmental review process (Enclosure 2) and NWMI presented an overview of the radioisotope production process, connected actions and modifications at the three research reactors, and the alternative site selection process. NRC staff reviewed information need responses and examined documents used by NWMI in preparation of the Environmental Report. In the afternoon, NRC staff participated in a general site tour of: the proposed facility site location, Discovery Ridge Research Park; MURR; and the alternative facility site location adjacent to MURR in Columbia, MO.

On September 17, 2015, the NRC staff met with NWMI staff to address the specific audit needs identified in the audit plan. Most of the NRC staff's questions identified in the audit plan or during the audit were answered through the conduct of the audit. Those that were not, will be answered by NWMI, as it responds to a request for additional information (RAI) letter to be issued subsequently. Furthermore, on September 17, 2015, NRC staff visited the State Historic

Preservation Office (SHPO) in Jefferson City, MO, to discuss NRC's environmental review, NRC's approach to integrating the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review process and Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) review, and NWMI's construction permit application for a proposed radioisotope facility at the Discovery Ridge Research Park. The SHPO indicated that it was familiar with the proposed project, having been contacted by NWMI in 2013 regarding review of the Cultural Resource Investigations Phase 1 Survey for Discovery Ridge and concurred with the NWMI investigator's recommendation that there would be no historic properties affected.

At the conclusion of the site audit, an exit meeting was conducted and NRC staff summarized the status of the review and that any additional information necessary to support the review would be formally requested via the RAI process. The RAI letter will be made publically available in ADAMS at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. Persons who do not have access to ADAMS or who encounter problems in accessing the documents located in ADAMS

should contact the NRC's Public Document Room staff at 800-397-4209 (or 301-415-4737) or by e-mail at pdr.resource@nrc.gov. If you have any questions, please contact me by telephone at 301-415-2715 or by e-mail at Nancy.Martinez@nrc.gov. Sincerely,

/RA/ Nancy Martinez, Environmental Project Manager Environmental Review and Guidance Branch Division of License Renewal Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

Docket No. 50-609

Enclosures:

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Letter to C. Haass from N. Martinez, dated October 13, 2015

SUMMARY

OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL SITE AUDIT RELATED TO THE REVIEW OF THE CONSTRUCTION PERMIT APPLICATION FOR NORTHWEST MEDICAL ISOTOPES, LLC

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Nicholas F. Fowler

Chief Executive Officer Northwest Medical Isotopes, LLC 8815 Northwest 9th Street, Suite 256 Corvallis, OR 97330

Darrell Liles, CHP, PE Senior Health Physicist ARCADIS-SENES 8310 South Valley Highway Suite 135 ENCLOSURE 1 LIST OF PARTICIPANTS NORTHWEST MEDICAL ISOTOPES, LLC ENVIRONMENTAL SITE AUDIT SEPTEMBER 16-17, 2015

PARTICIPANTS ORGANIZATION John Andrzejczak Merrick & Company Michael Balazik U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commissions (NRC) John Beller Portage Inc. Ralph Butler University of Missouri Research Reactor Stacey Button Regional Economic Development, Inc. Russell Chazell NRC Michael Corum Atkins Global Gary Dunford AEM Consulting Mike Flagg University of Missouri Research Reactor Kevin Folk NRC Carolyn Haass Northwest Medical Isotopes, LLC (NWMI) Robert Hoffman NRC Steve Lauzier University of Missouri System Nancy Martinez NRC Karen M. Miller Boone County Commission Micheal Moser NRC William Rautzen NRC Steve Reese NWMI ENCLOSURE 2