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Press Release-II-11-068: NRC Staff Schedules Meeting with Shaw Areva MOX Services to Discuss Performance at Mixed Oxide Facility
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NRC NEWS

U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Office of Public Affairs, Region II

245 Peachtree Center Ave. NE, Suite 1200

Atlanta, GA 30303-1257

Web Site: www.nrc.gov

No. II-11-068 December 5, 2011

CONTACT: Roger Hannah (404) 997-4417 E-mail: OPA2@nrc.gov

Joey Ledford (404) 997-4416

NRC STAFF SCHEDULES MEETING WITH SHAW AREVA MOX SERVICES

TO DISCUSS PERFORMANCE AT MIXED OXIDE FACILITY

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission staff has scheduled a meeting with officials of

Shaw Areva MOX Services at 7 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 15 in Aiken, S.C., to discuss the results

of the Applicant Performance Review for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility currently

under construction at the Savannah River site.

The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held at Newberry Hall, 117 Newberry

St., SW, in Aiken. NRC officials will be available to answer questions from the public after the

business portion of the meeting.

The NRC review covered the period from Oct. 1, 2010 to Sept. 30, 2011, and found

MOX facility construction activities acceptable. The review also determined that the construction

program was being sufficiently implemented. The NRC did not identify any areas needing

improvement during the most recent assessment period.

The MOX facility, which is owned by the Department of Energys National Nuclear

Security Administration, is part of an effort to make surplus weapons-grade plutonium into more

proliferation-resistant forms. Converting the plutonium into MOX fuel will enable it to be used

in commercial reactors to generate electricity. In the United States, only those reactors

authorized by the NRC will be permitted to use MOX fuel.

The performance review letter for the MOX facility is available on the NRC website at

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html . The number to access that document is ML11319A354.

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