ML19060A210

Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc., Licensee Performance Review of Licensed Activities (Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Report 70-143/2019-001)

ML19060A210
Person / Time
Site:	Erwin
Issue date:	03/01/2019
From:	Ladonna Suggs NRC/RGN-II/DFFI
To:	Stewart J Nuclear Fuel Services
References
IR 2019001
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UNITED STATES NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION REGION II 245 PEACHTREE CENTER AVENUE NE, SUITE 1200 ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30303-1257 March 1, 2019 Mr. John Stewart President, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.

P.O. Box 337, MS 123 Erwin, TN 37650

SUBJECT:

NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC., LICENSEE PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF LICENSED ACTIVITIES (NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION INSPECTION REPORT 70-143/2019-001)

Dear Mr. Stewart:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff in the Region II office, the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, and the Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response completed a periodic review of Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS) performance in conducting NRC-licensed activities. The performance review covered licensed activities from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2018. The performance of NFS was evaluated in the areas of Safety Operations, Radiological Controls, Facility Support, Safeguards and Other Areas in accordance with Inspection Manual Chapter (IMC) 2604, Licensee Performance Review.

Overall, the staff determined that NFS has continued to conduct activities safely and securely, and in a manner that protects public health and the environment. Based on our review of activities, no area needing improvement was identified in the performance areas mentioned above. Therefore, the NRC plans to conduct the core inspection program for a Category I Fuel Facility as described in NRC IMC 2600, Appendix B, NRC Core Inspection Requirements Table 1, for the next performance assessment period (January 1, 2019 through December 31, 2020).

The results of our review will be discussed with you at a public meeting on May 16, 2019 at the Town Hall in Erwin, TN.

In accordance with Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), Section 2.390, "Public inspections, exceptions, requests for withholding, a copy of this letter will be available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC's document system (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room).

J. Stewart 2 Please refer questions and comments regarding your performance review to Mr. Brannen Adkins, Acting Chief, Projects Branch 1, by telephone at 404-997-4620.

Sincerely,

/RA/

LaDonna Suggs, Director Division of Fuel Facility Inspection Docket No.70-143 License No. SNM-124 cc: (See page 3)

J. Stewart 3 cc:

Michael McKinnon Director, Operations Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Richard A. Freudenberger Safety & Safeguards Director Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc.

Electronic Mail Distribution Debra G. Shults Director, TN Dept. of Environment & Conservation Electronic Mail Distribution Doris D. Hensley Mayor, Town of Erwin 211 North Main Avenue P.O. Box 59 Erwin, TN 37650 Greg Lynch Mayor, Unicoi County P.O. Box 169 Erwin, TN 37650 Johnny Lynch Mayor, Town of Unicoi P.O. Box 39 Unicoi, TN 37692 David W. Deming Manager, Program Field Office - NFS Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory 1205 Banner Hill Rd Erwin, TN 37650

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