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Centrus Energy Corp.; Proposed
Decommissioning Plan
Nuclear Regulatory
Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application;
request for comment.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (NRC) has received an
application from Centrus Energy Corp.
(Centrus) to amend Material License
Number SNM–7003 to authorize
decommissioning of its American
Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility (LCF)
located in Piketon, Ohio. The NRC has
accepted the application for technical
review and evaluation of the
decommissioning plan. As all materials
and equipment at the LCF were
previously removed and dispositioned
offsite under the authority of Centrus’
existing license, the NRC’s review of the
decommissioning plan is limited to (1)
decommissioning funding, (2) dose
assessment and derived concentration
guideline levels and methodology, and
(3) final status survey design in
accordance with the Multi-Agency
Radiation Survey and Site Investigation
Manual. In order to inform its review of
these remaining issues, the NRC is
soliciting comments from affected
parties.
SUMMARY:
Submit comments by July 2,
2018. Comments received after this date
will be considered if it is practical to do
so, but the Commission is able to ensure
consideration only for comments
received before this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0079. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer
Borges; telephone: 301–287–9127;
DATES:
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email: Jennifer.Borges@nrc.gov. For
technical questions, contact the
individual listed in the FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT section of this
document.
• Mail comments to: May Ma, Office
of Administration, Mail Stop: TWFN–7–
A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission, Washington, DC 20555–
0001.
For additional direction on obtaining
information and submitting comments,
see ‘‘Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments’’ in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Yawar H. Faraz, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555–0001; telephone:
301–415–7220; email: Yawar.Faraz@
nrc.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and
Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC–2018–
0079 when contacting the NRC about
the availability of information for this
action. You may obtain publiclyavailable information related to this
action by any of the following methods:
• Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov and search
for Docket ID NRC–2018–0079.
• NRC’s Agencywide Documents
Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publiclyavailable documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at
https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/
adams.html. To begin the search, select
‘‘ADAMS Public Documents’’ and then
select ‘‘Begin Web-based ADAMS
Search.’’ For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC’s Public
Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by
email to pdr.resource@nrc.gov. The
ADAMS accession number for each
document referenced (if it is available in
ADAMS) is provided the first time that
it is mentioned in this document.
• NRC’s PDR: You may examine and
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White Flint North, 11555 Rockville
Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC–2018–
0079 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include
identifying or contact information that
you do not want to be publicly
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The NRC will post all comment
submissions at https://
www.regulations.gov as well as enter the
comment submissions into ADAMS.
The NRC does not routinely edit
comment submissions to remove
identifying or contact information.
If you are requesting or aggregating
comments from other persons for
submission to the NRC, then you should
inform those persons not to include
identifying or contact information that
they do not want to be publicly
disclosed in their comment submission.
Your request should state that the NRC
does not routinely edit comment
submissions to remove such information
before making the comment
submissions available to the public or
entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
By letter dated February 21, 2018
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18030A442),
the NRC accepted for detailed technical
review Centrus’ application dated
January 5, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18025B285), and a subsequent
clarification dated February 14, 2018
(ADAMS Accession No. ML18046A081),
to amend Material License No. SNM–
7003 to authorize decommissioning of
its LCF located in Piketon, Ohio.
In the early 1980s, the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) initiated its
construction of the Gas Centrifuge
Enrichment Plant (GCEP) at the
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site
in Piketon, Ohio. After installing and
operating several hundred centrifuges,
the DOE terminated the GCEP project in
1985. Approximately 15 years later,
USEC, Inc. decided to use and expand
the existing GCEP facilities for
deploying its own commercial
centrifuge plant. In 2004, USEC, Inc.
signed a lease agreement with DOE to
use certain GCEP facilities for testing
and eventual commercial production as
part of its overall gas centrifuge uranium
enrichment project.
The NRC issued Material License No.
SNM–7003 for the LCF to USEC, Inc. on
February 24, 2004 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML062630432). At that time, USEC,
Inc., under contract with DOE,
dismantled and packaged for transport
for offsite disposition DOE’s
contaminated and non-contaminated
GCEP classified waste, comprising of
centrifuges and equipment. After
licensing by the NRC, USEC, Inc. began
to install its own centrifuges in a
portion of one of the two existing GCEP
process buildings and began operating
the LCF as a test facility in August of
2006. The LCF’s purpose was to obtain
‘‘reliability, performance, cost, and
other data’’ for use in the decision
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whether to construct and operate a
commercial uranium enrichment plant,
commonly referred to as the American
Centrifuge Plant. To govern any future
operation of the ACP, the NRC issued
Material License No. SNM–2011 on
April 13, 2007 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML070400284). To date, no significant
construction activities have occurred at
the ACP. These NRC licenses were
subsequently transferred from USEC,
Inc. to Centrus. The LCF lies completely
within the ACP site, occupying about
ten percent of the space reserved for the
ACP. The ACP site, in turn, lies
completely within DOE’s controlled
access area, where an adjoining uranium
enrichment facility using a gaseous
diffusion process previously operated
for several decades. Currently, DOE is
decommissioning this facility.
On March 2, 2016 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML16074A405), Centrus notified
the NRC, in accordance with paragraph
70.38(d)(2) of title 10 of the Code of
Federal Regulations (10 CFR), of its
decision to permanently cease operation
of the LCF and to terminate Material
License No. SNM–7003 following
decontamination and decommissioning
activities.
On May 17, 2016, Centrus submitted
a license amendment request to the NRC
to downgrade licensed activities at the
LCF to ‘‘limited operations’’ and to
remove enrichment capability from the
license (ADAMS Package Accession No.
ML16162A194). The NRC approved the
amendment on December 23, 2016
(ADAMS Accession No. ML16330A248).
Since notifying the NRC of its intent
to decommission the LCF under the
authority of its existing Material License
No. SNM–7003, Centrus removed the
process gas in the form of UF6 and
packaged all LCF classified equipment,
including all LCF centrifuges and
piping, and shipped the packages offsite
for appropriate disposition. The NRC
has verified that all classified matter has
been shipped offsite for appropriate
disposition, and the NRC has
withdrawn Centrus’ authorization to
possess classified information or
material/equipment at the LCF and ACP
in Piketon, Ohio. Except for the NRC’s
confirmation of the results of Centrus’
final status survey, all physical
decommissioning activities for the LCF
have been completed.
This present action requires the NRC
to evaluate and consider Centrus’
decommissioning plan for approval and
to consider the approval of a
corresponding license amendment. This
review will be limited in scope to those
portions of the decommissioning plan
not previously completed under the
authority of the license. Before
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completing the proposed action, the
NRC will need to make the findings
required by the Atomic Energy Act of
1954, as amended, and the NRC’s
regulations. These findings will be
documented in a safety evaluation
report and an environmental
assessment.
III. Opportunity To Provide Comments
In accordance with section 20.1405 of
10 CFR, the NRC is providing notice to
individuals in the vicinity of the site
that the NRC is in receipt of a
decommissioning plan and will accept
comments from affected parties
concerning this decommissioning
proposal. The NRC requests comments
on the portions of the LCF’s
decommissioning plan under review by
the NRC, which are limited to: (1)
Decommissioning funding, (2) dose
assessment and derived concentration
guideline levels and methodology, and
(3) final status survey design in
accordance with the Multi-Agency
Radiation Survey and Site Investigation
Manual.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day
of April 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Craig G. Erlanger,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety,
Safeguards, and Environmental Review,
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and
Safeguards.
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[Docket No. 70-7003; NRC-2018-0079]
Centrus Energy Corp.; Proposed Decommissioning Plan
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
ACTION: License amendment application; request for comment.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has received an
application from Centrus Energy Corp. (Centrus) to amend Material
License Number SNM-7003 to authorize decommissioning of its American
Centrifuge Lead Cascade Facility (LCF) located in Piketon, Ohio. The
NRC has accepted the application for technical review and evaluation of
the decommissioning plan. As all materials and equipment at the LCF
were previously removed and dispositioned offsite under the authority
of Centrus' existing license, the NRC's review of the decommissioning
plan is limited to (1) decommissioning funding, (2) dose assessment and
derived concentration guideline levels and methodology, and (3) final
status survey design in accordance with the Multi-Agency Radiation
Survey and Site Investigation Manual. In order to inform its review of
these remaining issues, the NRC is soliciting comments from affected
parties.
DATES: Submit comments by July 2, 2018. Comments received after this
date will be considered if it is practical to do so, but the Commission
is able to ensure consideration only for comments received before this
date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0079. Address
questions about NRC dockets to Jennifer Borges; telephone: 301-287-
9127; email: [email protected]. For technical questions, contact
the individual listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of
this document.
Mail comments to: May Ma, Office of Administration, Mail
Stop: TWFN-7-A60M, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
20555-0001.
For additional direction on obtaining information and submitting
comments, see ``Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments'' in the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this document.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yawar H. Faraz, Office of Nuclear
Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,
Washington, DC 20555-0001; telephone: 301-415-7220; email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Obtaining Information and Submitting Comments
A. Obtaining Information
Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2018-0079 when contacting the NRC
about the availability of information for this action. You may obtain
publicly-available information related to this action by any of the
following methods:
Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2018-0079.
NRC's Agencywide Documents Access and Management System
(ADAMS): You may obtain publicly-available documents online in the
ADAMS Public Documents collection at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. To begin the search, select ``ADAMS Public Documents'' and
then select ``Begin Web-based ADAMS Search.'' For problems with ADAMS,
please contact the NRC's Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at
1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to pd[email protected]. The
ADAMS accession number for each document referenced (if it is available
in ADAMS) is provided the first time that it is mentioned in this
document.
NRC's PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public
documents at the NRC's PDR, Room O1-F21, One White Flint North, 11555
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
B. Submitting Comments
Please include Docket ID NRC-2018-0079 in your comment submission.
The NRC cautions you not to include identifying or contact
information that you do not want to be publicly disclosed in your
comment submission.
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The NRC will post all comment submissions at https://www.regulations.gov
as well as enter the comment submissions into ADAMS. The NRC does not
routinely edit comment submissions to remove identifying or contact
information.
If you are requesting or aggregating comments from other persons
for submission to the NRC, then you should inform those persons not to
include identifying or contact information that they do not want to be
publicly disclosed in their comment submission. Your request should
state that the NRC does not routinely edit comment submissions to
remove such information before making the comment submissions available
to the public or entering the comment into ADAMS.
II. Background
By letter dated February 21, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No.
ML18030A442), the NRC accepted for detailed technical review Centrus'
application dated January 5, 2018 (ADAMS Accession No. ML18025B285),
and a subsequent clarification dated February 14, 2018 (ADAMS Accession
No. ML18046A081), to amend Material License No. SNM-7003 to authorize
decommissioning of its LCF located in Piketon, Ohio.
In the early 1980s, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) initiated
its construction of the Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant (GCEP) at the
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant site in Piketon, Ohio. After
installing and operating several hundred centrifuges, the DOE
terminated the GCEP project in 1985. Approximately 15 years later,
USEC, Inc. decided to use and expand the existing GCEP facilities for
deploying its own commercial centrifuge plant. In 2004, USEC, Inc.
signed a lease agreement with DOE to use certain GCEP facilities for
testing and eventual commercial production as part of its overall gas
centrifuge uranium enrichment project.
The NRC issued Material License No. SNM-7003 for the LCF to USEC,
Inc. on February 24, 2004 (ADAMS Accession No. ML062630432). At that
time, USEC, Inc., under contract with DOE, dismantled and packaged for
transport for offsite disposition DOE's contaminated and non-
contaminated GCEP classified waste, comprising of centrifuges and
equipment. After licensing by the NRC, USEC, Inc. began to install its
own centrifuges in a portion of one of the two existing GCEP process
buildings and began operating the LCF as a test facility in August of
2006. The LCF's purpose was to obtain ``reliability, performance, cost,
and other data'' for use in the decision whether to construct and
operate a commercial uranium enrichment plant, commonly referred to as
the American Centrifuge Plant. To govern any future operation of the
ACP, the NRC issued Material License No. SNM-2011 on April 13, 2007
(ADAMS Accession No. ML070400284). To date, no significant construction
activities have occurred at the ACP. These NRC licenses were
subsequently transferred from USEC, Inc. to Centrus. The LCF lies
completely within the ACP site, occupying about ten percent of the
space reserved for the ACP. The ACP site, in turn, lies completely
within DOE's controlled access area, where an adjoining uranium
enrichment facility using a gaseous diffusion process previously
operated for several decades. Currently, DOE is decommissioning this
facility.
On March 2, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16074A405), Centrus
notified the NRC, in accordance with paragraph 70.38(d)(2) of title 10
of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), of its decision to
permanently cease operation of the LCF and to terminate Material
License No. SNM-7003 following decontamination and decommissioning
activities.
On May 17, 2016, Centrus submitted a license amendment request to
the NRC to downgrade licensed activities at the LCF to ``limited
operations'' and to remove enrichment capability from the license
(ADAMS Package Accession No. ML16162A194). The NRC approved the
amendment on December 23, 2016 (ADAMS Accession No. ML16330A248).
Since notifying the NRC of its intent to decommission the LCF under
the authority of its existing Material License No. SNM-7003, Centrus
removed the process gas in the form of UF6 and packaged all LCF
classified equipment, including all LCF centrifuges and piping, and
shipped the packages offsite for appropriate disposition. The NRC has
verified that all classified matter has been shipped offsite for
appropriate disposition, and the NRC has withdrawn Centrus'
authorization to possess classified information or material/equipment
at the LCF and ACP in Piketon, Ohio. Except for the NRC's confirmation
of the results of Centrus' final status survey, all physical
decommissioning activities for the LCF have been completed.
This present action requires the NRC to evaluate and consider
Centrus' decommissioning plan for approval and to consider the approval
of a corresponding license amendment. This review will be limited in
scope to those portions of the decommissioning plan not previously
completed under the authority of the license. Before completing the
proposed action, the NRC will need to make the findings required by the
Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and the NRC's regulations. These
findings will be documented in a safety evaluation report and an
environmental assessment.
III. Opportunity To Provide Comments
In accordance with section 20.1405 of 10 CFR, the NRC is providing
notice to individuals in the vicinity of the site that the NRC is in
receipt of a decommissioning plan and will accept comments from
affected parties concerning this decommissioning proposal. The NRC
requests comments on the portions of the LCF's decommissioning plan
under review by the NRC, which are limited to: (1) Decommissioning
funding, (2) dose assessment and derived concentration guideline levels
and methodology, and (3) final status survey design in accordance with
the Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 25th day of April 2018.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Craig G. Erlanger,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety, Safeguards, and Environmental
Review, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.
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