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Revision to Chapter 1, General Information, of License SNM-124 0 1205 banner hill road 0 erwin, tfi 37650 U phone 423.743.9141 INN& •www% nuclearfuelservices.com - -e NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC. a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company 21G-14-0157 GOV-01-55-04 ACF-14-0254 October 24, 2014 Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attention: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555-0001 References: 1) Docket No. 70-143; License SNM-124 2) Letter dated September 26, 2014, NRC to B&W NOG-L, Planned Babcock & Wilcox Company Reorganization (TAC #L33341) Subject: Revision to Chapter 1, General Information, of License SNM-124 Pursuant to License Condition S-2, Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) hereby submits a copy of changes made to License SNM-124, Chapter 1, General Information. The revised chapter in its entirety is attached in addition to a revised Chapter Index. Changes are denoted by vertical lines in the right margin of affected pages. In Reference 2, the Commission determined that changing the name from BWX Technologies, Inc. to Babcock and Wilcox Government and Nuclear Operations, Inc., is not a direct or indirect transfer of control under applicable NRC Regulations. Therefore, making this change to Chapter 1 meets the criteria of License Condition (LC) S-2 and does not require prior NRC approval. A few additional changes to Chapter 1, that also meet the criteria of LC S-2, are included in this submittal: updating the "Protected Area" definition and correcting its description throughout the chapter due to security barrier changes; updating the site facility acreage; updating the support facilities descriptions to reflect relocation of the shipping/receiving staging area for non-nuclear materials from Building 350 to the new warehouse Building 250; updating the Maintenance Facilities to include Building 300B; updating the license period to 25 years, with an expiration date of August 31, 2037; correcting the location of the posting authorized in Section 1.2.5.2; clarifying that the "equivalent experience" definition applies throughout the license for organizational positions that have specific educational requirements; and updating the demographics and meteorology information; and correcting the NFS description on Appendix 1A. nuclear fuel services, inc., a subsidiary of The Babcock & Wilcox Company I' 21G-14-0157 GOV-01-55-04 ACF-14-0254 If you or your staff have any questions, require additional information, or wish to discuss this further, please contact me, or Mr. Andrew Sabisch, Licensing and ISA Manager, at (423) 735-5030. Please reference our unique document identification number (21G-14- 0157) in any correspondence concerning this letter. Sincerely, NUCLEAR FUEL SERVICES, INC. 7LL42/. 11k-lr Richard J. Freudenberger, Director Safety and Safeguards Attachment: SNM-124, Chapter 1, Revision 3, dated October 24, 2014 DML/pdj 21G-14-0157 GOV-01-55-04 ACF-14-0254 Copy: Regional Administrator U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE, Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303-1257 Mr. David Hartland Project Inspector US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE, Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303-1257 Mr. Kevin Ramsey Senior Project Manager Fuel Manufacturing Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Three White Flint North 11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852-2738 Mr. James Hickey U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region II 245 Peachtree Center Ave., NE, Suite 1200 Atlanta, GA 30303-1257 Mr. Charles Stancil Senior Resident Inspector U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 21G-14-0157 GOV-01-55-04 ACF-14-0254 ATTACHMENT Chapter Index 10/24/14 Chapter 1, General Information, Revision 3 (24 pages to follow) 10/24/2014 SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-124 CHAPTER INDEX Chapter Title Revision Revision Date 1 General Information 3 10124/2014 2 Organization and Administration 2 10/10/2012 3 Integrated Safety Analysis 0 06/30/2009 4 Radiation Protection 1 05/13/2011 5 Nuclear Criticality Safety 1 05/27/2011 6 Chemical Process Safety 0 06/30/2009 7 Fire Safety 2 09/02/2014 8 Emergency Management 0 06/3012009 9 Environmental Protection 1 09/30/2011 10 Decommissioning 1 08101/2011 11 Management Measures 2 10/10/2012 Addendum Sensitive Information 1 09/09/2011 SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-124 CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION Table of Contents SECTION TITLE STARTS ON PAGE 1.1 Facility and Process Information 1-1 1.1.1 General Facility Description 1.1.2 Facility Buildings and Structures 1.1.3 General Process Description 1.1.4 Raw Materials, Products, By-Products and Wastes 1.2 Institutional Information 1-7 1.2.1 Corporate Identity 1.2.2 Financial Qualifications 1.2.3 Type, Quantity, and Form of Licensed Material 1.2.3.1 Uranium Enriched in the 2 3 5 U Isotope 1.2.3.2 Uranium Enriched in the 233U Isotope 1.2.3.3 Plutonium 1.2.3.4 Transuranic Isotopes 1.2.3.5 Fission Products 1.2.4 Authorized Uses 1.2.4.1 Product Processing Operations 1.2.4.2 Laboratory Operations 1.2.4.3 General Services Operations 1.2.4.4 Research and Development Operations 1.2.4.5 Waste Treatment and Disposal 1.2.4.6 Period of License 1.2.5 Special Exemptions and Special Authorizations 1.2.5.1 Criticality Monitoring 1.2.5.2 Posting and Labeling 1.2.5.3 Contamination-Free Articles 1.2.5.4 Decommissioning Funding Plan 1.2.5.5 Decommissioning-Related Activities Performed Prior to the End of Plant Life 1.2.5.6 Transportation of SNM 1.2.5.7 Use of ICRP 68 DAC and ALl Values 1.2.6 Security of Classified Information 1.2.7 Terminology/Definitions 1.3 Site Description 1-16 1.3.1 Site Geography 1.3.2 Demographics 1.3.3 Meteorology 1.3.4 Hydrology 1.3.5 Geology Revision 3 October 24, 2014 Page TOC 1- 1 1 SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-124 CHAPTER 1 SECTION TITLE STARTS ON PAGE Appendix Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. Affiliates 1-20 1A Appendix Listing of Chemical and Physical Forms of 1-22 1B Uranium Authorized NUMBER FIGURE STARTS ON PAGE 1-1 PLANT LAYOUT AND PROPERTY BOUNDARIES 1-2 1A-1 N FS CORPORATE STRUCTU RE 1-21 Revision 3 October 24, 2014 Page TOC 1-2 1 f SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-124 CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INFORMATION 1.1 Facility and Process Information 1.1.1 General Facility Description The Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. (NFS) site is located at 1205 Banner Hill Road, within the limits of the City of Erwin. The Protected Area of approximately 18 acres is located within approximately 70 acres of NFS-owned land, the remainder of which is either devoted to vehicle parking areas, is undeveloped, or is undergoing decommissioning. Additional information describing the NFS facility, including its location with respect to geographic features, roadways, population centers, industrial facilities, and public facilities, is provided in Section 1.3, "Site Description." 1.1.2 Facility Buildings and Structures The facilities within the NFS site consist of numerous buildings, the majority of which are located within the Protected Area. The buildings and structures include the major SNM-processing production facilities, SNM-handling support facilities (storage, waste treatment, etc.), and a large number of non-SNM- handling support facilities (materials warehouses, maintenance shops, office buildings, etc.). Buildings within the plant have been designated with numbers and names as shown in Figure 1-1. The major site features and descriptions of their current primary function(s) are provided below for informational purposes and are not intended to be restrictive of future potential activities in those facilities. High Enriched Uranium (HEU) Fuel Production Facilities (Bldgs. 302, 303, 304, 306, & 307) Unit operations which produce a classified product containing high enriched uranium, as well as uranium recovery operations. Receipt, handling, and shipment of feed and product materials. Blended Low Enriched Uranium (BLEU) Production Facilities 1. Uranyl Nitrate Building (UNB) (Bldg. 510) Receipt, handling, and storage of liquid uranyl nitrate. Revision 3 October 24, 2014 Page 1-1 1 SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-124 CHAPTER 1 Figure 1-1: Plant Layout and Property Boundaries This drawing is "Official Use Only" and has been moved to the "Sensitive Information" ADDENDUM. Revision 3 October 24, 2014 Page 1-2 1 SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL LICENSE SNM-124 CHAPTER 1 2. Commercial Development Line (CDL) Facility (Bldg. 301) Conversion of HEU materials to uranium oxides or to uranyl nitrate solution for subsequent purification and downblending in the adjacent BLEU Preparation Facility. 3. BLEU Preparation Facility (BPF) (Bldg. 333) Conversion of HEU materials to pure HE uranyl nitrate solution, preparation of blendstock (N uranyl nitrate solution), subsequent mixture of the HE uranyl nitrate and blendstock solution to form a LE uranyl nitrate solution (product), and uranium recovery operations. 4. Oxide Conversion Building (OCB) (Bldg. 520) Conversion of low enriched uranyl nitrate liquids into uranium oxides. Loading of powder for shipment. 5. Effluent Processing Building (EPB) (Bldg. 530) Treatment of process waste streams generated at the OCB (Bldg. 520) prior to discharge and/or disposal. 6. LEU Dilution and Loading Facility (Bldg. 440) Dilution of LEU produced by the BLEU Preparation Facility (Bldg. 333) to customer specifications. Loading of diluted LEU for shipment. Laboratories 1. Building 220 - analytical laboratory. 2. Building 100 - NDA laboratory. 3. Research and Development (R&D) Laboratories (Buildings 105, 110, & 131) Facilities for conducting engineering studies and R&D of chemical and radioactive material processing, manufacturing, and treatment technologies in support of ongoing production efforts or new business development. 4. Central Analytical Laboratory (Building 105, Building 110, and the northwest portion of Building 303) Receipt and handling of samples from all plant processing facilities (HEU, LEU, natural U, and depleted U), scrap recovery facilities, waste water treatment facilities, and select environmental monitoring programs.
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