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Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Licensing and Planned Rulemaking

Activities at NRC

Tom Pham – NRC

NMMSS Users Annual Training Meeting

Denver, CO – May 21, 2009

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Overview

• MC&A Licensing Activities

• MC&A Rulemaking Activities

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MC&A Licensing Review

• Shaw AREVA Mixed-Oxide (MOX) Services

• Louisiana Energy Services (LES)

• U.S. Enrichment Corporation (USEC)

• AREVA Enrichment Services

• GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment

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MC&A Licensing Review

• MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility– Aiken, South Carolina– Operations license application– NRC Review of submitted Fundamental

Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan– Operation/Production: anticipated 2014-16

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MC&A Licensing Review

• LES National Enrichment Facility– Eunice, New Mexico– Operations license issued: June 2006– Hot Acceptance Testing: 2009– FNMC Plan Revision– Operation/Production: anticipated late 2009

(first enrichment cascade)

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MC&A Licensing Review

• USEC American Centrifuge Plant– Portsmouth, Ohio– Operations license issued: April 2007– Feed and Withdrawal System Design

License Amendment: 2009– Operation/Production: anticipated late 2010

(first enrichment cascade)

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MC&A Licensing Review

• AREVA Eagle Rock Enrichment Facility– Bonneville County, Idaho– FNMC Plan submittal: December 2008– FNMC Plan revision for facility’s throughput

expansion: April 2009– Issuance of license: anticipated 2011

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MC&A Licensing Review

• GE-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment Facility– Wilmington, North Carolina– Operations application submittal: 2009– Issuance of license: anticipated 2012

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Planned MC&A Rulemaking

• April 25, 2008: SECY-08-0059 – Rulemaking Plan Part 74 – MC&A of SNM

• February 5, 2009: Staff Requirements Memorandum– Commission selected Option 4: Rulemaking limited

to revising and consolidating current MC&A regulations in Part 74

– Commission directed staff to integrate other options in SECY-08-0059 into the regulatory framework for reprocessing facilities

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Planned MC&A Rulemaking

• Part 74 rulemaking schedule:– Technical basis for the rulemaking:

March 2010– Proposed rule and public comments:

April 2011– Final rule and guidance documents:

April 2012

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Planned MC&A Rulemaking

• Revision of Part 74 regulations proposed:– Relocation of Part 72 (spent nuclear fuel)– Revision of Subpart B – General Provisions

to include general performance objectives and basic system capabilities applicable to all licensed SNM facilities

– Revision and addition of definition terms (e.g., MC&A, item, receipt, material balance area, physical inventory, waste, etc.)

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Planned MC&A Rulemaking

• Revision of Part 74 regulations proposed (continued):– Revision and/or elimination of current MC&A

exemptions (e.g., reprocessing facilities from Category I requirements, 500-gram item control for Category III facilities)

– Addition of the two-person rule (complementary to Part 73 requirements)

– Revision and enhancement of the tamper-indicating device (seal) program

– Other miscellaneous changes/revisions

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Planned MC&A Rulemaking

• Revision of 14 Regulatory Guides Series 5 (destructive & nondestructive measurements for uranium and plutonium, MC&A statistics, holdup material management, TIDs)

• Revision of MC&A NUREG guidance documents:– NUREG-1280 for Category I facilities– NUREG-xxxx for Category II facilities– NUREG-1065 for Category III facilities– NUREG/CR-5734 for Enrichment facilities– NUREG/BR-0096 for NRC Form 327

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Proposed MC&A Regulation Changes

• MC&A consideration in the regulatory framework for:– Reprocessing facilities (ongoing)– Part 73 Physical Protection rulemaking (Summer

2009)• Outstanding options in SECY-08-0059:

– NRC SNM Categorization Table (modified threshold values, attractiveness levels, material subcategories and graded requirements, radioactive materials)

– Diversion Path Analysis (conceivable and credible diversion paths & mitigating measures for a detection and response program)

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Questions & Answers