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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
[Docket No. 70-1151; NRC-2015-0039]
 
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC; Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
[Docket No. 70 -1151; NRC-2015- 0039]
 
Westinghouse Electric Com pany, LLC;
 
Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility
 
AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
 
ACTION: License renewal; issuance.
ACTION: License renewal; issuance.


==SUMMARY==
==SUMMARY==
: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM-1107 for the continued operation of the Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) located in Hopkins, South Carolina. License No. SNM-1107 authorizes WEC to continue to operate the CFFF for a period of 40 years, and will expire on September 12, 2062.
: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed Special
 
Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM -1107 for the continued operation of the
 
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF)
 
located in Hopkins, South Carolina. License No. SNM-1107 authorizes WEC to continue
 
to operate the CFFF for a period of 40 years, and will expire on September 12, 2062.
 
The CFFF manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial nuclear power reactors.
The CFFF manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial nuclear power reactors.
DATES: License No. SNM-1107 was issued on September 12, 2022, and is effective as of the date of issuance.
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015-0039 when contacting the NRC about the availability of information regarding this action. You may obtain publicly available information related to this action using any of the following methods:
* Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and search for Docket ID NRC-2015-0039. Address questions about Docket IDs in Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415-0624; email:
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the For Further Information Contact section of this document.
* NRCs 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 Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209, 301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided in the Availability of Documents section.
DATES: License No. SNM-1107 was issued on September 12, 2022, and is effective as
* NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents, by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR, please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Tobin, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-0001, telephone: 301-415-2328, email: Jennifer.Tobin@nrc.gov.
of the date of issuance.
 
ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015- 0039 when contacting the NRC
 
about the availability of information regarding this action. You may obtain publicly
 
available information related to this action using any of the following methods:
* Federal Rulemaking Website: Go to https://www.regulations.gov and
 
search for Docket ID NRC-2015- 0039. Address questions about Docket IDs in
 
Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415- 0624; email:
 
Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the
 
For Further Informati on Contact section of this document.
* NRCs 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 Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please
 
contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,
 
301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the
 
reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided
 
in the Availability of Documents section.
* NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents,
 
by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555
 
Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR,
 
please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-
 
4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday,
 
except Federal holidays.
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Tobin, Office of Nuclear Material
 
Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-
 
0001, telephone: 301-415-2328, email: Jennifer.Tobin@nrc.gov.
 
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. Introduction Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) is authorized to possess and use SNM under Part 70 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) located in Hopkins, South Carolina. The CFFF is licensed to possess and process enriched uranium up to a maximum of 5 weight-percent uranium-235 for the manufacture of nuclear fuel assemblies for use in commercial nuclear power reactors.
II. Discussion Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.106, the NRC is providing notice of the renewal of License 2


No. SNM-1107, which authorizes WEC to continue the manufacture of nuclear fuel assemblies for use in commercial nuclear power reactors at its location in Hopkins, South Carolina.
I. Introduction
WECs request for the license renewal was previously noticed in the Federal Register (FR) on February 27, 2015 (80 FR 10727), with a notice of opportunity to request a hearing and to petition for leave to intervene. No requests were received.
 
The NRC prepared a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), NUREG-2248, Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Richland County, South Carolina in support of WECs license renewal application in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. The final EIS was noticed in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022 (87 FR 48044).
Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) is authorized to possess and use
The NRC determined that License No. SNM-1107 complies with the standards and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and with the NRCs rules and regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1. Accordingly, this license was issued on September 12, 2022, and was effective immediately.
 
SNM under Part 70 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Domestic
 
Licensing of Special Nuclear Material at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF)
 
located in Hopkins, South Carolina. The CFFF is licensed to possess and process
 
enriched uranium up to a maximum of 5 weight-percent uranium-235 for the
 
manufacture of nuclear fuel assemblies for use in commercial nuclear power reactors.
 
II. Discussion
 
Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.106, the NRC is providing notice of the renewal of License
 
2 No. SNM-1107, which authorizes WEC to continue the manufacture of nuclear fuel
 
assemblies for use in commercial nuclear power reactors at its location in Hopkins,
 
South Carolina.
 
WECs request for the license renewal was previously noticed in the Federal
 
Register (FR) on February 27, 2015 (80 FR 10727), with a notice of opportunity to
 
request a hearing and to petition for leave to intervene. No requests were received.
 
The NRC prepared a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), NUREG-
 
2248, Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel
 
Fabrication Facility i n Richland County, South Carolina in support of WECs license
 
renewal application in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. The final
 
EIS was noticed in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022 (87 FR 48044).
 
The NRC determined that License No. SNM-1107 complies with the standards
 
and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and with the NRCs
 
rules and regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1. Accordingly, this license was
 
issued on September 12, 2022, and was effective immediately.
 
The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal of License No.
The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal of License No.
SNM-1107 and concluded that WEC can continue to operate the facility without posing an undue risk to the worker or to public health and safety.
III. Availability of Documents In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, the details with respect to this action, including the safety evaluation report and accompanying documentation and license, are available electronically in the NRCs Electronic Reading Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRCs public documents. For further 3


details related to this action, visit https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-2015-0039.
SNM-1107 and concluded that WEC can continue to operate the facility without posing
The documents identified in the following table are available to interested persons through ADAMS accession numbers as indicated.
 
Document Description                                                 ADAMS Accession No.
an undue risk to the worker or to public health and safety.
Letter from Malek, Elise, Westinghouse Revised SNM-1107             ML21263A217 License Renewal Application, dated September 20, 2021.
 
NUREG-2248 Environmental Impact Statement for the                   ML22201A131 License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Richland County, South Carolina, dated July 29, 2022 (published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022, at 87 FR 84044).
III. Availability of Documents
Special Nuclear Materials Renewed License SNM-1107, dated             ML22157A350 September 12, 2022.
 
NRC Safety Evaluation Report for the Renewal of License               ML22207B617 SNM-1107 for Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Hopkins, South Carolina Docket Number 70-1151, dated September 12, 2022.
In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, the details
Dated: September 12, 2022.
 
with respect to this action, including the safety evaluation report and accompanying
 
documentation and license, are available electronically in the NRCs Electronic Reading
 
Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access
 
ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRCs public documents. For further
 
3 details related to this action, visit https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-
 
2015- 0039.
 
The documents identified in the following table are available to interested
 
persons through ADAMS accession numbers as indicated.
 
Document Description ADAMS Accession
 
No.
 
Letter from Malek, Elise, Westinghouse Revised SNM-1107 ML21263A217 License Renewal Application, dated September 20, 2021.
NUREG-2248 Environmental Impact Statement for the ML22201A131 License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Richland County, South Carolina, dated July 29, 2022 (published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022, at 87 FR 84044).
Special Nuclear Materials Renewed License SNM - 1107, dated ML22157A350 September 12, 2022.
NRC Safety Evaluation Report for the Renewal of License ML22207B617 SNM - 1107 for Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Hopkins, South Carolina Docket Number 70- 1151, dated September 12, 2022.
 
Dated: September 12, 20 22.
 
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
                                                /RA/
 
Shana R. Helton, Director, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards 4}}
/RA/
 
Shana R. Helton, Director, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
 
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NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

[Docket No. 70 -1151; NRC-2015- 0039]

Westinghouse Electric Com pany, LLC;

Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

ACTION: License renewal; issuance.

SUMMARY

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has renewed Special

Nuclear Materials (SNM) License No. SNM -1107 for the continued operation of the

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF)

located in Hopkins, South Carolina. License No. SNM-1107 authorizes WEC to continue

to operate the CFFF for a period of 40 years, and will expire on September 12, 2062.

The CFFF manufactures nuclear fuel assemblies for commercial nuclear power reactors.

DATES: License No. SNM-1107 was issued on September 12, 2022, and is effective as

of the date of issuance.

ADDRESSES: Please refer to Docket ID NRC-2015- 0039 when contacting the NRC

about the availability of information regarding this action. You may obtain publicly

available information related to this action using any of the following methods:

search for Docket ID NRC-2015- 0039. Address questions about Docket IDs in

Regulations.gov to Stacy Schumann; telephone: 301-415- 0624; email:

Stacy.Schumann@nrc.gov. For technical questions, contact the individual listed in the

For Further Informati on Contact section of this document.

  • NRCs 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 Begin Web-based ADAMS Search. For problems with ADAMS, please

contact the NRCs Public Document Room (PDR) reference staff at 1-800-397-4209,

301-415-4737, or by email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov. For the convenience of the

reader, instructions about obtaining materials referenced in this document are provided

in the Availability of Documents section.

  • NRCs PDR: You may examine and purchase copies of public documents,

by appointment, at the NRCs PDR, Room P1 B35, One White Flint North, 11555

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland 20852. To make an appointment to visit the PDR,

please send an email to PDR.Resource@nrc.gov or call 1-800-397-4209 or 301-415-

4737, between 8:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET), Monday through Friday,

except Federal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jenny Tobin, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555-

0001, telephone: 301-415-2328, email: Jennifer.Tobin@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC (WEC) is authorized to possess and use

SNM under Part 70 of title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR), Domestic

Licensing of Special Nuclear Material at its Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF)

located in Hopkins, South Carolina. The CFFF is licensed to possess and process

enriched uranium up to a maximum of 5 weight-percent uranium-235 for the

manufacture of nuclear fuel assemblies for use in commercial nuclear power reactors.

II. Discussion

Pursuant to 10 CFR 2.106, the NRC is providing notice of the renewal of License

2 No. SNM-1107, which authorizes WEC to continue the manufacture of nuclear fuel

assemblies for use in commercial nuclear power reactors at its location in Hopkins,

South Carolina.

WECs request for the license renewal was previously noticed in the Federal

Register (FR) on February 27, 2015 (80 FR 10727), with a notice of opportunity to

request a hearing and to petition for leave to intervene. No requests were received.

The NRC prepared a final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), NUREG-

2248, Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel

Fabrication Facility i n Richland County, South Carolina in support of WECs license

renewal application in accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR Part 51. The final

EIS was noticed in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022 (87 FR 48044).

The NRC determined that License No. SNM-1107 complies with the standards

and requirements of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and with the NRCs

rules and regulations as set forth in 10 CFR Chapter 1. Accordingly, this license was

issued on September 12, 2022, and was effective immediately.

The NRC staff prepared a safety evaluation report for the renewal of License No.

SNM-1107 and concluded that WEC can continue to operate the facility without posing

an undue risk to the worker or to public health and safety.

III. Availability of Documents

In accordance with 10 CFR 2.390 of the NRCs Rules of Practice, the details

with respect to this action, including the safety evaluation report and accompanying

documentation and license, are available electronically in the NRCs Electronic Reading

Room at https://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html. From this site, you can access

ADAMS, which provides text and image files of the NRCs public documents. For further

3 details related to this action, visit https://www.regulations.gov under Docket ID NRC-

2015- 0039.

The documents identified in the following table are available to interested

persons through ADAMS accession numbers as indicated.

Document Description ADAMS Accession

No.

Letter from Malek, Elise, Westinghouse Revised SNM-1107 ML21263A217 License Renewal Application, dated September 20, 2021.

NUREG-2248 Environmental Impact Statement for the ML22201A131 License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Richland County, South Carolina, dated July 29, 2022 (published in the Federal Register on August 5, 2022, at 87 FR 84044).

Special Nuclear Materials Renewed License SNM - 1107, dated ML22157A350 September 12, 2022.

NRC Safety Evaluation Report for the Renewal of License ML22207B617 SNM - 1107 for Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, Hopkins, South Carolina Docket Number 70- 1151, dated September 12, 2022.

Dated: September 12, 20 22.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

/RA/

Shana R. Helton, Director, Division of Fuel Management, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards

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