Recommendations to the NRC on Acceptable Standard Format and Content for the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan Required for Low-Enriched Uranium Enrichment Facilities (NUREG/CR-5734, K/ITP-415)

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Publication Information

Manuscript Completed: August 1991
Date Published: November 1991

Prepared by:
B.W. Moran and W.L. Belew

Oak Ridge K-25 Site
Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831
Managed by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc.
Under DOE Contract No. DE-AC05-84OR21400

G.A. Hammond and L.M. Brenner
21st Century Industries, Inc. (Subcontractor)
P.O. Box 2636
Gaithersburg, Maryland 20886

Prepared for:
Division of Safeguards and Transportation
Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Washington, DC 20555-0001

NRC FIN L-1300

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Abstract

A new section, 10 CFR 74.33, has been added to the material control and accounting (MC&A) requirements of 10 CFR Part 74. This new section pertains to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) -licensed uranium enrichment facilities that are authorized to produce and to possess more than one effective kilogram of special nuclear material (SNM) of low strategic significance.

The new section is patterned after 10 CFR 74.31, which pertains to NRC licensees (other than production or utilization facilities licensed pursuant to 10 CFR Part 50 or Part 70 and waste disposal facilities) that are authorized to possess and use more than one effective kilogram of unencapsulated SNM of low strategic significance. Because enrichment facilities have the potential capability of producing SNM of moderate strategic significance and also strategic SNM, certain performance objectives and MC&A system capabilities are required in 10 CFR 74.33 that are not contained in 10 CFR 74.31.

This document recommends to the NRC information that the licensee or applicant should provide in the fundamental nuclear material control (FNMC) plan. This document also describes methods that should be acceptable for compliance with the general performance objectives. While this document is intended to cover various uranium enrichment technologies, the primary focus at this time is gas centrifuge and gaseous diffusion.