June 12, 2008 

Mr. David Stinson, President 

Shaw AREVA MOX Services 

P.O. Box 7097 

Aiken, SC 29804-7087 

SUBJECT: REVISION 2 OF CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION NO. CAMOX-001 FOR THE 

MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY 

Dear Mr. Stinson: 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending the Construction Authorization 

(CA) for the Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (CAMOX-001) to incorporate an 

administrative change to provide flexibility in the identification of the currently approved Quality 

Assurance (QA) Plan (Section 3A of the CAMOX). In the performance of our inspection 

activities, we refer to the CA as one of the documents on which we base our findings. When the 

CA was issued, it referred to a specific revision of the QA Plan. However, the QA plan has 

since been revised and we expect that additional revisions will be made in the future. In order 

to provide assurance that we are referring to the currently approved revision of the QA plan in 

our inspection reports, the CA has been amended. The revised language has been marked in 

gray. 

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please call Mr. David Tiktinsky of my staff at 

(301) 492-3229. 

In accordance with NRC=s ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be 

available electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the 

Publicly Available Records (PARS) component of NRC=s Agency-Wide Documents Access and 
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Management System (ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at 

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html (the Public Electronic Reading Room). 

Sincerely, 

 /RA/ 

Joseph G. Giitter, Deputy Director 

Special Projects and Technical 

 Support Directorate 

 Division of Fuel Cycle, Safety 

 and Safeguards, NMSS 

 

 

Docket No.: 70-3098 

Enclosure: AMixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility 

 Construction Authorization,@ Revision 2 

cc: G. Smith, NNSA A.J. Eggenberger, DNFSB 

J. Olencz, NNSA L. Zeller, BREDL 

S. Jenkins, SC Dept. Of HEC G. Carroll, Nuclear Watch South 

D. Silverman, Esq., MOX Services D. Curran, Esq., Nuclear Watch South 

D. Gwyn, MOX Services 

 
Mr. David Stinson, President 

Shaw AREVA MOX Services 

P.O. Box 7097 

Aiken, SC 29804-7087 

SUBJECT: REVISION 2 OF CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION NO. CAMOX-001 FOR THE MIXED 

OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY 

Dear Mr. Stinson: 

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is amending the Construction Authorization (CA) for the 

Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (CAMOX-001) to incorporate an administrative change to provide 

flexibility in the identification of the currently approved Quality Assurance (QA) Plan (Section 3A of the 

CAMOX). In the performance of our inspection activities, we refer to the CA as one of the documents on 

which we base our findings. When the CA was issued, it referred to a specific revision of the QA Plan. 

However, the QA plan has since been revised and we expect that additional revisions will be made in the 

future. In order to provide assurance that we are referring to the currently approved revision of the QA 

plan in our inspection reports, the CA has been amended. The revised language has been marked in 

gray. 

If you have any questions regarding this letter, please call Mr. David Tiktinsky of my staff at (301) 492-

3229. 

In accordance with NRC=s ARules of Practice,@ a copy of this letter and its enclosure will be available 

electronically for public inspection in the NRC Public Document Room or from the Publicly Available 

Records (PARS) component of NRC=s Agency-Wide Documents Access and Management System 

(ADAMS). ADAMS is accessible from the NRC Web site at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html

(the Public Electronic Reading Room). 

Sincerely, 

 /RA/ 

Joseph G. Giitter, Deputy Director 

Special Projects and Technical 

 Support Directorate 

 Division of Fuel Cycle, Safety 

 and Safeguards, NMSS 

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Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC

DOCKET NO. 70-3098

MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY

CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION 

Construction Authorization No. CAMOX-001, Revision 2 

1. The United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (the Commission) having found that: 

A. The Construction Authorization Request (CAR), as revised, submitted by Shaw 

AREVA MOX Services, LLC (MOX Services) [formerly known as Duke Cogema 

Stone and Webster, LLC (DCS)] complies with the requirements of the Atomic 

Energy Act of 1954, as amended (the Act), and the rules and regulations of the 

Commission, there is reasonable assurance that the activities authorized by this 

construction authorization will be conducted in compliance with those rules and 

regulations, as more fully documented in the Final Safety Evaluation Report 

(FSER) in the CAR; 

B. In accordance with 10 CFR 70.23(b), on the basis of information described in the 

CAR, as revised, and the additional statements and commitments heretofore made 

by MOX Services in docketed correspondence listed in Attachment A, the design 

bases of the principal structures, systems, and components (PSSCs) for the 

proposed Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) [sometimes referred to, 

hereafter, as Athe facility@], and the quality assurance program, provide reasonable 

assurance of protection against natural phenomena and the consequences of 

potential accidents; 

C. Findings necessary to authorize possession and use of licensed material at the 

facility are deferred pending submission and evaluation of an application 

requesting such a license; 

D. After weighing the environmental, economic, technical, and other benefits of the 

facility against environmental costs, and considering available alternatives, the 

issuance of a construction authorization is in accordance with 10 CFR 70.23(a)(7), 

10 CFR Part 51, and the requirements of Sections 102(2)(A) and (C) of the 

National Environmental Policy Act; and 

 E. The issuance of this construction authorization will not be inimical to the common 

defense and security, and will not constitute an unreasonable risk to the health and 

safety of the public. 

2. Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 70, the Commission hereby issues a construction authorization 

to MOX Services for a plutonium processing and fuel fabrication plant as described in 

Enclosure 
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 the revised CAR filed by MOX Services. The plant, known as the MFFF, will be located 

on the U.S. Department of Energy=s (DOE’s) Savannah River Site, near Aiken, South 

Carolina. 

3 This construction authorization is subject to all applicable requirements of the Act, and 

the rules, regulations, and orders of the Commission now or hereafter in effect; and is 

subject to the conditions specified or incorporated below: 

A. Authorized activity: To construct a plutonium processing and mixed oxide fuel 

fabrication plant in accordance with the statements, representations, and 

conditions of: (1) the CAR dated October 30, 2002 (as revised in supplements 

dated December 12, 2002; February 18, 2003; April 1, 2003; April 8, 2003; 

July 28, 2003; June 10, 2004; January 27, 2005, and February 9, 2005); (2) the 

MOX Project Quality Assurance Plan, dated March 26, 2002 and supplements 

thereto; and (3) the Environmental Report, dated December 19, 2000 (as revised in 

supplements dated July 11, 2002; December 10, 2002; January 15, 2003; June 20, 

2003; August 13, 2003; and June 10, 2004). 

B. The facility shall be constructed and located at the site, as described in the CAR, 

on the DOE’s Savannah River Site, near Aiken, South Carolina. 

C. This construction authorization authorizes MOX Services to construct the facility in 

accordance with the design bases of the PSSCs described in the CAR, and 

environmental protection commitments set forth in MOX Services= Environmental 

Report and revisions thereto. 

D. During construction of the facility, the inspection program set forth in 

10 CFR 70.55 will apply to all of MOX Services= construction-related activities. 

E. As more fully set forth in the FSER, the facility will be designed so that effective 

neutron multiplication factor (keff) shall not exceed an upper subcritical limit of 

0.9249 for normal and credible abnormal conditions covered by Area of 

Applicability (4), [AOA(4)]. MOX Services shall not increase the keff limits or 

change the AOA boundaries beyond those contained in FSER Chapter 6 without 

prior Commission review and approval. 

F. As more fully set forth in the FSER, the facility will be designed so that a safety 

function of the Emergency Control Room (ECR) Air Conditioning System will 

maintain hazardous chemical concentrations in each ECR below CAR Table 8-5 

TEEL-1 limits for the duration of credible hazardous chemical release events. 

4 This construction authorization is subject to the limitation that a license authorizing 

operation of the facility will not be issued by the Commission until MOX Services has 

submitted, and the Commission has reviewed and approved, a request for a license to 

possess and use licensed material at the facility. 
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5 This construction authorization is effective as of its date of issuance, and shall expire 10 

years from its date of issuance of the initial version of the construction authorization, 

provided, however, that the Director of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards may, in writing and for good cause, shown by MOX Services in writing, not 

less than 90 days before the date of expiration, extend this authorization. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

/RA/ 

Joseph G. Giitter, Deputy Director 

Special Projects and Technical 

 Support Directorate 

 Division of Fuel Cycle, Safety 

 and Safeguards,NMSS 

 

Date of Issuance: June 12 , 2008 
Attachment A 

MOX Services shall conduct its operations in accordance with all commitments, 

representations, and statements made by MOX Services that are contained in the 

following submittals, and which are hereby incorporated by reference, except where 

superceded by conditions in this construction authorization. 

DCS 2000. Hastings P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, RE AChoice of MFFF Process Glovebox Window Material,@ (DCS-NRC000030), December 15, 2000. 

DCS 2001. Hastings P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission RE AMOX Fuel Fabrication Facility CAR Supplemental InformationCSite 

Geotechnical Report,@ (DCS01BWRSBDSBNTEBGB00005B A), 

April 24, 2001. 

DCS 2001. Hastings P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission RE AResponses to Request for Additional Information for Duke Cogema Stone 

& Webster (DCS) Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) Environmental Report 

(ER),@ July 12, 2001. 

DCS 2001. Hastings, P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission, RE AMOX Fuel Fabrication Facility Site Geotechnical Report,@

(DCS01BWRSBDSBNTEBGB00005BC), August 10, 2001. 

DCS 2001. Hastings P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission RE AResponse to Request for Additional Information - Construction 

Authorization Request,@ August 31, 2001. 

DCS 2001. Hastings, P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission RE AProprietary DCS Financial Information,@ August 31, 2001. 

DCS 2001. Hastings P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission RE AResponse to Clarification Request C Responses to Request for 

Additional Information on the Duke Cogema Stone & Webster Oxide Fuel Fabrication 

Facility Environmental Report,@ October 22, 2001. 

DCS 2001. Hastings P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission RE AResponses to Request for Clarification of Additional Information for Duke 

Cogema Stone & Webster (DCS) Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility (FFF) 

Environmental Report (ER),@ October 26, 2001. 

DCS 2001. Hastings, P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear 

Regulatory Commission RE AClarification of Responses to NRC Request for Additional 

Information,@ December 5, 2001. 

DCS 2001. Hastings P., Duke Cogema Stone & Webster, letter to U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission RE AChanges to Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility Environmental Report,@

December 11, 2001.