OFFICIAL USE ONLY – SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION

OFFICIAL USE ONLY – SECURITY RELATED INFORMATION

February 1, 2011 

MEMORANDUM TO: Thomas Hiltz, Branch Chief 

 Advanced Fuel Cycle, Enrichment, and 

 Uranium Conversion Branch 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

FROM: Matthew Bartlett, Project Manager /RA/

 Advanced Fuel Cycle, Enrichment, and 

 Uranium Conversion Branch 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

SUBJECT: TRIP SUMMARY FOR FIRE REVIEWER VISIT TO 

INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES REGARDING FOSSIL FUEL 

PIPELINE HAZARDS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 19, 2011 

(TAC L32739) 

On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s staff met with 

Jim Thomas of Advanced Process Technology Systems, and Daniel Theisen of Nuclear Safety 

Associates, concerning the evaluation of potential fossil fuel pipeline explosions in support of 

the Integrated Safety Analysis for International Isotopes’s (INIS) Fluorine Extraction Process 

and Depleted Uranium Deconversion Plant near Hobbs, New Mexico. The INIS contractors 

gave an overview of the evaluation performed and provided additional details concerning the 

technical merits of the analysis. A copy of the slide presentation presented by the contractor is 

enclosed. 

Enclosures: 

1. Public INIS Slide Presentation on the Hazards of Fossil Fuel Pipelines 

2. Non-Public INIS Slide Presentation on the Hazards of Fossil Fuel Pipelines 

Docket No. 40-9086 

License No. SUB-1587 

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MEMORANDUM TO: Thomas Hiltz, Branch Chief 

 Advanced Fuel Cycle, Enrichment, and 

 Uranium Conversion Branch 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

FROM: Matthew Bartlett, Project Manager /RA/ 

 Advanced Fuel Cycle, Enrichment, and 

 Uranium Conversion Branch 

 Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

 and Safeguards 

 Office Nuclear Material Safety 

 and Safeguards 

SUBJECT: TRIP SUMMARY FOR FIRE REVIEWER VISIT TO 

INTERNATIONAL ISOTOPES REGARDING FOSSIL FUEL 

PIPELINE HAZARDS CONDUCTED ON JANUARY 19, 2011 

(TAC L32739) 

On Wednesday, January 19, 2011, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s staff met with 

Jim Thomas of Advanced Process Technology Systems, and Daniel Theisen of Nuclear Safety 

Associates, concerning the evaluation of potential fossil fuel pipeline explosions in support of 

the Integrated Safety Analysis for International Isotopes’s (INIS) Fluorine Extraction Process 

and Depleted Uranium Deconversion Plant near Hobbs, New Mexico. The INIS contractors 

gave an overview of the evaluation performed and provided additional details concerning the 

technical merits of the analysis. A copy of the slide presentation presented by the contractor is 

enclosed. 

Enclosures: 

1. Public INIS Slide Presentation on the Hazards of Fossil Fuel Pipelines 

2. Non-Public INIS Slide Presentation on the Hazards of Fossil Fuel Pipelines 

Docket No. 40-9086 

License No. SUB-1587 

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