2018 Fuel Cycle Facilities

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Louisiana Energy Services, LLC (EA-18-023)

On June 14, 2018, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to Louisiana Energy Services, LLC (LES) facility in Eunice, New Mexico for a Severity Level III violation. Specifically, the implementing procedure for items relied on for safety (IROFS) 16e and 16f, Procedure OP-3-0420-01, "Product System," did not provide adequate guidance to verify the type of cylinder to be processed on the licensee's logistics software and ensure that the correct IROFS 16 was implemented. Consequently, prior to filling a 30B cylinder with enriched UF6, operators failed to verify that the cylinder being loaded was a heeled cylinder and performed the incorrect IROFS that corresponded to a new/cleaned cylinder. As a result, the appropriate IROFS were not applied to limit the risk of a credible high-consequence event during product cylinder loading to the extent needed to reduce the likelihood of occurrence so that the event was highly unlikely.

BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (EA-17-190)

On March 8, 2018, the NRC issued a Notice of Violation to BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc. (BWXT) facility in Lynchburg, VA for a Severity Level III problem. Specifically, the violations involved the licensee's (1) failure to apply sufficient controls to limit the likelihood of an inadvertent criticality to highly unlikely in two unfavorable geometry desiccant vessels located in the Research and Test Reactor (RTR) area, (2) failure to assure that two unfavorable geometry desiccant vessels located in the RTR area remained subcritical under normal and credible abnormal conditions, and (3) failure to maintain process safety information pertaining to the hazards, and information pertaining to the technology and equipment, of an air purification system servicing a glove-box line in the RTR area.