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U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

MATERIALS LICENSE,

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Pursuant to the Atomic E'nergy Act of 1954, as amended, the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438), and Title 10, Code of Federall

Regulations, Chapter I, Parts 30,31,32,33,34,35,36,39,40, and 70, and in reliance on statements and representations heretofore made by the licensee, j

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a license is hereby issued authorizing the licensee to receive, acquire, possess, and transfer byproduct, source, and special nuclear material designated jbelow; to use such material for the purpose (s) and at the place (s) designated below; to deliver or transfer such material to persons authorized to receive I

it in accordance with the regulations of the applicable Part(s). This license shall be deemed to contain the conditions specified in Section 183 of the IAtomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, and is subject to all applicable rules, regulations, and orders of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission now orhereafter in effect and to any conditions specified below. |

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1. Framatome Cogema Fuels 3. License Number SNM-1168, Amendment 34Lynchburg, Manufacturing Facility

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2. P.O. Box 11646Lyrichburg, Virginia 24506-1646 ,;Q RE 4 Expiration Date September 30,2000

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8. MaxTm/N| 6. Byproduct Source, and/or m7. Chemical and'or Physical um amount that Licensee

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t./ \ ~ Form May Possess at Any One Time jSpecial Nuclear Material/) Nj(N , f(hUnder This License

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I 14 ;A.15,000XilogramsA. Uranium enriched A! Uranium ~ A >

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B. Uranium, natural or f B. Oxide, pelieford AM B.100S00 kilograms '

depleted df', powder ? < + 4

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< f)C. Uranium, natural 'C. UFe C. Less than 1,000,

kilograms with no 7 %- g' g %,single container to

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exceed 50 kilograms

D. Byproduct material D. Sealed sources D.10 curies with atomicnumbers 3 to 83,inclusive

l.' E. Plutonium E. Sealed sources E. 6 grams plutonium

F. Californium-252 F. Sealed sources F. 3 milligrams ofCalifornium-252

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G. Uranium enriched G. Any G. 350 grams of U-235in U-235

H. Americium-241 H. Sealed sources H. 5 curies Americium-241

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SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET 70-1201

Amendment No. 34

1. Byproduct material I. Contamination on/ 1.1,000 curies, totaland Plutonium within equipment,

tooling, andcomponents and waste

J. Any licensed material J. Quality control J.1 pCi totalbetween atomic numbers samples1-96

Autherized place of use: The licensee's exis9nkfa^cilities at Lynchburg, Virginia. Materialidentified in9.

Condition 6.l.,7.l., and 8.l., payM 'used at tempo''aryjob, sites throughout the United States where therU.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission retains jurisdiction for. regulating the use of licensed materials.

This license shall be dde)M',

ed to contain two sections: Safety do ditions and Safeguards10.

Conditions. These sections are part of the license, and the licensse is subject to compliance withall listed conditions in each section: ??;'

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SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET 70-1201

Amendment No. 34

SAFETY CONDITIONS,

S-1. Authorized use: For use in accordance with statements, representations, and conditions of Part I ofthe licensee's application dated June 9,1997; and supplements dated November 24,1997, andJune 25,1998; and letter dated August 14, and September 14,1998.

S-2. The licensee shall inform the Regional Adm nistrator, Region 11, within 30 days if the State-permittingagency revokes the State-issued NPDES pennit for the discharge of liquid effluents and shall informthe Regional Administrator, Regiop I,(;dria $dnsanhalpasis if the State-permitting agencysupersedes, conditions, modifies,'or otherwise nullifies 16e effectiveness of the State-issued NPDESpermit for the discharge ofifquid effluents. 'V'A

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through 1.7.4, Chapterft, of.the application. _ 0-

, ^m M (x . M.jS-4. At not more than 2pyear intervals (rom, September.30/1990, the licensee shall update the

demonstration sections of the renewal application to (effect the licensee's current operations. The I

updates to the appl'ibation shall, as a minimum |Jnclude~information for'the health and safety section ofthe application as re~ quired bp.10 CER 70.22(a) t6ro6gh.70.22(f) and70.22(i) and cperational data orenvironmental rele~a'ses as required by 70.2L1 16 lie 0 of an update alifie end of the 10-year renewal

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tionlon or befoie Septimber 30,1999.period, the licensee shall file a renewa(app]liV 3% ^ j $fDeleted - Condition complied with {Em)ergency Plan sutimitted and' approved by Amendment 15 dated

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November 17,1993. Emergency Plan no, longer required - appio9ed by Amendment 17 dated April 6,.Q'

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S-6. Deleted - New Manager of Fu,el Manufacturing meets, traini' g requirements - approved bynAmendment 34. ' W $r Y T

S-7. The licensee's Decommissioning Funding Plan and the financial surety arrangements, to assure thatfunds will be available for decommissioning, submitted by application dated March 27,1992, andsupplements dated August 23 and October 15,1993; end May 10 and November 30,1994,October 12,1995, August 8,1996, and June 17,197 ..re hereby incorporated as a condition of thelicense.

S-8. By August 15,1995, the licensee shall perform an inventory of its byproduct material to determine thequantity currently possessed. The amount of byproduct material contained in field service equipment,accepted for storage or repair, shall be estimated and added to the inventory within 1 week of itsreceipt.

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70-1201SUPPLEMENTARY SHEET

Amendment No. 34

S-9. The ensee may receive, rod load, download, store, and ship enriched processed uranium containingplut sum and other transuranic isotopes, provided that the concentration of transuranic isotopes insuch aranium shall be limited to 50 Bq per gram of uranium and the minimum enrichment is2.5 percent, U-235. Framatome Cogema Fuels shall obtain shipper certification that the uraniumcontaining plutonium and other transuranic isotopes is limited to 50 Bq per gram of uranium.

S-10. Notwithstanding the requirements of License Condition S-4, the licensee may delay untilNovember 30,1996, the submittal of its revised Demonstration Section.

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Amendment No. 34

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Section 1.0 - Material Control & AccQunhng |

SG-1.1 The licensee shall follow Chapters 1.0 through 9.0 of its Fundamental Nuclear Material Control Planwith all pages designated as Revision 12 and dated December 13,1997. This Plan may be furtherrevised in accordance with, and pursuant to, the provisions of either 10 CFR 70.32(c) or 70.34.

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of the total MC&A systerp at,lsa(st every 24 months | the licensee may assess the effectiveness ofNotwithstanding the requiremer of110 CFR~74.31(c)(8) to independently assess the effectivenessSG-1.2

its contractor laboratory.at intervals not to exceed 36 months. All other elements and aspects ofthe licensee's MC&A program, however, remain subject to 1g CFR 74.31(c)(8).q

SG-1.3 Notwithstanding the requirements of 10 CFR 74.15 and the provisions in Sections 1.5 and 6.2 of~

the Fundamental Nuclear Material Control (FNMC) Plan 1dentified in Condition SG-1.1, to performreceipt measurements and distribute DOE /NRC Form 741 within'30 days of receiving shipments ofSNM, the licensee shall have up to 120 additional days (from the date of material receipt) to fulfillthe above state'd requirements relative to the 166 fuel assemblie_sjdentified in its letter dated

July 13,1997.lThis condition shall automatic 511y'; expire.on September 15,1997.'

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% EE$Yief3 MOM $A 8 D |SG-2.1 The licensee shali follow the'Secunty Plan dated May'16,1980,sas revised May 20,1983,

February 5,1986,"ai5d August 28,1992,'andfas kvised in ab6ordance with the provisions of

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The licensee shall follow Codes 1 th'rouhh 6 h the Transitional Facility Attachment No. 6A datedSG-3.1December 4,1995, to the US/lAEA Safeguards Agreement.

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