URENCO USA’s uranium enrichment plant in New Mexico passed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s latest performance review in all operational areas.
The review covered safety, safeguards, radiological controls, facility support, and additional matters from Jan. 1, 2016, to Dec. 31, 2017, the agency said Wednesday in a press release. “The NRC staff review determined that URENCO continued to conduct its activities safely and securely, protecting public health and the environment,” according to the statement.
URENCO is not required to make improvements in any of the areas, and the NRC will sustain its standard inspection program for the Eunice plant.
The NRC outlined its finding in a March 2 letter to URENCO.
A 90-minute webinar on the NRC’s findings is scheduled for 3 p.m. April 6. Officials from the NRC and URENCO are scheduled to participate.
The URENCO USA plant housed 63 centrifuge cascades as of March 2017, providing one-third of the domestic need for uranium enrichment services to power atomic energy operations.
