Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Westinghouse

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is the primary federal agency that has oversight for the Columbia Fuel Fabricating Facility. The NRC ensures that users of radioactive materials keep radiation exposures within the agency's specified dose limits and as low as reasonably achievable.

When Westinghouse files documents with the NRC, they are often publicly available via the NRC’s official recordkeeping system – the Agencywide Documents Access and Management System, better known as ADAMS.

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Significant documents that may be of interest can be found below:

• Westinghouse Submittal of Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility Site Emergency Plan, Revision 23
• FRN, Westinghouse Notice of Issuance of Order 2023
• SER: Westinghouse License Amendment for Hematite Ash Part 1
• Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC - Revision to Temporaily Store Hematite Ash Above License Limits And Removal of Uranium Flywheel (EPID L-2022-LLA-0177 AND L-2022-LLA-0154)
• Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility - Integrated Inspection Report 07001151/2023001
• Enclosure 1 - Final Remedial Investigation Report for CFFF Site, Appendix 1 - Well Development Records
• Westinghouse Submittal of Environmental Sampling and Monitoring Program for NRC Review and Approval
• Enclosures 2 & 3 - SCDHEC Approval Letter of Westinghouse RI Report, dated March 23, 2023 and Environmental Sampling and Monitoring Program Section of SNM-1107 License Application
• Enclosure 1 - Final Remedial Investigation Report for the CFFF Site
• Enclosure 1 - Final Remedial Investigation Report for the CFFF Site, Appendix H - Groundwater Sample Collections Records
• NRC Semiannual Discharge Report July - December 2022
• Final - NRC Doc Request - WEC FP IR 2023-001
• EMAIL - RAI for Westinghouse Ash Part I EPID L-2022-LLA-0177
• RAIs WEC Ash Part 1
• Westinghouse 10CFR70.72 Facility Change Report
• Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility - Integrated Inspection Report 7001151//2022004
• Westinghouse, January 2023 Updated Integrated Safety Analysis Summary
• Response to Westinghouse Revised Funding Instrument in Support of Decommissioning Funding Plan (EPID L-2022-LLL-0019)
• Westinghouse Electric Co - 60-Day Report Regarding the November 1, 2022 Incident Reported under 10 CFR 70 Appendix A 24-Hr Report, Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (License No. SM-1107, Docket No. 70-1151)
• Westinghouse Request for Temporary License Amendment for Storage of Hematite Ash
• Westinghouse 2012-2022 Annual Groundwater Monitoring Report
• Unanalyzed Condition - Nuclear Material Received in Excess of License Limits
  • Uranium Recovery and Recycle Services (URRS) personnel were offloading ash on 11/1/22 that they had received in 2003 from the decommissioned Hematite site at Dock 3. The operators opened the Type A drum and from an inner canister pulled out the bag of Hematite ash. The bag had a tag indicating enrichment levels in excess of their license limits. Upon discovery, the operators contacted criticality safety engineering and the safeguards coordinator. The operators were instructed to replace the bag in the canister and drum and to segregate the drums that contained material potentially greater than license limits in accordance with generally accepted guidance for criticality safety. An extent of condition was performed using materials control and accounting records of the received material. It was discovered that several drums potentially contain material in excess of license enrichment limits. The plant is in a safe condition and the steps taken in response to this event are considered to be conservative.
  • This report is being made per 10 CFR 70 Appendix A (b)(1). This event resulted in the facility being in a state that was not analyzed in their Integrated Safety Analysis Report and resulted in a failure to meet the performance requirements of 10 CFR 70.61, specifically there were no controls in place due to it being an unanalyzed condition. Westinghouse is unable to open, sample, and test the ash to determine enrichment until the proposed process has been analyzed with documented controls in place.
  • This issue has been entered into the licensee's corrective action program as IR-2022-9728.
• Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility Integrated Inspection Report
• Letter - WEC 2022 DFP Approval MD
• NRC Renews Operating License of Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Facility
• Westinghouse License Renewal SER, Public
• Cover Letter CFFF Renewal 
• CFFF SNM-1107 Renewed, Public
• EPA Comments Columbia Fuels FEIS 2022
• Letter to Executive Branch Requesting Assurances for XSNM3830 
• Westinghouse Inspection Document Request (IR 2022 - 003)
• Westinghouse, NRC Semi-Annual Discharge Report January - June 2022
• Response Ltr. to MMitchum, Chief, Pine Hill Indian Tribe, the First People of Fort Jackson Re., Correspondence Related to the Proposed License Renewal for the WEC CFFF in Richland, SC
• Letter to Applicant - Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 
• WEC EIS FRN
• News Release - 22-028: NRC Issues Final Environmental Study for Proposed License Renewal of Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Facility in South Carolina
• Letter to Dr. Wenonah Haire, Catawba Indian Nation, Re., Westinghouse CFFF
• Letter to Mr. Russell Townsend, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Re., Westinghouse CFFF
• Letter to Ms. Corain Lowe-Zepeda, Muscogee Nation; Re., Westinghouse CFFF
• Letter to Ms. Elizabeth Toombs, Cherokee Nation; Re., Westinghouse CFFF
• Letter to Ms. Michelle Mitchum, Pine Hill Indian Community; Re., Westinghouse CFFF
• 2022 Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC) EIS Letter to Main Library 
• Cover Letter - Westinghouse Electric Co - NRC Feedback Regarding eVinci White Papers - Second Round White Paper
• Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility - 60-Day Report Regarding the May 23, 2022 Incident Reported under 10 CFR 70 Appendix A 24-Hr Report
• Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 2022002 FINAL Report
• Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility - Inspection Schedule for Calendar Year 2023
• Westinghouse, Notification under 10CFR71.93(c)
• Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 2022 Special Nuclear Material Inventory Summary Report (License SNM-1107)
• RICH Westinghouse CFFF Closure of 106 Consultation 15-EJ0022
• Westinghouse, September 2021 Virtual Meeting Summary and Proposed Actions
• News Release II-22-016: NRC Schedules Public Meeting to Discuss Safety Performance of Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Facility
• Letter to USNRC and SCHPO 5-10-22
• 5/18/2022 Public Meeting Summary - Licensee Performance Review for Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, Docket Number 70-1151
• Conclusion of Section 106 Consultation of The National Historic Preservation Act Regarding The Proposed License Renewal For The Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility 
• E-mail from Elizabeth Johnson, SC SHPO - Re; Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility (CFFF) Revised Draft Cultural Resources Survey Richland County
• Letter - Response to Chief Mitchum May 2022
• SHPO response to the Westinghouse CFFF Revised Draft CRS 15-EJ0022
• Westinghouse Submittal of Triennial Update of the Decommissioning Funding Plan
• Westinghouse Trip Report March 24, 2022
• Westinghouse Electric Company's Fuel Fabrication Facility Cultural Resources Survey - Final Report
• Westinghouse Schedule Extension Letter
• Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility - Integrated Inspection Report
• Federal Register Notice Issuing Exemption and License Amendment WEC ADR4 EX FRN 87FR16772
• FRN: General Notice - Westinghouse ADR#4 FRN for Exemption
• SC SHPO Review Letter for the Cultural Resources Report
• Westinghouse ADR 4-Letter to US Ecology
• Westinghouse, Response to NRC Request for Additional Information associated with the SNM-1107 License Renewal Environmental Impact Statement (EPID L-2017-RNW-0016)
• Westinghouse Trip Summary January 19-20, 2022
• Westinghouse - Response to NRC Request for Additional Information associated with the SNM-1107 License Renewal Environmental Impact Statement
• Cultural Resources Survey of the Westinghouse Electric Company's Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility created by Brockington & Associates, Inc
• Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC - Request For Alternative Disposal And Exemptions For Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility Waste Disposal At The Us Ecology Idaho Facility (Enterprise Project Identifier L-2021-LLA-0204)
• Safety Evaluation for ADR#4 for Westinghouse
• Westinghouse, NRC Semi-Annual Discharge Report July - December 2021
• Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility - Request for Additional Information - LRA
• Response to NRC Request for Additional Information associated with the SNM-1107 License Renewal Environmental Impact Statement
• Request for Additional Information - Renewal of Special Nuclear Materials License SNM-1107
• Westinghouse Electric Company LLC Supplemental Letter on the Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility Draft Report for Comment [Docket ID NRC-2015-0039]
• Federal Register Notice - Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC; Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility
• Flyer Announcing Reopening of Public Comment Period for the Draft EIS for Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility
• Request for Exemptions under 10CFR30.11 and 10CFR70.17 for Alternate Disposal of Wastes from Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility under 10CFR20.2002
• Westinghouse Electric Company LLC - Request for Alternate Disposal Request Revised Scope Review and Approval (Docket No. 70-1151)
• Request For Additional Information Related To Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, Exemption Request For Alternate Disposal Of Specific Waste (Enterprise Project Identifier L 2021-Lla-0101)
• Transcript of Public Meeting Webinar to Receive Comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility License Renewal
• Cover Letter - Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC - Amendment 27 to Material License SNM-1107, Exemption of Time for Late Shipment Notifications (Enterprise Project Identifier L-2021-LLA-0013)
• Enclosure 1 - Safety Evaluation Report
• Enclosure 2 - Amendment 27 - SNM License 1107 (Public)
• Information Sheet: Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of the Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility
• Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC, Submittal of 71.106(b) Report
• Request for Library to Maintain Copies of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility
• NUREG-2248 DFC, "Environmental Impact Statement for the License Renewal of the Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility in Richland County, South Carolina"
• Public Meeting Information Sheet
• Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
• Request for Exemptions Associated with Disposal and Transportation of Specified Columbia Fuel Fabrication Waste
• Westinghouse - Correction to Enclosure 1 Regarding the Request for Exemption Associated with Disposal of Specified Columbia Fuel Fabrication Waste
• Email from E. Malek, Westinghouse, to D. Tiktinksy, NRC, Re: Westinghouse Columbia Facility Cultural Resource Survey Letter to SC SHPO
• Letter from Westinghouse to South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office Re: Cultural Resources Survey of Westinghouse Electric Company's Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, Richland County, SC
• Westinghouse Electric Company Integrated Inspection Report
• BLS 2020 Injuries, Illnesses, and Fatalities
• Westinghouse Electric Company - Integrated Inspection Report 07001151/2021002
• Westinghouse Electric Company - Calendar Year 2022 Inspection Schedule
• Westinghouse EIS Schedule Letter
• Westinghouse - April 2021 CA Progress Report
• Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection Report Number 0701151/2021001
• Procedures Guiding the Unanticipated Discovery of Cultural Resources and Human Remains
• Soil Sampling & Disposal
• Previously Disturbed Areas of CFFF related to RAI 4
• Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) License Renewal Application Additional Clarifying Information Requests - RAI 4. “Cultural Resource Protection Plans and Procedures”
• Excavation related to RAI 4
• CFFF EIS Roadmap & License Renewal Commitments
• SC FY 2018-2020 NPDES DMRS Filtered
• NPS 2018 Congaree Biosphere Res
• WEC February 2021 CA Progress Report
• NRCS 2021 Soil Report
• NOAA List of Flash Floods
• NOAA 2021 List of Thunderstorms
• NOAA NCEI 2021 Climate Temp
• NOAA 2021 List of Tornadoes
• NOAA NCEI 2021 Climate Precipitation
• WEC January 2021 CA Progress Report
• WEC 2021 Sanitary Lagoon Operable Unit
• Well Permit Request, RI Phase II Work Plan
• Clarifications to EIS RAIs for CFFF
• 02/04/2021 Summary Of Public Meeting To Discuss The Status Of The Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility License Renewal
• Semi-Annual Discharge Report (July – December 2020)
• BEA 2020 Employment NAICS
• SDHEC 2020 Phase II Approval
• Westinghouse Site Emergency Plan Revision 21
• Environment Impact Statement (EIS) Scoping Document
• Westinghouse 10CFR70.72 Facility Change Report
• Westinghouse January 2021 Updated Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) Summary
• Application for Renewal of a Special Nuclear Material License
• WEC October 2020 CA Progress Report
• Westinghouse Electric Company – U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Integrated Inspection Report Number 70-1151/2020-004 (Oct 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020)
• License Renewal Application
• Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC – Amendment 25 to Material License SNM-1107, Exemption for Alternate Disposal of Specific Waste - December 9, 2020
• Westinghouse Amendment 25 to Material License SNM-1107, Exemption for Alternate Disposal of Specific Waste - December 9, 2020
• Exemption for Alternate Disposal of Specific Waste from the Westinghouse Columbia Fuel Fabrication Facility - December 9, 2020
• NWS2020 Congaree - Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service
• Email between BSauls SC SHPO and EKennedy PNNL 2020 Archsite
• Westinghouse Electric Company – U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Integrated Inspection Report Number 70-1151/2020-003 (July 1, 2020 – Sept 30, 2020)
• Westinghouse Response to NRC Request for Additional Information re: East Lagoon Closure – September 22, 2020 Part 2
• SCDHEC - Response to Phase II Remedial Investigation Work Plan Dated September 15, 2020
• NRC Request for Additional Information re: East Lagoon Closure – September 4, 2020
• Semi-Annual Discharge Report (January – June 2020)
• SCDHEC 2020 - Technetium-99 Source Investigation Dated July 30, 2020
• WEC June 2020 CA Progress Report
• Columbia Remote Inspection Report – May 2020
• Columbia Inspection Report – January 1, 2020 – March 31, 2020
• Westinghouse Comments on NRC Violations (January 2020)
• Columbia Inspection Report - Oct 1, 2019 - Dec 31, 2019
• Westinghouse Revised SNM-1107 License Renewal Application Cover Letter
• Westinghouse Comments on Oct 1 – Dec 31 2019 Inspection Report
• Columbia Inspection Report - July 1, 2019 - Sept 30, 2019
• Westinghouse Comments on CFFF Environmental Assessment
• Draft for Comment – Environmental Assessment for CFFF License Renewal (October 2019)
• CFFF License Renewal Application (August 2019)
• Semi-Annual Discharge Report (January – June 2019)
• Columbia Inspection Report - April 1, 2019 - June 30, 2019
• Columbia Inspection Report - Jan 1, 2019 - March 31, 2019
• CFFF License Renewal Application (March 2019)
• Semi-Annual Discharge Report (July – December 2019) Part 2
• Semi-Annual Discharge Report (July – December 2018)
• Semi-Annual Discharge Report (January – June 2018)
• Semi-Annual Discharge Report (July – December 2017)
• Semi-Annual Discharge Report (January – June 2017)
• Cultural Resource Training