DRC-2025-002177

July 9, 2025
Vern C. Rogers, Director of Regulatory Affairs
EnergySolutions, LLC
299 South Main Street, Suite 1700
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
RE:Federal Cell Facility Application Request for Information
Dear Mr. Rogers:
The Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control (Division) hereby provides follow up Requests for Information (RFI) regarding the Federal Cell Facility Application dated August
4, 2022.
Each RFI in the attached document represents a follow up to an RFI issued earlier in the application review process. The numbering system ties the additional questions to the initial
RFI with an added letter designation. When responding to an RFI, please use the assigned number representing the question.
With this round of follow up RFIs, the Division recommends that appropriate staff from the Licensee, the Division and consultants meet to discuss each matter for clarity. Please contact
Larry Kellum at 385-622-1876 to schedule a meeting.
Sincerely,
Douglas J. Hansen, Director
Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control
DJH/LK/JMK/BBD
Enclosure: Federal Cell Application, Requests for Information.
c:Jeff Coombs, EHS, Health Officer, Tooele County Health Department
Bryan Slade, Environmental Health Director, Tooele County Health Department EnergySolutions General Correspondence EmailLLRW General Correspondence Email
Federal Cell Application Review
Request for Information or Updates to the Application (RFI)
General
Each of the RFI’s has been assigned an identifier with a numbering convention as follows-
Application/Appendix Section
Section/Appendix Subsection
Section/Appendix Subsubsection (when applicable)
Sequential numbering
Example: A question in Section 1, subsection 1, subsubsection 1 -The first RFI # would be 1.1.1-1, the next question in that section/subsection would be numbered 1.1.1-2
Please refer to the assigned RFI number when submitting a response.
Appendix AB: Operational Period Modeling
AB-10.a-1
This RFI has been rescinded. The response provided on February 21, 2025, CD-2025-037(DRC-2025-000625), sufficiently addressed the question.
Appendix C: Federal Cell Construction Quality Assurance / Quality Control Manual
C-4
The most recentsubmitted version of the Federal Cell Facility Construction Quality Assurance / Quality Control Manual (CQA Manual) includes processes and references related to the approved
Radioactive Material License UT 2300249 (e.g. placement of ion exchange resins). Please submit a revised CQA Manual that focuses solely on the Federal Cell operations.