USEC's Portsmouth plant being returned to DOE

摘要

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved United States Enrichment Corporation's plan to return the remainder of the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant to the regulatory control of the Department of Energy and to terminate the NRC's Certificate of Compliance for the plant. USEC requested the termination of its certification in letters to the NRC dated March 15 and June 28, and on September 28 the NRC announced its approval of the transfer plan. As part of the process, USEC will terminate its lease with the DOE for the remaining facilities at the plant still under the company's control.