NRC Issues Confirmatory Action Letter To Honeywell Metropolis Works

摘要

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued a confirmatory action letter to Honeywell Metropolis Works outlining actions the company has agreed to take before restarting its uranium conversion operations in Metropolis, 111. The NRC concluded after an inspection that the facility that "a credible seismic event" could result in a higher risk to the public than currently assumed." In announcing the letter, the commission said the inspection raised concerns that Honeywell "may have underestimated the amount of uranium hexafluoride that could be released into the environment should the process equipment be damaged by such an event."