Safety Evaluation Report for the General Electric-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment LLC Laser-Based Uranium Enrichment Plant in Wilmington, North Carolina

The report documents the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) staff review and safety and safeguards evaluation of the General Electric-Hitachi Global Laser Enrichment LLC (the applicant) application for a license to construct a laser-based uranium enrichment facility and possess and use special nuclear material (SNM), source material, and byproduct material in a laser-based uranium enrichment facility. The applicant proposes that the laser-based uranium enrichment facility be located in Wilmington, North Carolina, at the site of General Electric-Hitachi Global Nuclear Fuel – Americas nuclear fuel fabrication site. The facility will possess natural, depleted, and enriched uranium, and will enrich uranium up to a maximum of 8 weight percent uranium-235.