NRC ORDER – ORDER

On August 18, 2009, an immediately effective Confirmatory Order was issued to United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) to confirm commitments made as a result of an Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) mediation session held on July 1, 2009. The parties agreed to engage in ADR following NRC's February 6, 2009, letter to USEC wherein an apparent violation of 10 CFR 95.39(b)(3) was identified based on information developed during an investigation at the licensee's Paducah facility. As part of the agreement, USEC agreed to take a number of actions including revising procedures and related training, continuation of recurring training for Operations and Maintenance supervisors to reinforce conduct of principles and procedure compliance, conducting interactive informational training sessions with employees to identify critical job tasks and tools to prevent and protect against causing adverse events when performing critical tasks, and communicating the facts of the violation and lessons learned to employees at all USEC facilities. In recognition of these actions, the NRC agreed to refrain from proposing a civil penalty and issuing a Notice of Violation or other enforcement action for the matters discussed in the February 6, 2009, letter.