ML022130145
| ML022130145 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | 05000083 |
| Issue date: | 07/18/2002 |
| From: | Colburn D, Haghighat A, Khargonekar P, Vernetson W Univ of Florida |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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| Download: ML022130145 (1) | |
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SUNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA College of Engineering Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering 202 Nuclear Sciences Center P.O. Box 118300 Gainesville, Florida 32611-8300 Tel: (352) 392-1401 Fax: (352) 392-3380 www.nuceng.ufl.edu July 18, 2002 Attn: Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 UFTR License Renewal University of Florida Training Reactor Facility License R-56, Docket No. 50-83 Pursuant to 10 CFR Part 2.109, we respectfully request a renewal of our facility license as described in the original license application dated August 30, 1957 and subsequent amendments thereto, including Amendment 23 dated December 28, 2001. The requested renewal term for License R-56 is for 20 years.
The University of Florida Training Reactor (UFTR) has been operated successfully and safely for over 43 years at the University of Florida campus in Gainesville. Periodic improvements have been performed during these years, all of which have contributed substantially to the safe and reliable operation of the facility. Within the present term of the operating license, the entire core was disassembled, inspected and reassembled. In addition, the UFTR has been upgraded with a new pneumatic sample irradiation system, a new temperature monitor/recorder, new control blade position indicators and a new power monitoring detector with another on order. The UFTR continues to be a leading university facility in meeting the administrative and regulatory requirements to operate the facility effectively in a manner to safeguard the health and safety of the public.
Please let us know if further information is required.
Sincerely yours, William G. Vernetson Associate Engineer and Director of Nuclear Facilities APPROVED IF '
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P;amod P. Khargonekadj Dean, College of Engineering cc:
Reactor Safety Review Subcommittee F. E. Dunnam W. S. Properzio Alireza Haghighat Chairman, Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering APPROVED David R. CN6urn Provost and Vice President Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution