ML022130145
| ML022130145 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| References | |
| Download: ML022130145 (1) | |
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OF SUNIVERSITY FLORIDA College of Engineering 202 Nuclear Sciences Center Department of Nuclear and Radiological Engineering 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 UFTR License Renewal U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 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 Alireza Haghighat Associate Engineer and Chairman, Department of Nuclear Director of Nuclear Facilities and Radiological Engineering APPROVED IF ' -' A 0 '"f APPROVED P;amod P. Khargonekadj David R. CN6urn Dean, College of Engineering Provost and Vice President cc: Reactor Safety Review Subcommittee F. E. Dunnam W. S. Properzio Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution