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Annual Report for the Cornell Triga Reactor
ML042740435
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Site: 05000157, 05000097
Issue date: 09/22/2004
From: Aderhold H
Ward Ctr for Nuclear Sciences
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Document Control Desk, NRC/FSME
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. Iloward C Aderhold E.nmil: hcalecomell.edu Director Cornll Utiversity Telephone: 607-255-3481 Ward Laboratory Fax: 607-255-9417 Ithaca. NY 14853 Ward Center for Nuclear Sciences US Nuclear Regulatory Commission September 22, 2004 Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555 RE: Annual Report for Facility Licenses R-80 (Docket 50-157), and R-89 (Docket 50-97).

Dear.Sir:

The purpose of this report is to satisfy the reporting requirements of IOCFR50 Section 50.59, in respect to activities related to the Cornell TRIGA Reactor (facility license R-80) and the Cornell Zero Power Reactor (ZPR) (facility license R-89) during the period beginning Julyl, 2003 and ending June 30, 2004.

TRIGA License R-80:

I. Operatini Experience During the week of November 10, 2003 all spent fuel was removed from the TRIGA reactor facility and transferred to the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory in Idaho Falls, Idaho. A decommissioning plan for the Ward Laboratory facility was submitted to the US NRC on August 22, 2003.

2. Changes in Facility Design None
3. Changes in Procedures None
4. Surveillance Tests and Inspections All parameters and systems undergoing required surveillance, tests, and inspections were determined to be within specified limits.
5. Power Generation Zero Watt-hours D

.5-.

6. Emergency Shutdowns None
7. Unintentional Scrams None
8. Major Maintenance None
9. Radioactive Waste Release
1) Liquid waste: 238 micro curies (gross activity)
2) Gaseous waste: none
10. Personnel Exposure No significant radiation exposure to personnel was experienced.

ZPR License R-89 On February 12, 1997, the US NRC issued Amendment No. 4 which removed the authority from the license to operate the reactor. The ZPR fuel had been removed from the reactor grid plate prior to that date, and the reactor has been in a shutdown/safe-storage condition. On April 28, 2000, all SNM related to the ZPR was retrieved by a DOE contractor and placed in storage at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant. Decommissioning of the ZPR is included in the decommissioning plan for the Ward Lab facility submitted to the US NRC on August 22, 2003.

If any additional information is required concerning this report, please don't hesitate to contact this office.

Sincerely yours, Howard C. Aderhold Director Cc: Director Office of Inspection and Enforcement US Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Region I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406-1415