ML060740657

Dept of Commerce Informed by DOE That Funding for the Conversion of the NIST Reactor to LEU Will Not Be Available at Any Time in the Forseeable Future

ML060740657
Person / Time
Site:	National Bureau of Standards Reactor
Issue date:	03/06/2006
From:	Gallagher P US Dept of Commerce, National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST)
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Institute of Standards and Technology Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899-March 6, 2006 Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555

Subject:

Docket Number 50-184 We were informed by the Department of Energy that funding for the conversion of the NIST reactor to LEU will not be available at any time in the foreseeable future. Accordingly, a schedule for conversion of the NBSR cannot be submitted at this time.

Singeely, Patrick Gallagher Director, NIST Center for Neutron Research NIST I-lo2-1