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Letter Informing That Federal Funding for Conversion of Reactor to Low Enrichment Will Not Be Available During Fiscal Year 2008 as Indicated in Attached Letter
ML070750099
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Site: University of Wisconsin
Issue date: 03/13/2007
From: Agasie R
Univ of Wisconsin - Madison
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Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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March 13, 2007 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555 RE: Docket 50-156; 10 CFR Part 50.64C

Dear Sirs:

We are providing the following information in conformance to 10 CFR Part 50.64C.

Federal funding for the conversion of our reactor to low enrichment will not be available during fiscal year 2008, as indicated in the attached letter.

Sincerely, Robert J. Agasie Reactor Director Enclosure

Department of Energy Germantown, MD 20874-1290 March 9, 2006 Mr. Robert J. Agasie, Director Nuclear Reactor Laboratory University of Wisconsin - Madison 1513 University Avenue, Room 130 Madison, Wisconsin 53706

Dear Mr. Agasie:

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 50.64, Limitations on the Use oflHighlv Enriched Uranium in Domestic Non-Power Reactors, you are hereby notified that Federal funding, under the Department of Energy (DOE) University Reactor Fuel Assistance Program for the conversion of the University of Wisconsin Research Reactor from highly-enriched uranium (HEU) to low-enriched uraniumn (LEU) fuile, will not be available during fiscal year (FY) 2007.

As discussed with you and your staff in October 2005, plans call for the conversion of the Wisconsin Research Reactor to LEU in FY 2009.

Sincerely, John Gutteridge University Programs-Director Nuclear Power Systems Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology Q Printed withsoyinkanrecycled Pape,