ML16125A149

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University of California, Irvine Request That License Limits for Triga Mark I Nuclear Reactor Facility Be Established
ML16125A149
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Site: University of California - Irvine
Issue date: 04/29/2016
From: Geoffrey Miller
University of California - Irvine
To: Michael Balazik
Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE BERKELEY

  • IRVINE
  • WS ANGELES
  • RIVERSIDE
  • SAN DIEGO
  • SAN FRANCISCO SANTABARBARA
  • SANTACRUZ George E. Miller IRVINE, CA 92697-2025 Senior Lecturer Emeritus (949) 824-6649 or 824-6082 Department of Chemistry and FAX: (949) 824-8571 Supervisor, Nuclear Reactor Fa,cility email: gemiller@uci.edu April 29th 2016 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington DC 20555-0001 Attention: Michael Balazik, Senior Project Manager Re: Docket 50-326 R-116 License

Dear Mr. Balazik:

The University of California Irvine hereby requests that license limits for our TRIGA Mark I nuclear reactor facility be established as follows:

Up to 5.0 kilograms U-235 contained in the form of standard TRIGA fuel elements enriched to less than 20%

Up to 25 grams ofU-235 in the form of fission detectors, fission plates, foils, chemical compounds, or solutions enriched to any enrichment.

In addition we request that the license specify authorization for the following:

Special nuclear material as may be produced by the operation of the facility, and Special nuclear material as may be received-in TRIGA fuel elements that are transferred to our license following utilization in other reactor -

facilities, provided that the total amount not exceed that authorized as requested above.

The basis for these requests, that represent a modest increase from our current license, is to stay well within sensible safety and security limits, but to allow for very modest expansion of our programs in fissionable materials research, especially related to nuclear security, and other reactor utilization over the next several years. The request also clarifies (relative to our current license) the various forms that the special nuclear material may take at this facility.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing and the attached are true and correct to my knowledge.

Ex(ited on April~/ L

':1,Q/vY-Dr. George E. Miller

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, IRVINE BERKELEY

  • IRVINE
  • WS ANGELES
  • RIVERSIDE
  • SAN DIEGO
  • SAN FRANCISCO SANTABARBARA
  • SANTACRUZ George E. Miller IRVINE, CA 92697-2025 Senior Lecturer Emeritus (949) 824-6649 or 824-6082 Department of Chemistry and FAX: (949) 824-8571 Supervisor, Nuclear Reactor Fa,cility email: gemiller@uci.edu April 29th 2016 US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington DC 20555-0001 Attention: Michael Balazik, Senior Project Manager Re: Docket 50-326 R-116 License

Dear Mr. Balazik:

The University of California Irvine hereby requests that license limits for our TRIGA Mark I nuclear reactor facility be established as follows:

Up to 5.0 kilograms U-235 contained in the form of standard TRIGA fuel elements enriched to less than 20%

Up to 25 grams ofU-235 in the form of fission detectors, fission plates, foils, chemical compounds, or solutions enriched to any enrichment.

In addition we request that the license specify authorization for the following:

Special nuclear material as may be produced by the operation of the facility, and Special nuclear material as may be received-in TRIGA fuel elements that are transferred to our license following utilization in other reactor -

facilities, provided that the total amount not exceed that authorized as requested above.

The basis for these requests, that represent a modest increase from our current license, is to stay well within sensible safety and security limits, but to allow for very modest expansion of our programs in fissionable materials research, especially related to nuclear security, and other reactor utilization over the next several years. The request also clarifies (relative to our current license) the various forms that the special nuclear material may take at this facility.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing and the attached are true and correct to my knowledge.

Ex(ited on April~/ L

':1,Q/vY-Dr. George E. Miller