ML18268A344

Letter of Appreciation for the Tour of the Research Test Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facility Provided to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission on August 21, 2018 EPID No. L-2017-PMP-0014

ML18268A344
Person / Time
Site:	BWX Technologies
Issue date:	10/02/2018
From:	Ross-Lee M Research and Test Reactors Licensing Projects Branch
To:	Burch B BWXT
Wertz G, NRR/DLP 415-0893
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EPID L-2017-PMP-0014
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October 2, 2018 Mr. B. Joel Burch, Vice President and General Manager BWXT Nuclear Operations Group, Inc.

P.O. Box 785 Lynchburg, VA 24505-0785

SUBJECT:

LETTER OF APPRECIATION FOR THE TOUR OF THE RESEARCH TEST REACTOR FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY PROVIDED TO THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION ON AUGUST 21, 2018 (EPID NO. L-2017-PMP-0014)

Dear Mr. Burch:

On August 21, 2018, 13 members of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Division of Licensing Projects, Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch, and Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch staff, participated in a tour of the BWXT Research Test Reactor Fuel Fabrication Facility in Lynchburg, Virginia. The purpose of the tour was to gain insights into both the existing research reactor plate fuel production process, as well as the fuel development work being conducted in conjunction with the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Material Management and Minimization, High Performance Research Reactor Conversion project.

The NRC staff gained important technical insights on this tour, and will be better informed with respect to future licensing actions involving research reactor fuel. Furthermore, the NRC staff recognized the level of effort expended by BWXT to provide this tour, and wish to express its appreciation to your staff: Mr. Van Mauney, Mr. David Miller, Mr. Scott Niedzialek, Mr. Chris Terry, Mr. Stephen Subosits, and Ms. Sandra Rice, and other BWXT staff, who provided both technical tour information as well as coordinated itinerary, schedule, and site access support.

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Geoffrey Wertz at 301-415-0893, or by electronic mail to Geoffrey.Wertz@nrc.gov.

Sincerely,

/RA/

Mary Jane Ross-Lee, Deputy Division Director Division of Licensing Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation Docket No. 70-27 License No. SNM-42

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