ML20029D597

Endorses 930727 Request for Individual Exemption from Payment of Annual Fees for Triga Mark II Reactor

ML20029D597
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Site:	Kansas State University
Issue date:	08/02/1993
From:	Rathbone D KANSAS STATE UNIV., MANHATTAN, KS
To:	Scroggins R NRC OFFICE OF THE CONTROLLER
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Office of the Controller Attn: Ronald M. Scraggins Deputy Chief Financial Officer / Controller U.S. Nac!sar Regulatory Commission 4 Washington, D.C. 20555 l' Re: Invoice No. AT-0464-03 Ucense R-88, Docket 50-188

Dear Sirs:

This is to endorse the July 27th request made by the Director of the Kansas i

State University Nuclear Reactor Facility for an individual exemption from payment of annual fees for our TRJGA Mark !! Reactor, a teachin0 and roscorch reactor operated by a nonprofit educatJonalInstitution. The exceptional treatment requested is in the public interest and is justified for two reasons.

First, payment of the annual fee, namely, $62,100 for federal fiscal year 1993, l

would imposo savore financielhardsh'p, not only on the Nuclear Engineering Department, but also on the College of Engineering. The University obtains its operating funds from legislative appropriations and such funds havo boon r declining for a number of years. Payment of the som in question would virtually guarantee the loss of a faculty position.

, Second, the exceptional treatment is also justified on the basis of externalized j benefits accorded by operation of the Reactor Facility to other federal i

licenseos, to other universities, and to the general public. Nuclear power plants

, in Kansas and Nebreske benefit particularly. Tours and demonstrations for l

schools and civic organ!zations are extremely important benefits to the general pubile Institution. and are on essential aspect of our university's mission as a land grant Very cincerely yours, R

Donald E. Rathbone Doan of Engineering I

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