ML20059F210
| ML20059F210 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Site: | Claiborne |
| Issue date: | 12/30/1993 |
| From: | Miller W AFFILIATION NOT ASSIGNED |
| To: | Jim Hickey NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9401130197 | |
| Download: ML20059F210 (1) | |
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I Nuclear Engineering E2433 Eng:neeong Bueg East columbia. M'ssoun 65211 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA Telephone (314) 882-3550 FAX [314] 884 4801 December 30, 1993 l
John W.
N.
Hickey Chief, Enrichment Branch Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards l
Mailstop 4-E-4 l
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission l
Washington, DC 20555
Dear Mr. Hickey:
l This letter is written in support of the proposed Claiborne 1
Enrichment Center.
As outlined in the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, this f acility is very important to long-term enrichment services in the U.S.
in support of both the commercial power industry and various test and research reactors that provide vital research.
As Chairman of the Nuclear Engineering Program here at Missouri University and as a Research Associate of the MU Research Reactor, I know the importance of enriched uranium to our society.
I am well aware that the U.S.
is again losing its technological competitiveness to foreign countries.
Enrichment services in these countries are less than in the U.S because of the advanced technologies, such as centrifuge technology, that are already employed.
Are we to become dependent on foreign sources for fuel for our nuclear power plants as we are dependent on others for our oil?
We have already witnessed the devastation that this dependency can cause.
We need the Claiborne Enrichment Center and I support its construction.
Sincerely, tv 6 ua44 William H. Miller
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James C. Dowell Research Professor 9401130197 931230 PDR ADOCK 07003070 f] I g
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