ML20081H070

Forwards DOE Notifying Licensee That Funding for Conversion of Reactor to LEU Fuel Not Available for FY95

ML20081H070
Person / Time
Site:	Oregon State University
Issue date:	03/20/1995
From:	Dodd B Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, OR
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
References
NUDOCS 9503240085
Download: ML20081H070 (2)

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RADIATION CENTER D

Ontcos STATE Uxivonsirr Radiation Center A100, Cavallis, Oregon 97331-5903 Telephone 503-737-234I Fax 503-7374480 March 20,1995 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555

Reference:

Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR)

Docket No. 50-243, License No R-106 USNRC Regulation 10 CFR 50.64(c)(2)

Subject:

Proposal submitted in response to the Commission's regulations requiring conversion of the OSTR from high enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel.

Gentlemen:

Since sending our letter of March 15,1995, we have received official notification from the U.S.

Department of Energy that funding is not available for this year.

A copy of this letter is attached.

Yours s ncerely, p&

E.rian Dodd, Ph.D.

Director cc:

Al Adams, Project Manager, Non-Power Reactor, Decommissioning, and Environmental Projects Directorate, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, M.S. OWFN 11-B-20, Washington, D.C. 20555 Regional Administrator, USNRC, Region IV,611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 400, l

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Isamu Aoki, U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office,785 DOE Place MS1220, Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563 Oregon Department of Energy, Salem, Oregon ATTN: Mr. David Stewart-Smith l

S. E. Binney, Chairman, Reactor Operations Committee J. F. Higginbotham, Reactor Administrator i

A. D. Hall, Reactor Supervisor D. S. Pratt, Senior Health Physicist 9503240085 950320 PDR ADOCK 05000243 P

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Dear Dr. Dodd:

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 50.64, " Limitations on the Use of Highly i

Enriched Uranium in Domestic Non-Power haactors," you are hereby notified that Federal funding for conversion of your reactor to low enrichment uranium fuel will not be available during Fiscal Year 1995.

You will be notified in the event these circumstances change.

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