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 l

March 20,1995 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk l Washington, D. C. 20555 l

Reference:

Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR)

Docket No. 50-243, License No R-106 i 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 l uranium (LEU) fuel. l l

Gentlemen:  !

l 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 Arlington, TX 76011-8064 l

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 PDR i

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Radiation Center Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331  !

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. i Sincerely, l l R $ A. Ibb Terry R.

%Lash, Director Office of Nuclear Energy l

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