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Advises That Fl Kelly & RA Birkel Assigned to Site to Start Up Reactor
ML20085F646
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Site: Saxton File:GPU Nuclear icon.png
Issue date: 11/20/1961
From: Rees D
SAXTON NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTAL CORP.
To: Lowenstein R
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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a App ic a t ite., K. l' L. Kelly and Mr. h. A. Itirkel, W atinghouse employees,

la t.e a t n-M hrd ta rigt ed to *.he Ntw ef te f or W }urpose of s teting up to*. Sar u. rws.0$ct.

We tuive jus'. ItceLily leanied that Kr. Ir.rkal has tuu. e yxis t o.: viu sr.nr c' eturpaQ and vill net be availabit-tc. corr 7

'ut kesigwernt. tir amtter ha.a been discussed with Westinghouse, t.m L.x, havt m i s e'.

.u. LL At thq c <. not have ar.y qualified rese. tor operators i.vs.;atie e tr.ie tiu to replace Mr. Bi rkel.

inu e ve rer,rst the loes of Kr. Birkel to the Saxtca Project, the hu.-

.~ c.: t as o,n a te t ituatim has chawed cince Aerodnett Ko. 'l wess filed, sai ve believe tnat sufficient quditied nactor operstore vill t= available.

In tr.y let t< r c f bep uter 23, I ansationed a Mr. Giaccaic Emrtolotti vbo is cm hw.* t' ko a.icemse f ram the SEIKI Project.

Mr. Bertolotti has anade appli.

e v.. w t r r 6.1. v u t.; ops u, t:.. mt ta. %:ter ed hu W arf us tnet t e y att tc te an116tle until at least January 31,1%P an'. vill ts atle t c an. i.

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M2. Je r:,ulett i 's given in Lis letter application dated September 22,1%g.alificatior.s 1

verv The Suton organi:Ation now has several 1.m.iivittua14 that have operstly erpe riemee and shculd be qualified to apply for a license to start up the Saxton Anutar. One of these men has a 1,8. degree im MechaeLiosi L:.ginn ring suwi has apent apprrrrD=tely ten mantas in tr='Mng at the hetingnoose Test N3 tor and haluaticm Center. He has operstei the Watin;nixse krdur:1cn critical f acilities and the Usstingbcme Tset h6metor, and b= baa an AIL opentor's licentse for the latter mactor. Another Suter.

maployee hs.s ac A.asociate Degne in Electrical hgiamering frias a Pennsyl.

vain State Uniwrsity trtenssica Center and has served na a roe.ctor opeastor fv the Ue tve rsity of Michigan Ford Nuclaar Reactor whieb he w.s liownsed to opers.t in Je.nuary,19.i. W rea pia,a to rava these la.mr tw,, ans. - u s yplicatice f or s. license to operste the Sa.rtaa hemator. Two other man in the Saxtc= organia,atica han twetor operu,ter experiamos and truirAug and aae also belieteni to be qualitime to taka tan tweetor operator amm4matica f or startie,s up the furtcm henctor. Houarse, at the presamt time, u biave not decided d. finitely whether vs vill h1w thouse anun msAs agliceLtior for aturt.p licessses.

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.I Other etnditions as outlined la our heendment No. 7 regsmiing Westirpouse startup perscanel remain the saame.

In addition to Mr. F. L.

Ka'dy, who has already ande applicatice for a liern6e to start up uw Sartcm heactor, Mr. W. P. Kovacik, a Westinghouse reactor physicist, is scheduled to be at the site during um fuel laadiaq, initial criticality, mod the eore }arame ter to a t a. Weetiaghouse vill also have o'.imr tocbnisal su}iort }erstmaal ea descrited in Amendment No. 7 at the site during the h,- f r.

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wore ps rsaw ter tests. It is stil] planned to operate the reactor primarily cm a one-shift he.ste during this period, homewr, it t o hoped that it may Le possible to use a second shift during the latter pmrt of this program for training operstors to check out, startup, and shut down the reac tor.

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