ML20097B693
| ML20097B693 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | MIT Nuclear Research Reactor |
| Issue date: | 03/31/2020 |
| From: | Lau E Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
| To: | Document Control Desk, Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
| References | |
| EPDI L-2016-LLA-0003 | |
| Download: ML20097B693 (1) | |
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Edward Lau Assistant Director Reactor Operations MIT NUCLEAR REACTOR LABORATORY AN MIT INTERDEPARTMENTAL CENTER Mail Stop: NW12-122 138 Albany Street Cambridge, MA 02139 Phone: 617 253-4211 Fax: 617 324-0042 Email: eslaumit.edu 31 March 2020 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 5o~ 2 ° Attn.:
Document Control Desk
Subject:
Amendment No. 42 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-37 for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor regarding the Nuclear Safety System Digital Upgrade (EPDI No. L-2016-LLA-0003)
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) issued Amendment No. 42 to Renewed Facility Operating License No. R-37 for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Research Reactor (MITR) on 4 December 2019 with an implementation deadline of 180 days. The MITR had planned to install the new Digital Nuclear Safety System during the month of April 2020.
Because of the ongoing restrictions with the COVID-19 pandemic, MIT is hereby requesting an additional 180 days to implement this amendment. Currently, MIT is closed with the exception of essential personnel, with a state-wide emergency order by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts requiring closure of physical workspaces and facilities that do not provide COVID-19 essential services.
MIT is committed to this upgrade and will be making the license amendment transition a top priority once the declared state of emergency has been rescinded and MIT reopens for routine business.
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USNRC -
Senior Project Manager Edward S. Lau, NE Assistant Director of Reactor Operations MIT Research Reactor Research and Test Reactors Licensing Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office ofNuclear Reactor Regulation USNRC -
Senior Reactor Inspector Research and Test Reactors Oversight Branch Division of Licensing Projects Office ofNuclear Reactor Regulation