ML20101M376

Application for Amend to License R-103,rescinding Temporary SNM Possession Increases Requested in 891226 & s to Reflect Establishment of Capability for Offsite Shipment of Spent Fuel Using BMI-1 Shipping Cask

ML20101M376
Person / Time
Site:	University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date:	07/02/1992
From:	Meyer W MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, ROLLA, MO
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI-COLUMBIA Researc' . ark Columbia. Missoun 65211

• fy"*3Q82 July 2,1992 Director of Nuclear Reactor Regulation

-U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Mail Station PI-137 Washington,DC 20555

Reference:

Docket 50-186 University of Missouri Research Reactor

Subject:

Requested Change to University of Missouri Research Reactor Facility License No. R-103 The University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) requests approvel of an amendment to make the following revision to Facility Operating License Number R-103:

2.B,(2) . Pursuant to the Act,10 CFR Part 70," Domestic Licensing of Special Nuclear Material," and the Commission Order dated September 27,1985, to receive, possess, and use up to 45 'lograms of contained uranium.235, providing that no more than 5 kilograms of this amount be unirradiated; up to 80 grams of plutonium-beryllium neutron source; up to 20 grams of plutonium-239 in the form of sheets enclosed in ciumitum for use in connecticn with operation of the reactor; and up to 40 grams of plutonium enriched to 90%

plutonium-242 in the form of a rod sealed in a stainless steel can for use in connection with operation of the reactar.

This requested amendment would effectively rescind the temporary possession limit increases requested by MURR in letters dated December 26,1989, and March 8,_1991, and issued by the NRC as amendments 19 and 21 to License R-103.

These temporary possession limit increases were for the purpose of maintaining uninterrupted reactor operation pending the establishmrat of capability for ofr.

site shipment of spent fuel and the actual shipment of this spent fuel.

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The University of Missouri Research Reactor established the capability for off site shipment of spent fuel using the BMI-1 shipping cask and, as of May 27,1992, has completed the actual shipment of the spent fuel for which the temporary possession limit increases were issued.

If there are any questions, please cull Roland Hultsch at (314) 882-5205 or me at (314)882-5203.

Sjncerely, 3 W. A. Meyer, Jr. \MJh1 Vf4kbit[L 7 f]2 l

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