ML20137A608
| ML20137A608 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 08/16/1985 |
| From: | Moore R NRC OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS (OIP) |
| To: | Busick E STATE, DEPT. OF, BUREAU OF OCEANS & INTL. ENVIRONMENT |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 8508210438 | |
| Download: ML20137A608 (1) | |
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Mrs. Eleanor Busick, Acting Director ,
Office of Nuclear Export / Import Contml ,
Bureau of Oceans and International Environmental and Scientific Affairs U.S. Department of State, Room 4327A Washington, D.C. 2cS20
Dear Mrs. Busick:
Enclosed please find the Reactor Checklist for the McMaster University Research Reactor in ' Canada (XSNM02229).
Please consider this in conjunction with the original application which was forwarded to you on June 28, 1985.
Sincerely, Original Signed by, R. Neal f.toore R. Neal Moore, Acting Assistant Director Export / Import and International Safeguards i
i Office of International Programs
Enclosure:
Ltr. dtd. 8/13/85 DISTRIBUTION:
(XSNM02229 - Canada) IP r/f IP,EI r/f cc w/ enclosure: JPOR Mr. Ted Hart, DOE EDO r/f Mr. Gary Bray, ACDA WJDircks, EDO Mr. Gerald Oplinger, D0D JBecker, ELD Mrs. Nataly Martin, DOE LWirfs, NMSS
! Mr. Robin DeLaBarre, DOS DSayles, NMSS GProco, OR00 GEysymontt, OPE JRussell, OR00 BStout, MM 8508210438 850816 ;
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Dear Mr. bbore:
Enclosed please find the empleted reactor checklist for our license application XSNM02229. i Sincerely, 4t' -
Barbara A. Hannett Traffic Coordinator !
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. 1 CHECKLIST FOR USE IN REVIEW OF REQUESTS FOR HEU TO DETERMINE TECHNICAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTIFICATION ,
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- 1. FACILITY NAME : McMaster Nuclear Reactor l
- 2. LOCATION : McMaster University ,
1280 Main St. W. __ i HAMILTON, Ont., Cana'da $m gg l LBS 4K1 4 c-l
' en S enm s REQUESTED kg U 4.911 y b
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- 4. U-235 ENRICHMENT : 93.3% ch^ .
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- 6. TYPE OF ELEMENT U FORM : MTR-type, 18-platog HEU metal
- 7. CURRENT REACTOR POWER LEVEL : 2 MW with capability of short !
periods at 5 MW
- 8. DUTY FACTORg AVERAGE SURNUP : *63% - 11000 MWH/yr, 24 hr/ day, 5 days /wk.;
37% average burnup.
9a. CURRENT CORE LOADING : Initial content 6.0 kg U-235 Content Aug. 1/85 5.0 kg U-235 j 9b. U-235 PER ELEMENT : 0.196 kg ,
9c. NUMBER OF ELEMENTS IN CORE : 36 (30 standards + 6 controls) l 9d. AVERAGE CORE LIFE : 3.7 years i b
9e. ACTIVE CORE DIMENSIONS :
18" X 22" X 24" 9f. NEUTRON FLUX : 1 X 10** e 5 MW ll 4X 10*= 0 2 MW average core flux -7X 10*= 4 2 MW d I
- 11. ANNUAL SPARE FUEL :
- 0.1 kg for occasional 5MW operation
- 12. PLANNED POWERR CHANGES : need to maintain 5 MW capability
- 13. LIFE OF CURRENT REQUEST : 2.5 years
- 14. WORKING STOCK : 0.092 kg U-235
- 15. FABRICATION LOSS : 0.137 kg U-235 ;
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- 18. INVENTORY - U-235 l
- a. SCRAP none l
- b. UNIRRADIATED : 3.6 kg as 10-platag 0.5 kg as 10-plate ;
- c. AVAILABLE none SPENT : l
- d. 4.0 kg of which 2.7 kg will be reprocessed to j partially fill this request. :
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~ 19. DATE INVENTORY EXPENDED : Late 1986 due to licence limitation on use of 10-plate fuel :
- 20. DELIVERY DATE OF REQUEST : Late 1986
- 21. DATE HEU NEEDED BY FABRICATOR : Early 1986 22a. SHIPPING TIME : 1 month --
$rn g I 22b. LEAD TIME : 3 months r$ 2 c) cm v,rm
- 23. DATE CURRENT REQUEST EXPENDED : Mid 1989 $ - h$
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- 24. DATE OF CONVERSION TO LEU Unknown at this time Q
1964 (WNYNRC) 4.8 partially irradiated 1967 National Lead 4.7 1969 United Nuclear 5.0 1972 Gulf United 6.4 l 1973 Gulf United 5.5 I 1974 US Nuclear 4.6 1979 (AECL-PTR) 3.7 partially irradiated 1990 CERCA 4.5 1984 CERCA 4.5
- 26. US FUEL CONSUMED TO DATE : 16.5 kg
- 27. COOPERATION WITH ANL : ,
Have had several discussions with Dr. Matos. Have attended ,
I last two RERTR annual conferences at ANL. Am being kept up to date. ANL has reviewed our last two requests.
- 29. AGREEMENT WITH ANL : ,
No formal agreement but have suggested that MNR be involved with design studies being done for the Union Carbide Sterling Forest reactor which uses fuel identical to MNR's.
- 29. COOPERATION WITH RERTR PROGRAM :
Again no formal agreement but are following results .
Aug. 7, 1985
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