ML20138G925

Consents to 850927 Show Cause Order Re Allowance of Inventory of Fuel Sufficient for Maint of Reactor Operations.Quantity of Fuel Will Stay within Limits Set Forth in License R-103

ML20138G925
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Site:	University of Missouri-Columbia
Issue date:	10/10/1985
From:	Brugger R MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, COLUMBIA, MO
To:	NRC OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY (SECY)
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NUDOCS 8510280091
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Research Reactor Facility UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI Research Park Columbia. Missouri 65211 October 10, 1985 Telephone (314) 882-4211 Secretary of The Commission U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C. 20555

SUBJECT:

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE dated September 27, 1985 DOCKET NO. 50-186 University of Missouri, Columbia The University of Missouri, Columbia, holder of Facility Operating License No. R-103, presents this letter as per 10CFR2.202(d) in answer to the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE dated September 27, 1985.

The University of Missouri, Colunbia, consents to the entry of an order in substantially the fonn proposed in the ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. The provisions set forth in Section III(2) of this ORDER will allow an inventory sufficient iu the maintenance of reactor operations at the University of Missouri, Columbia Facility.

The fuel cycle for the University of Missouri, Columbia, results in the depletion of 24 fuel elements per year. We interpret Section III(2) of this ORDER to allow the University of Missouri, Columbia, to maintain an inventory of not more than six (6) unirradiated fuel elements, which corresponds to the number of fuel elements depleted in a 90 day period of normal operation based on one quarter of our annual fuel depletion rate. The six (6) fuel elements represent a quantity of unirradiated Special Nuclear Material that is within the limits set forth in license R-103.

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Secretary of The Commission l October 10, 1985 l Page 2 l The Univoity of Missouri, Columbia, further interpretsSection III of the ORDER to exclude limits on the quantity of fuel that is in cycle which is considered irradiated as defined in Facility License R-103 and all non-fuel Special Nuclear Material. The total quantity of fuel at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Facility (that which is unirradiated plus that which is irradiated) and the quantity of non-fuel Special Nuclear Material will be main-tained within the limits set forth in License R-103.

FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, COLUMBIA DOCKET NO. 50-186 FACILITY OPERATING LICENSE R-103 I

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