ML20155A697

Forwards Order (Amend 12) Modifying License R-75,converting Reactor from High to Low Enriched U & Safety Evaluation

ML20155A697
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Site:	Ohio State University
Issue date:	09/27/1988
From:	Michaels T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Redmond R OHIO STATE UNIV., COLUMBUS, OH
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( o....,f' september 27, 1988 Docket No. 50-150 Dr. Robert F. Redmond Executive Director Engineering Experiment Station Ohio State University 142 Hitchcock Hall Columbus, Ohio 43210

SUBJECT:

ISSUANCE OF ORDER H0DIFYING LICENSE NO. R-75 TO CONVERT FROH HIGH TO LOW-ENRICHED URAN!UM--AMENDMENT NO. 12 - OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY The Commission has approved an order modifying Facility Operating License No.

R-75--Amendment No. 12--for the Ohio State University Training and Research Reactor facility. The Order nodifies the license in accordance with the Comission's regulations,10 CFR 50.64, which require that a non-power reactor such as yours convert to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel under certain conditions.

The Order is issued in accordance with 10 CFR 50.64(c)(3) and in response to your submittals dated October 7,1987 and May 6,1988.

While these submittals contained the necessary information for us to approve the conversion to LEU, we found that some information should be corrected and clarified for the record. Please respond to the statements in Enclosure 4 in this regard within 30 days after receipt of this letter or as indicated by the statement.

The Order will become effective on the later date of either receipt of LEU fuel elements or 30 days following the date of publication of this Order in the Federal Register, provided there are no requests for a hearing.

If a hearing is requested, the Order will become effective on the date specified in an order following further proceedings. Please inform me when you receive the LEU fuel elements and when the HEU will be completely removed from the facility.

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Enclosed with the Order, which is being sent to the Federal Register for publication, is a copy of the Safety Evaluation and a revised set of Technical Specifications.

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Dr. Robert F. Redmond Enclosed with the Order,which is being ser.t to the Federal Register for publication,is a copy of the Safety Evaluation and a revised set of Technical Specifications.

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