ML20195B347
| ML20195B347 | |
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| Site: | University of Missouri-Rolla |
| Issue date: | 05/24/1999 |
| From: | Freeman D MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, ROLLA, MO |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
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| NUDOCS 9905280234 | |
| Download: ML20195B347 (2) | |
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\ """ # / Phone: (573) 341-4236 FAX: (573) 341-4237 May 24,1999 Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555
Dear Sirs:
We respectfully request that Item 2.D of our operating license (License R-79) l . revised with regard to the license expiration date. The current wording, which stems from the Amendment 7 license renewal (issued January 14,1985), states that the license expires on November 20,1999.
We seek to have the wording revised such that the license expiration date is specified as being 20 years from the date ofissuance. This would effectively make the expiration date January 14, 2005.
Specifically, we request that the wording of Item 2.D of our license be changed from:
This license is effective as ofthe date ofissuance andshall expire November 20,1999.
to read :
This license is effective as ofthe date ofissuance. This license shall expire 20yearsfrom January 14,1985, the date ofissuance ofthe Amendment '7 license renewal.
The original operating license expired on November 20,1979. A license renewal application was submitted in October,1979. The license went into a state of" timely renewal" until January 14,- 1985 when Amendment 7 was issued renewing the license.
g The requested change grants a 20 year license period from the date ofissuance. We believe it was simply an unfortunate oversight that the expiration date was specifically worded to be November 20,1999 instead of worded to be 20 years from the date ofissuance.
We believe that the requested change is fair and reasonable. The proposed amendment simply grants us a 20 year license period from the date ofissuance of the last license renewal which was issued on January 14,1985. A review of the sixty-five NRC regulated non-power reactors shows that granting a license fm 20 years from the date ofissuance is common and had never led to a safety problem.
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- The requested change will remove a heavy and unnecessary burden from our facility. We believe
- it imposes an undue hardship on our facility to require us to go through the time consuming and labor intensive license renewal process only 14 years after the previous license renewal.
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. Granting the request will save needless significant and excessive work for both us and the NRC.
1 There are no safety considerations dependent on the duration of operations at our facility.
- Because of the low licensed power (200kW) and operating history of the facility , there are no fuel burn up or material damage issues to be considered. The facility has operated less than 150
- MW-hr since the last license renewal was issued. Granting the proposed license revision will not endanger the health and safety of the public and will have no environmental impact.
In the 1988 to 1992 time frame, new Technical Specifications, license amendment, and Safety ;
l Analysis Report were submitted to NRC, and were reviewed and approved as part of the IIEU to l
! LEU conversion process. Therefore, our documents have undergone recent and intense NRC l review and approval.
We believe the requested revision is appropriate. We respectfully request that you respond with your decision on this matter to us as soon as possible as preparation of the license renewal submittal is a huge burden on our resources. Thank you for your consideration of this very important issue.
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{ Dr. David W. Freeman UMR Reactor Director DWF/mk cc: Marvin Mendonca, Project Manager U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission PDNP
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cc: NRC - Region III - Attention: Tom Burdick 801 Warrensville Road Lisle, IL 60523-4351 Signed before me this / Day of May,1999.
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