ML20195F541

Responds to Re Licensee Nuclear Research Reactor. NRC Working to Issue possession-only Amend to License

ML20195F541
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Site:	05000262
Issue date:	11/09/1988
From:	Stello V NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO)
To:	Hatch O SENATE
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- November 9, 1988 DISTRIB_UTIONj FGillespie ED0 R/F Docket File NRC & Local PDRs EBeckjerd

- PDSNP Readhing EHylton Filiraglia AAdams TMichaels Docket No. 50-262 IDinitz LRubenstein GHolahan DCrutchfield TMurley VStello The Honorable Orrin G. Hatch OGC-Rockville SECY 88-0884 United States Senate DMossburg, PMAS MKrebs Washington, D. C. 20510 CA Green Ticket #0003995

Dear Senator Hatch:

I am writing to reply to your letter dated September 28, 1988 on beha'if of the Department of Physics at Brigham Young University (BYU), regarding their nuclear research reactor.

As backgrounds operations at the reactor facility ended in May 1982, and the reactor fuel was returned to its owner, the Department of Energy, in May 1987. The NRC staff is working closely with the Brigham Young Campus Safety Office so that a possession-only amendment to the BYU facility operating license can be issued as soon as possible. Once the possession-only amendment has been issued, Brigham Young can submit an application to decommission the reactor facility and terminate the facility license.

The staff will continue to work closely with BYU so that a decomissioning application outlining how BYU will disassemble the facility, dispose of radioactive and contaminated material, and return the facility to unrestricted use can be submitted and reviewed by the HRC staff and approved. This will allow an order to be issued authorizing BYU to carry out the decommissioning. The NRC will review and verif'y the results of the decomissioning work, so that a second order could be issued to terminate the reactor license.

I want to assure you that the overall effort is proceeding in a cooperative fashion. NRC will continue to give this matter close attention so that the license can be terminated expeditiously, which would allow the indemnity ,

fee of $100.00 per year to be no longer required. j

! trust this is responsive to your request. If we can be of further I assistance, please let us know.

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ENCL LTR FROM HOWARD B. VANFLEET CONCERNING A BECKJORD. RES REQUEST TO NRC FOR A POSSESSION O*JLY LICENSE FOR THE PHYSICS DEPT. AT BRINGHAM YOUNG UNIV. AND TO RECEIVE A RELEASE FROM THE YEARLY INDEMNITY FEE DATE: 10/17/88

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OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY CORRESPONDENCE CONTROL TICKET PAPER NUMBER: CRC-88-0884 LOGGING DATE: Oct 5 88

-ACTION OFFICE: EDO I l AUTHOR: 0.G. Hatch i AFFILIATION: UNITED STATES SENATE i

LETTER DATE: Sep 28-88 FILE CODE:  !

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SUBJECT:

Disassemblage of a nuclear react or at the .

university.of Brigham Young--req tor a possession-only license

' ACTION: Direct Reply I DISTRIBUTION: OCA to Ack SPECIAL HANDLING: None NOTES: Original due date was 10/21, however, encl was not attached.. rec'd 10/17/88 l

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