ML20196C838

Submits Proposal to Take No Further Action Re Reactor Fuel Conversion During FY88 Due to Lack of Funding in Response to 10CFR50.64(c)(2) Re Conversion of Reactor from High Enriched U Fuel to Low Enriched U Fuel

ML20196C838
Person / Time
Site:	Oregon State University
Issue date:	02/09/1988
From:	Andrea Johnson Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, OR
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
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NUDOCS 8802160251
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University Radiation Center corva;iis. Oregon 97331 tson twrm February 9,1988 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission ATTN: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555

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Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR),

License No. R-106, Docket No. 50-243; USNRC Regulation 10 CFR 50.64(c)(2)

Subject. /roposal submitted in response to the Commission's regulations requiring conversion of the OSTR from high enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel Gentlemen:

In accordance with the Conrnission's regulations contained in 10 CFR 50.64(c)(2), Oregon State University hereby submits a proposal as specified by the above regulation, which describes our current program for converting the OSTR from HEU fuel to LEU fuel. As stated in the attached letter from the U.S. Department of Energy dated February 4, 1988, Oregon State l University has been informed that Federal Government funding for the subject conversion cannot be certified during Fiscal Year 1988. Therefore, it is our proposal to take no further action regarding the OSTR fuel conversion during this time interval.

During late 1988 or early 1989, we will, as necessary, contact the U.S. Department of Energy determine the availability of funding for conversion of our reactor fuel during Fiscal Year 1989. By March 27, I

1989, we will communicate with your office in writing to provide an updated proposal relating to the conversion of OSTR fuel to LEU.

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AGJ/ef/3-002 cc: Regional Administrator, Region V, USNRC, Walnut Creek, CA Mr. Lester Rubenstein, Director, Standardization and Special Projects Branch, Division of Licensing, USNRC, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Al Adams, Standardization anc. Special Projects Branch, Division of Licensing, USNRC, Washington, D.C.

Dr. Richard E. Stephens, Director, Division of University & Industry Programs, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Keith Brown, Office of University Programs. U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Falls, ID Director Oregon Department of Energy, Salem, Oregon Mr. T. V. Anderson, Reactor Supervisor Dr. S. E. Binney, Chairman, Reactor Operations Committee Dr. Brian Dodd, Assistant Reactor Administrator Dr. J. F. Higginbotham, Senior Health Physicist

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@ Washington, DC 20585 FEB 4 1988 Dr. Arthur Johnson Radiation Center Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331

Dear Dr. Johnson:

In accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rule, 10 CFR Part 50, "Limiting The Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Domestically Licensed Research and Test Reactors," you are hereby r.otified that Federal funding for conversion of your reactor will not be available during Fiscal Year 1988.

You will be notified in the event these circumstances change.

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l Richard E. S;ephens, Director Division of University and Industry Programs

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