ML20198B837
| ML20198B837 | |
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| Site: | 05000000, University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Issue date: | 11/03/1983 |
| From: | Olson J MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, COLUMBIA, MO |
| To: | Gilinsky V NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
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| ML20155J110 | List: |
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| FRN-49FR27769, RULE-PR-50 AB60-2-087, AB60-2-87, AB61-2-87, NUDOCS 8605220152 | |
| Download: ML20198B837 (2) | |
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Office 1the President 321 University Hett UNIVERSEY OF MISSOURI Columbia. wasowri 65211-Telephone (31d) 882 2011 November 3, 1983 Qlb
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Commissioner Victor Gilinsky Regulatory Commission U.S.
Nuclear Washington, D.C.
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Dear Mr. Gilinsky:
to Chancellor Uehling con-
- 1983, Your le'tter of October 7, University's reactors has been called to my appreciate receiving your letter with the attached of the cerning one attention.
I report by Dr. Gerald Pollack.
our reactors is one of our The safe and secure operation of necessa'ry and exp'edient steps want to take all the Pollack in his report has goals and weto achieve this goal.
Dr. conversion from HEU to to continue recognized several of the problems ofhigh and low flux reactors. '"The Univer LEU faced by both the our Rolla campu's, is a
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of Missouri, Rolla Reactor (UMRR) at from EED to LEU is training reactor and conversion available for the conversion.
lower flux feasible provided funds are made are also concerned about how to cover are sure to In such conversions we unanticipated efforts that the hidden costs and the be required.
the University of Missouri Research On the other hand, having about
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is a high flux research reactor, flux in the U.S. and the highest flux at a Reactor (MURR) advantage of the fourth highertThis reactor was. designed to takeOne innovation U.S.
university.
this flux.
many technical innovations.to optimizeindicates that present and future is the use of HEU.
Our analysis forced to use LEU.
if the MURR is will be compromised still be involved even if the Argonne capabilities would l.
This compromiseNational Lab manages to develop a uranium silicide fue reactor the most effective l
Our goal at MURR is to make this can achieve.
We are proud of our past research facility we look forward to achiaving the maximum accomplishments and we Several of our engineers are in the and our research staff capability in the future.a power upgrade, i
process of evaluating continually upgrading the experiments.
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Cc missioner Victor Gilinsky Page 2 No.'e=ber 3, 1983 We appreciate the support of NRC and DOE and look to them
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support.
If the U.S. is to, stay abreast of for continued it is and Japan in research centered on reactors, important for increased funding to be made available to Europe research pro-university ba sed reactors to strengthen these grams.
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