ML20204B289

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Advises of Proposed Listed Schedule for Conversion from High Enriched U to Low Enriched U
ML20204B289
Person / Time
Site: Purdue University
Issue date: 03/17/1987
From: Clikeman F
PURDUE UNIV., WEST LAFAYETTE, IN
To:
Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 8703250024
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Director Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation U.S.-Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C.

20555 Docket No. 50-182

Dear Sir:

This letter is submitted in compliance with the requirement in 10CFR.50-64. Since funding has been approved, the following schedule is proposed for the conversion from HEU to LEU.

May 1, 1987'- Obtain date and programs, set up models, validate methods, and refine models for calculating reactor performance with new fuels.

November I, 1987 - Start metal-water study, critical size, temp-erature coefficients, and determine physics-acceptable core with new fuels.

March I, 1988 - Start thermal hydraulics on acceptable cores of the final design for new core.

May 1, 1988 - Start core and reflector physics and thermal hydraulics on final design.

July 1, 1988 - Start final Safety Analysis Report.

August 31, -1988 - Complete safety report for new core and sub-mit to NRC.

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