ML20206A263
| ML20206A263 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Washington State University |
| Issue date: | 04/15/1999 |
| From: | Tripard G WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PULLMAN, WA |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9904280114 | |
| Download: ML20206A263 (2) | |
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] Washington StateUniversity Nuclear Radiation Center P o Box 641300 Pullman, WA 99164-1300 509-335 8641 FAX S09 335-4433 Thursday, April 15,1999-1 Document Contml Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington,DC 20555 Ref: Docket 50-27
Dear Sir:
In accordance with the requirements of 10 CFR 50.64(C)(2), Washington State University hereby officially notifies the Commission that funds for the actual conversion of the WSU mactor from HEU to LEU will not be available during Fiscal Year 1999. However, Washington State University did mccive a grant (No. DE-FG02-92ER75748) from the DOE which provided
$1%,094.00 for the first year (August 16,1992 through August 14,1993) of a two year project to accomplish the safety analysis phase of the conversion. We have partially completed the pmcess of doing the neutromes calculations necessary to write the Safety Analysts Report for the low enriched uranium mplacement fuel.
The DOE requested Washington State University to apply for several no fund extensions to the first year grant. Dr. Larry Barker of DOE had assured us that the DOE planned to fund the second year of our pmposed study for the safety analysis report (SAR) when DOE funds became availabic. Please find enclosed a letter from John Gutteridge of DOE stating that Federal funding for conversion of our reactor to low enrichment uranium fuel will not be available during Fiscal Year 1999.
I think that them are other serious problems, currently unmsolved, associated with the conversion of our reactor. The State ofIdaho has been fighting the acceptance of mom spent fuel. I am unsure as to how the current situation affects irradiated, university reactor fuel. We are not sure the available fuel shipping cask will handle the four-rod fuel clusters that we use.
Washington State University will rotify the Commission should circumstances change.
Sincerely, p
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Gerald E. Tripard J
Director
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I Dr. Gerald E. *fripard Washington State University Nuclear Radiation Center Pullman, Washington 99164-1300
Dear Dr. Tripard:
i In accordance with 10 CFR Part 50.64, " Limitations on the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Domestic Non-Power Reactors," you are hereby notified that Federal funding for conversion ofyour reactor to low enrichment uranium f
fuel will not be available during Fiscal Year 1999.
You will be notified in the event these circumstances change.
Sincerely, Jh eridge, Program D'
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