ML20207R697

Informs That Federal Funding for Conversion to Low Enriched U Unavailable for FY87,per 10CFR50.64.RE Stephens Ltr, Received on 870103,encl

ML20207R697
Person / Time
Site:	MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date:	03/12/1987
From:	Lisa Clark MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM), Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8703180035
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Subject:

Conversion to Low Enriched Uranium, MIT Research Reactor, Docket No. 50-20

Dear Sir:

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.64, Limitations on the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium, the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory submits herewith the information required by subsection (c)(2)(ii) of that paragraph.

We have been notified by the U.S. Department of Energy that Federal funding for conversion to low enriched uranium will not be available during Fiscal Year 1987. A copy of Mr. Richard E. Stephens' letter received January 13, 1987 is enclosed.

It is our understanding that this letter fulfills the require-ments of 10 CFR 50.64 until March 27, 1988. We shall inform you if further information regarding the availability of funding should become available in the meantime.

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Dr. Lincoln Clark, Jr.

Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Director of Reactor Operations 138 Albany Street Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

Dear Dr. Clark:

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 notified that Federal funding for conversion of your reactor will not be available during Fiscal Year 1987.

You will be notified in the event these circumstances change.

Sincerely, Richard E. Stephens Division of University and Industry Programs Office of Field Operations Management Office of Energy Research r%.

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