ML20211A048
| ML20211A048 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | University of Missouri-Columbia |
| Issue date: | 08/29/1997 |
| From: | Kutikkad D, Meyer W MISSOURI, UNIV. OF, COLUMBIA, MO |
| To: | Easton E NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9709240094 | |
| Download: ML20211A048 (2) | |
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Teter/ ore (573) 882 4211 UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI COLUMBIA August 29,1997 Earl Easton, Section Chief Transportation & Storage Safety Section Spent Fuel Project OfIice U.S. NRC, MS OWSN G F 18 1 Whiteflint North Bldg.
11555 Rockville Pike Rockville, MD 20852 2738
Dear Mr. Easton:
This letter is in reference to the telephone conversation we had earlier this week regarding the issue of tracking spent fuel shipments from the University of Missouri Research Reactor Facility (MURR) using the TRANSCOM satellite tracking system.
As you are aware, the State of Tennessee and the Tennessee Emergency Manage-ment Agency wan' to track the spent fuel shipment from the MURR to the DOE's Savannah River Sito using the TRANSCOM system.
We obtained the following information regarding the TRANSCOM system:
- Itis a password protected system.
- Software distribution is strictly limited (mostly to state emergency management agencies and governors' designees).
- Access list can be controlled by TRANSCOM to "need to know" states (i.e, access can be, and usually is, limited to states through which the shipment is transported).
We feel that because of the above features, safeguards information put on TRANSCOM will not be compromised. Therefore the University of Missouri is hereby requesting NRC to grant permission to let shipments from our site be monitored by TRANSCOM.
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Letter to Mr. Easton August 29,1997 Page two Additional information regarding the TRANSCOM system can be obtained by contacting either Gene Carnes, TRANSCOM Operations Manager at Oak Ridge (423 576 0982) or Rebecca Whitehead, DOE Contracting Ofucer for TRANSCOM (423 241 2161).
Please let us know if we can provido any further information.
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Walt A. Meyer Jr.
Reactor Manager Gloria Bennington, USNRC /
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