ML20216K094
| ML20216K094 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Washington State University |
| Issue date: | 03/13/1998 |
| From: | Tripard G WASHINGTON STATE UNIV., PULLMAN, WA |
| To: | NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM) |
| References | |
| NUDOCS 9803240160 | |
| Download: ML20216K094 (2) | |
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. Nuclear Radiation Center P O Box 641300 Pullman. WA 991641300 509-335-8641 FAX 509-335-4433
~ Friday, Mamh 13,1998 Document Control Desk U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, DC 20555 Ref: Docket 50-27
Dear Sir:
. In accortlance 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 reactor from HEU to LEU will not be available during Fiscal Year 1998. However, Washington State University did mccive a grant (No. DE-FG02-92ER75748) from the DOE which provided
$106,094.00 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 process 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 proposed study for the safety analysis report (SAR) when DOE funds became available. 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 1998.
I think that there are other serious problems, currently unresolved, associated with the conversion of our reactor. The State of Idaho has been fighting the acceptance of more spent fuel. I am unsum 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 notify the Commission should circumstances change.
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February 23,1998 Dr. Gerald E. Tripard Washington State University Nuclear Radiation Center Pullman, Washington 99164-1300
Dear Dr. Tripard:
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 fun' ding for conversion of your reactor to low enrichment uranium fuel will not be available during Fiscal Year 1998.
You will be notified in the event these circumstances change.
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