ML20244E064

Forwards Request for Addl Info Re 890214 Application for Amend to License,Including Estimate of Total Kg U-235 Onsite on 890630 & Total SNM That May Be Possessed & Limits on Enrichment.Response Requested in 30 Days

ML20244E064
Person / Time
Site:	MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date:	04/17/1989
From:	Alexander Adams Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
To:	Bernard J MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
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i Docket-No. 50-20 Dr. John A. Bernard Director of Reactor Operations-Nuclear Reactor Laboratory ikssachusetts Institute of Technology 138 Albany Street Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION We are continuing our revieu of your request for amendment of.your Facility Operating License that was. submitted on February 14, 1989. During our review of your application for amendment, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed Request for Additional Information within 30 days of the date of this letter. Following receipt of the additional information we will continue our evaluation of the plan. If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 492-1121.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P. L.95-511.

Sincerely,

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SUBJECT:

REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

' We are continuing our review of your request for amendment of your Facility Operating License that was submitted on February 14, 1989. During our review of your application for amendment, questions have arisen for which we require additional information and clarification. Please provide responses to the enclosed Request for Additional Information within 30 days of the date of this letter. Following receipt of the additional information we will continue our evaluation of the plan. If you have any questions regarding this review, please contact me at (301) 492-1121.

The reporting and/or recordkeeping requirements contained in this letter affect fewer than ten respondents; therefore, OMB clearance is not required under P. L.95-511.

Sincerely, i kh ',,,

Alexander Adams, J ., P'oject Manager Standardization an -Power Reactor Project d rectorate Division of Reactor Projects - III, IV, Y and Special_ Projects  :

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REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MIT RESEARCH REACTOR DOCKET NO. 50-20

1. Assuming that MIT 11 unable to acquire a shipping cask, please estimate the total kilograms uranium-235 that would be on site on June 30, 1989, January 1,1990, June 30,1990, and January 1,1991. Please state any assumptions used in your analysis. In light of this analysis, please justify your requested limit of 45 kilograms.

2. Please modify your suggested wording for paragraph 2.B(2) of your Facility Operating License to include in addition to the total special nuclear mate-rial (SNM)thatmaybepossessed,limitsonunirradiatedandirradiated fuel, and other SNM that may be possessed. Also include limits on enrichment.

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