ML20246N985
| ML20246N985 | |
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| Site: | 05000139 |
| Issue date: | 08/31/1989 |
| From: | Robkin M WASHINGTON, UNIV. OF, SEATTLE, WA |
| To: | Michaels T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation |
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i August 31, 1989 Mr. Theodore S. Michaels Project Manager Standardization and Non-Power Reactor Proj Ot Directorate Division of Reactor Projects-III, IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D. C., 20555 Re: DECOMMISSIONING THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON NUCLEAR REACTOR
Dear Mr..Michaels:
This is to request that the license for the University of Washington Nuclear Reactor, Docket No. 50-139, be extended until October 13, 2009. At that time, the University plans to finally j decommission the reactor, remove the facility, and return the site !
to unrestricted use.
In the interval between October 13, 1989 and October 13, 2009, it ;
is planned to use the facility to house a suberitical reactor and robotics laboratory. In support of these requests, two parts of the decommissioning plan are enclosed. The first part, denoted by the label "SPERT2B", describes the conversion of the facility to the 1 suberitical/ robotics laboratory. The second part, denoted by the i label "RAZEBLD", describes the final decommissioning of the facility and the release of the site. A request that the reactor license be converted to a possession only status to take effect as 5' soon at the reactor fuel has been removed from the site has been submitted. A statement of financial assurance for the final decommissioning is enclosed, i
The process for the removal of the fuel is under way. At the 1 present, there is a delay in beginning the fuel removal caused by the delay in receiving the shipping casks from the General Electric l Company Vallscitos Laboratory (GE-200 casks). This delay is due to 1 the delay in replacing a missing weld and resolving the question of )
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i the necessity for cask requalification. Table 1 shows the amount of fuel material presently on hand.
l A request that the University of Washingtor be licensed under 10 CFR 70 for the purpose of fueling and roerating a subcritical reactor will be submitted under separata cover at a later date. We propose to request a license to possess 500 SPERT fuel rods containing 0.726 kg of uranium dioxide per rod at an enrichment of 4.81%. The. total inventory of uranium will be 363 kg. The total inventory of U-235 will be 17.5 kg. The effective inventory of uranium will be 0.84 kg [10 CFR 70.4(t)].
Table 1 Possession Inventory of Enriched Fuel Material as of August 31, 1989 Grams Uranium Grams U-235 Form 3900 3630 26 Irradiated Bundles 156 146 1 Unirradiated Bundle 272 254 19 Individual Plates with Low Irradiation 20.4 19 samples of Fuel Meat from the Martin Company 9.3 8.7 UAl x Shavings from Babcock and Wilcox Company Sincerely, Ja Maurice A. Robkin, Ph.D., P.E.
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Professor and Director Nuclear Engineering Laboratory i
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c.c. Dr. Laurel L. Wilkening, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs: w/o enc.
Dr. Tallman Trask III, Executive Vice-President: w/o enc.
Dr. J. Ray Bowen, Dean, College of Engineering ,
Dr. Kermit L. Garlid, Chairman, Nuclear Engineering: w/o enc. ]
Dr. A.L. Babb, Chairman, Reactor Advisory Committee !
U.S.N.R.C. Region V
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