ML20247M612

Requests That Nuclear Reactor No Longer Required to Meet 10CFR50.64 Requirements Due to Decommissioning Plans & Disposal of High Enrichment Fuel

ML20247M612
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Site:	05000139
Issue date:	03/23/1989
From:	Robkin M WASHINGTON, UNIV. OF, SEATTLE, WA
To:	Michaels T Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 8904060090
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5" UNIVERSITY OF WASHlNGTON SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 93105 College of Engine ring March 23, 1989 Nuclear Reactor Laboratories Nuclear Reactor Building Docket No. 50-139 l

Mr. Theodore S. Michaels l Project Manager Standardization and Non-Power Reactor l Project Directorate l

Division of Reactor P r oj e c t s-III , IV, V and Special Projects Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C., 20555

Dear Mr. Michaels:

The University of Washington Nuclear Reactor has been shut down preparatory to decommissioning. The High Enrichment Fuel has been removed from the reactor and is being prepared for disposal ,

by shipment to the Idaho Nuclear Engineering Laboratories.

The current plan is to reutilize the UWNR facility to house a subcritical assembly fueled with 4.8% enriched SPERT fuel and a robotics laboratory. The SPERT fuel is surplus and in storage at the University of Florida. We have requested 500 fuel rods for the subcritical assembly.

Because of the decommissioning and HEU fuel disposal, it will no longer be necessary for the University of Washington Nuclear Reactor to be part of the Low Enrichment Conversion Program.

By this letter. I am requesting that the UWNR no longer be required to meet the requirements of 10 CFR 50.64.

Sincerel y GMWQ Maurice A. Robkin, Ph.D., P.E.

Professor of Environmental Health Professor of Nuclear Engineering Director, Nuclear Engineering Laboratories c.c. Professor A.L. Babb, Chair. UWNR Advisory Committee Professor Kermit L. Garlid, Chair, Nuclear Engineering 8904060090 890323 PDR p

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