ML19261D444

Requests That License R-58 Be Extended Temporarily for 12 Months,To Allow Time for Decommissioning.Also Requests That Condition C.4 Be Amended to Allow Transfer of Fuel to Suitably Party

ML19261D444
Person / Time
Site:	05000129
Issue date:	05/30/1979
From:	Koppelman R, Slack S WEST VIRGINIA UNIV., MORGANTOWN, WV
To:	Reid R Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
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NUDOCS 7906190251
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We St Virginia, l MEDICAL CENTER*E$T ViRG1N1A University MoRGANToWN. 26506 School of Medicine Department of Radiology Division of Medical Physics and Radiation Safety Ma9 30, 1979 Telephone: 304-293-3413 R.W. Reid, Chief Operating Reactors Branch #4 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Wasnington, D.C. 20555

Dear Dr. Reid,

West Virginia University is currently licensed, under License No. R-58, Amendment No . 6, to " possess, but not to operate" an AGN-211 P nuclear reactor. It is also licensed to possess up to 900 grams of contali.ad uranium-235 under this license.

The intention of the University at the time this amendment was sought was to find a suitable educational institution to whicn to transfer the reactor and to decommission the facility.

Numerous delays have been encountered in this process, but a decommissioning plan is now nearing completion. Unfo r tuna tely ,

License No. R-58 is also about to expire. Therefore, we wish to request that

1. License R-58 ce extended temporarily for 12 months to allow time for decommissioning.

2. Condition C.4 of License R-58 be amended to allow, or not be construed to pronibit, transfer of the fuel to a suitably licensed party.

We believe that decommissioning of the f acility and termination of the license can be best accomplished if these amendments are granted, f(j' S Sincerely, Lg +/ rAL

,2f /f[7 Stehnen T. Slack, Ph.D.

MW Radiation Safety Officer i .

&w 'M%g Ray noppelman, Ph.D.

Vice President for Energy Studies Graduate Programs and Research STS/ net cc: G.L. Blackshaw 7 906190 J5/ S /6