ML20087K969

Responds to 840315 Inquiry Re Info Reported in 840310 Washington Post Article.Reactor Will Remain Shut Down Until After Olympic Games.Barricades & Armed Guards Planned. Related Correspondence

ML20087K969
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Site:	05000142
Issue date:	03/20/1984
From:	Cormier W CALIFORNIA, UNIV. OF, LOS ANGELES, CA
To:	Bright G, Frye J, Luebke E Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel
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000 rig' par'cli 20, 1984 John H. Frye, III, Chairman Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke Administrative Judge Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Washington, D.C. 20555 Glenn 0. Bright Administrative Judge Atomic Safety and Licensing Board U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 In the Matter of THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA (UCLA Research Reactor)

Docket No. 50-142 (Proposed Renewal of Facility License)

Dear Administrative Judges:

This letter is to respond to the Board's inquiry of March 15, 1984 concerning information reported in a Washington Post news article of March 10, 1984.

As the Board was informed in my letter of March 14, 1984, the UCLA reactor, which is currently shut down for repairs, is to remain shut down until after the summer Olympic Games. UCLA plans for Olympic Games security also include the placing of barricades to restrict vehicle access to the reactor building and the posting of armed guards' at the facility during the period of the Games.

The decision that the reactor wo'uld remain shut down was made by  ;

UCLA Chancellor Charles Young during a meeting of his staff the afternoon I of March 9, 1984. Earlier that day Chancellor Young and California i

Assemblyman Gray Davis held a press conference to announce the security i measures that would be in place for the Olympics. The measures are de- '

scribed above and in Chancellor Young's March 8,1984 letter to Assemblyman Davis forwarded to the Board with the letter of March 14, 1984. The i possibility that the reactor would remain shut down was discussed at the '

press conference.

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John H. Frye, III, Chairman Mr. Glenn 0. Bright Dr. Emmeth A. Luebke March 20, 1984 Page 2 i

On an unrelated matter, UCLA wishes to inform the Board that last week seven drums of heavy water (deuterium-oxide), which had been stored in the reactor high bay room, were shipped to the Savannah River Plant of the Department of Energy.

Very truly yours, William H. Cormier Representing UCLA cc: Service List l

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