ML20148C019

Advises That Notification Received from DOE That Federal Funding Not Available for Conversion to Low Enriched U for FY88.DOE 880311 Ltr Encl

ML20148C019
Person / Time
Site:	MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date:	03/17/1988
From:	Lisa Clark MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
To:	NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION & RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (ARM)
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NUDOCS 8803220241
Download: ML20148C019 (2)

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AN INTERDEPARTMENTAL CENTER OF MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY O K. HARLiNG 138 Albany Street Cambridge, Mass 02139 L. CLARK, JR.

Director (617)2534 202 Director c,f Reactor Operations March 17, 1988 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Attn: Document Control Desk Washington, D.C. 20555

Subject:

Proposal for Conversion to Low Enriched Uranium, MIT Research Reactor, Docket No. 50-20, 10 CFR 50.64(c)(2)(ii)

Dear Sir:

In accordance with 10 CFR 50.64, Limitations on the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium, the MIT Nuclear Reactor Laboratory submits herewith the information required by subsection (c)(2)(ii) of that paragraph.

We have been notified by the U.S. Department of Energy that Federal funding for conversion to low enriched uranium will not be available during Fiscal Year 1988. A copy of Mr. Richard E. Stephens' letter received March 17, 1988 is enclosed.

It is our understanding that this letter fulfills the require-ments of 10 CFR 50.64 until March 27, 1989. We shall inform you if further information regarding the availability of funding should become available in the meantime.

Sincerely, b id Y '

Lincoln Clark, Jr.

LC:crh cc: J. Bernard O. Harling USNRC, Region I-Chief, Reactor Projects, Section IB USNRC, Region 1 - Project Inspector USNRC, Resident Inspector, Pilgrim Nuclear Station p

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Mr. Lincoln Clark Nuclear Reactor Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA 02139

Dear Mr. Clark:

In accordance with Nuclear Regulatory Commission Rule, 10 CFR Part 50, "Limiting The Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Domestically Licensed Research and Test Reactors," you are hereby notified that Federal funding for conversion of your reactor will not be available during Fiscal Year 1988.

You will be notified in the event these circumstances change.

Sincerely,

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