ML20127C815

Forwards 920117 Ltr to DOE Indicating That Funds for Converting Reactor to Low Enriched U Unavailable in DOE FY92 Budget & Request Has Not Been Submitted in DOE FY93 & FY94 Planning Budgets

ML20127C815
Person / Time
Site:	National Bureau of Standards Reactor
Issue date:	01/08/1993
From:	Rowe J NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS & TECHNOLOGY (FORMERL
To:	Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation
References
NUDOCS 9301150002
Download: ML20127C815 (2)

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Dear Sir:

subject: Docket 11o. 50-184 As indicated in the enclosed letter from the Department of Energy, funding for conversion of the NIST reactor to LEU fuel is-not available. Accordingly, a schedule for conversion of the NDSR cannot be submitted at this time.

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.- January 17, 1992 Mr. J. Michael Rowe Chief, Reactor Radiation Division National Institute of Standards and Technology U.S. Department of Commerce Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899

Dear Mr. Rowe:

In reference to your January 2, 1992, letter inquiring about the availability of funds from the Department of Energy for the conversion of the NIST reactor to low enriched uranium, you are hereby advised that funds are unavailable in DOE's FY 1992 budget and have not been submitted in DOE's FY 1993 and FY 1994 planning budgets.

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Richard E. Stephens Associate Director Office of University and Science Education-Programs Office of Energy Research

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