ML20235U986

Submits Proposal for Conversion of Low Enriched U,Per 10CFR50.64(c)(2)(ii)

ML20235U986
Person / Time
Site:	MIT Nuclear Research Reactor
Issue date:	02/28/1989
From:	Bernard J MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 8903090467
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Director Telefax No. (617)253-7300 Director of Reactor Operations Telex No. 921473 M!T-CAM Tel. No. (617) 2 53-4202 February 28, 1989 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Washington, D.C. 20555 Attn Document Control Desk Subj ect s 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 1989. A copy of Mr. Richard E. Stephens' letter dated February 22, 1989 is enclosed.

It is our understanding that this letter fulfills the require-ments of 10 CFR 50.64 until March 27, 1990. We shall inform you if further information regarding the availability of funding should become available in the meantime.

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John A. Bernard, Ph. .

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Dr.' John Bernard Reactor Research Laboratory Massachusetts Institute of Technology 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139

Dear Dr. Bernard:

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 FY 1989.

You will be notified in the event these circumstances change.

Sincerely, JE Richard E. Stephens, Director Division of University and Industry Programs Office of Energy Research cc: Keith Brown, DOE Idaho Lester Rubenstein, U.S. NRC

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