ML20217P257

Informs That Federal Government Funding for Conversion of OSTR from HEU to Leu Cannot Be Certified.No Further Action Towards Conversion Will Be Taken at This Time.Ltr from DOE, Encl

ML20217P257
Person / Time
Site:	Oregon State University
Issue date:	03/03/1998
From:	Dodd B Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, OR
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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NUDOCS 9803100155
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RADIATION CENTER OREGON STurc Univenstry 100 Radiatan Center, Corvallis. oregon 97331 5903 Teleplene 541737-2341 Fax 541-7374480 March 3,1998 U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, D. C. 20555

Reference:

Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR)

Docket No. 50-243, License No. R-106 Subjet: Proposal submitted in response to the Commission's regulations requiring conversion of the OSTR from high enriched uranium (HEU) fuel to low enriched uranium (LEU) fuel.

Gentlemen:

In accordance with the Commission's regulation contained in 1.0 CFR 50.64(c)(2)(ii) and with reference to the attached letter from the U.S. Department of Energy, the Oregon State University Radiation Center hereby states that Federal Government funding for conversion of the OSTR from HEU to LEU cannot be certified and therefore no further action towards conversion will be taken at this time.

ours sin erely, s rLh Brian Dodd, Ph.D. \

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cc: Al Adams, Senior Project Manager, Non-Power Reactors and Decomm Directorate, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, M.S. 0-11-B-20, Washington, D.C.

20555 Isamu Aoki, U.S. Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office,785 DOE Place MS 1220, Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563 Oregon Department of Energy,625 Marion Street, NE, Salem, Oregon 97310, ATTN: Mary Lou Blaxek Wilson 'Toby' Hayes, Vice Provost for Research. Oregon State University Richard A. Scanlan, Acting Vice Provost for Research, Oregon State University Stephen E. Binney, Chairman, Reactor Operations Committee  ;

Jack F. Higginbotham, Reactor Administrator David S. Pratt, Senior Health Physicist

, Arthur D. Hall, Reactor Supervisor

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Dr. Brian Dodd Oregon State University Radiation Center A100 Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5903

Dear Dr. Dodd:

In accordance with 10 CFR Part 50.64, " Limitations on the Use of Highly Enriched Uranium in Domestic Non-Power Reactors," you are hereby notified that Federal funding for conversion of your reactor to low enrichment uranium fuel will not be available during Fiscal Year 1998.

You will be notified in the event these circumstances change.

Sincerely,

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