Transcript No Slide Title

2007 Status Report – DOE
University Reactor
Infrastructure and Education
Assistance Program University Reactor Fuel
Assistance Program
Douglas Morrell
September 20, 2007
Program Management
DOE HQ
John Gutteridge
DOE - Idaho Operations Office
Jim Wade
Idaho National Laboratory
Department Manager
Project Manager
Project Engineer
Nuclear/Reactor Engineer
Quality Engineer - at Idaho
Quality Engineer - at Virginia
Nuclear Materials Management
Subcontract Administration - Universities
Frances Marshall
Doug Morrell
Tony Vinnola
Bill Steinke
Dana Cooper
Dave Capp
Michelle Wilkinson
Lynda Keller
2
Points of Contact
Points of Contact
Organization
E-Mail Address
Phone
Doug Morrell
INL
[email protected]
208.526.5876
Tony Vinnola
INL
[email protected]
208.526.3667
Jim Wade
DOE-ID
[email protected]
208.526.6876
Frances Marshall
INL
[email protected]
208.533.4446
Bill Steinke
INL
[email protected]
208.526.6546
Dana Cooper
INL
[email protected]
208.526.3668
Dave Capp
INL
[email protected]
434.522.6545
Michelle Wilkinson
INL
[email protected]
208.526.3322
Lynda Keller
INL
[email protected]
208.526.5597
3
Purpose of Program
The purpose of the University Reactor Infrastructure and
Education Assistance Program - Reactor Fuel Assistance
Program is to provide fresh nuclear reactor fuel to U.S.
universities at no, or low, cost to the university, to promote
nuclear engineering education and related research and
development. The title of the fuel remains with the U.S.
government and when universities are finished with the fuel,
the fuel is returned to the U.S. government.
4
The URFA Program
•
•
Funded by the Department of Energy - Nuclear Energy division
Managed by DOE-ID
•
Contracted to the INL’s Management and Operations Contractor Battelle Energy Alliance
Program has been at Idaho since 1977
• INL subcontracts with 26 U.S. universities to supply fresh nuclear
reactor fuel for operations
• Some have recurring needs for new fuel
•
– MURR, MIT
– UC-Davis, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Penn State,
Texas, NC State
5
The URFA Program (cont)
•
•
One Time Upgrades (Requested) - North Carolina State, Reed College
Lightly Irradiated Fuel Transfers – Some Possibilities
•
Spent Fuel Transfers to DOE Facilities
– HEU to LEU conversions – Purdue, Washington State, Oregon
State, Wisconsin
– Routine shipments – MURR, MIT
– Potential shipments – UC-Davis, Texas – Austin, Utah, NC State,
Reed College
6
2007 Accomplishments
• Provided fuel to maintain university reactors with
sufficient fuel to operate at current power levels - MURR,
MIT
• 1 shipment of spent nuclear fuel from Texas A&M
• 2 shipments of spent nuclear fuel from MURR
• 1 shipment of spent nuclear fuel from MIT
• Preparations for 1 shipment of spent nuclear fuel from
Purdue University
• Preparation of Request For Proposal for new spent
nuclear fuel cask to replace the BMI cask
• Publication and delivery of the quarterly TRTR newsletter
• Preparation of the Nuclear Engineering Education
Sourcebook
7
2008 Forecast
• Provide fuel to maintain university reactors with
sufficient fuel to operate at current power levels - MURR,
MIT
• Ship spent nuclear fuel from MURR
• Ship spent nuclear fuel from MIT
• Publication and delivery of the TRTR Newsletter –
University of Florida
• Replace BMI spent nuclear fuel cask
• Replace DOT 6M fresh fuel shipping containers for
MURR and MIT fuel shipments
8
Requests for Assistance
• University Fuels subcontract renewals
• Future requests for fresh fuel or spent fuel shipments
need to be communicated to program office – Provide
documentation to justify request (E-mail notification
preferred)
• Other university concerns or assistance to be
communicated to program for consideration into future
plans for DOE funding
9
Future Challenges
Sufficient Funding For:
– New fresh fuel for recurring fuel needs
– Spent fuel shipments
$3,500,000.00
$3,000,000.00
$2,500,000.00
$2,000,000.00
$1,500,000.00
Funding
$1,000,000.00
$500,000.00
$0.00
FY- FY- FY- FY- FY- FY03 04 05 06 07 08
10
11