September 20, 2007

Douglas Morrell

2007 Status Report – DOE University Reactor Infrastructure and Education Assistance Program - University Reactor Fuel Assistance Program

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Program Management

DOE HQ John Gutteridge

DOE - Idaho Operations Office Jim Wade

Idaho National LaboratoryDepartment Manager Frances MarshallProject Manager Doug MorrellProject Engineer Tony VinnolaNuclear/Reactor Engineer Bill SteinkeQuality Engineer - at Idaho Dana CooperQuality Engineer - at Virginia Dave CappNuclear Materials Management Michelle WilkinsonSubcontract Administration - Universities Lynda Keller

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Points of ContactPoints of Contact Organization E-Mail Address Phone

Doug Morrell INL Douglas.Morrell@inl.gov208.526.587

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Tony Vinnola INL Anthony.Vinnola@inl.gov208.526.366

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Jim Wade DOE-ID WADEJR@ID.DOE.GOV208.526.687

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Frances Marshall INL Frances.Marshall@inl.gov208.533.444

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Bill Steinke INL William.Steinke@inl.gov208.526.654

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Dana Cooper INL Clinton.Cooper@inl.gov208.526.366

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Dave Capp INL dfcapp@bwxt.com434.522.654

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Michelle Wilkinson INL D.Wilkinson@inl.gov208.526.332

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Lynda Keller INL Lynda.Keller@inl.gov208.526.559

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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.

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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

IDAHO

ARIZONA

UTAH

MONTANA

WYOMING

NEWMEXICO

COLORADO

ALABAMA

FLORIDA

SOUTHCAROLI

NA

TENNESSEE

KENTUCKY

INDIANA

OHIO

NORTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

KANSAS

NEBRASKA

MINNESOTA

WISCONSIN

IOWA

ILLINOIS

MISSOURI

ARKANSAS

MISSISSIPPI

OKLAHOMA

NORTH DAKOTA

OREGON

CALIFORNIA

NEVADA

WASHINGTON

ALASKA

W.VIRGINIA

PENNSYLVANIA

MAINE

VIRGINIA

NEWYORK

RHODE ISLAND

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

MARYLAND

NEW JERSEY

NEW HAMPSHIRE

VERMONT

MASSACHUSETTS

United States of America

TEXAS LOUISIANA

GEORGIA

MICHIGAN

HAWAII

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Future ChallengesSufficient Funding For:

– New fresh fuel for recurring fuel needs– Spent fuel shipments

$0.00

$500,000.00

$1,000,000.00

$1,500,000.00

$2,000,000.00

$2,500,000.00

$3,000,000.00

$3,500,000.00

FY-03

FY-04

FY-05

FY-06

FY-07

FY-08

Funding

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