Mixed Oxide Fuels -- FR

["Michael P. Grissom" <mikeg@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

Radsafers,

The following Federal Register entry advertises a meeting regarding the
MOX issue in the news article previously posted:

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Federal Register: January 28, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 18, 4084).
Section: Notices
Agency: NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Title: Industry Presentation on the Use of Mixed Oxide Fuel

Action: Meeting notice.

NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION

Industry Presentation on the Use of Mixed Oxide Fuel

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will host a
meeting for presentations by representatives from the nuclear industry
on the use of mixed oxide (MOX) fuel in nuclear reactors. The meeting
is open to the public, and all interested parties may attend.

DATES: February 21, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Two White Flint
North, Auditorium, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland. (Note: The
NRC is accessible to the White Flint Metro Station; visitor parking around
the NRC building is limited.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Vanice A. Perin, Mail
Stop T-8-A- 33, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, D.C.
20555. Phone: 301-415-8143; FAX: 301-415-5390; INTERNET:
VAP@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 14, 1997, the Department
of Energy issued the Record of Decision (ROD) on the Storage and
Disposition of Weapons-Usable Fissile Materials. One of DOE's approaches
to dispose of the surplus plutonium is to burn it as MOX fuel in existing
domestic commercial reactors.

The Nuclear Energy Institute has requested the opportunity to present
information on the use of MOX fuel in light water reactors to NRC staff. A
preliminary agenda for the meeting is as follows: (1) History of MOX Use
Around the World, presented by the U.S. Department of Energy; (2) Mox
Use in Asea Brown Boveri/Combustion Engineering (ABB/CE) Reactors,
presented by ABB/CE; (3) MOX Use in Westinghouse Reactors, presented
by Westinghouse; (4) MOX Use in General Electric (GE) Reactors,
presented by GE; (5) European Pressurized Water Reactor Experience,
presenter to be determined; and (6) European Boiling Water Reactor
Experience, presenter to be determined.

To ensure adequate meeting room space, attendees are requested to notify
Ms. Vanice A. Perin at 301-415-8143 of their planned attendance and any
special requirements (e.g., for the hearing-impaired.)

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 22 day of January, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck,
Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.
[FR Doc. 97-1995 Filed 1-27-97; 8:45 am]

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Michael P. Grissom
Special Assistant, SLAC
mikeg@slac.stanford.edu
Phone:  (415) 926-2346
Fax:    (415) 926-3030