Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the
1997 International RERTR Meeting

THE HOR CORE CONVERSION PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT
AND LICENSING EXPERIENCES

J. W. de Vries, H.P.M. Gibcus, and P.F.A. de Leege

Interfaculty Reactor Institute (IRI), 
Delft University of Technology
Mekelweg 15, NL 2629 JB Delft, The Netherlands

ABSTRACT

This paper deals with the experiences in the development of a fuel conversion program for a 2 MW university type research reactor, the HOR. It gives an overview of the technical and administrative aspects concerning the fuel conversion program development since the eighties, including the safety review and licensing process. The overall final safety report was submitted in 1995, together with the environmental impact report, and a licence application was submitted accordingly. The licence permitting the conversion was issued in l996, coming into force at the beginning of this year, although an appeal case is still pending. At the moment the necessary preparations for starting the actual conversion of the HOR are made. The general program characteristics are adressed.

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