WELCOME to the home page of the
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA REACTOR (UVAR)
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The "UVAR" Facility
Dr. Robert U. Mulder, Director
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Nuclear Reactor Facility, University of Virginia
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P.O. Box 400322
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Charlottesville, Virginia 22904-4322
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Voice: 804/982-5440, fax: 804/984-5473
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The University of Virginia Reactor, which first was operated in 1960,
was operated for the last time on June 30, 1998. All reactor fuel has
been shipped from the site and the decommissioning process has been
started. NRC approval of the facility decommissioning plan is expected
during the last quarter of 2001 and decommissioning is expected to be
complete by late 2002 or early 2003. The company CH2M-HILL has been
selected as the decommissioning contractor.
The infomation about the facility that was previously on this site has
been removed. If you have any questions concerning the University of
Virginia Reactor please contact either:
Robert Mulder, Reactor Director,
rum@virginia.edu or
Paul Benneche, Reactor Supervisor,
peb@virginia.edu or at the phone
numbers above.
This site was most recently updated on October 17, 2001.