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Title: Progress on Fuel Receiving and Storage Decontamination Work at the West Valley Demonstration Project

Abstract

The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) removed the last of its spent nuclear fuel assemblies from an on-site storage pool last year and is now decontaminating its Fuel Receiving and Storage (FRS) Facility. The decontamination project will reduce the long-lived curie inventory, associated radiological hazards, and the operational costs associated with the maintenance of this facility. Workers at the WVDP conducted the first phase of the FRS decontamination project in late 2001 by removing 149 canisters that previously contained spent fuel assemblies from the pool. Removal of the canisters from the pool paved the way for nuclear divers to begin removing canister storage racks and other miscellaneous material from the FRS pool in February 2002. This was only the third time in the history of the WVDP that nuclear divers were used to perform underwater work. After decontaminating the pool, it will be drained slowly until all of the water is removed. The water will be processed through an ion exchanger to remove radioactive contaminants as it is being drained, and a fixative will be applied to the walls above the water surface to secure residual contamination.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
West Valley Nuclear Services Company; U. S. Department of Energy (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
827122
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Waste Management 2003 Symposium, Tucson, AZ (US), 02/23/2003--02/27/2003; Other Information: PBD: 25 Feb 2003
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CONTAINERS; CONTAMINATION; DECONTAMINATION; MAINTENANCE; NUCLEAR FUELS; REMOVAL; SPENT FUELS; STORAGE; VALLEYS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER

Citation Formats

Jablonski, J F, Al-Daouk, A M, and Moore, H R. Progress on Fuel Receiving and Storage Decontamination Work at the West Valley Demonstration Project. United States: N. p., 2003. Web.
Jablonski, J F, Al-Daouk, A M, & Moore, H R. Progress on Fuel Receiving and Storage Decontamination Work at the West Valley Demonstration Project. United States.
Jablonski, J F, Al-Daouk, A M, and Moore, H R. 2003. "Progress on Fuel Receiving and Storage Decontamination Work at the West Valley Demonstration Project". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/827122.
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author = {Jablonski, J F and Al-Daouk, A M and Moore, H R},
abstractNote = {The West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) removed the last of its spent nuclear fuel assemblies from an on-site storage pool last year and is now decontaminating its Fuel Receiving and Storage (FRS) Facility. The decontamination project will reduce the long-lived curie inventory, associated radiological hazards, and the operational costs associated with the maintenance of this facility. Workers at the WVDP conducted the first phase of the FRS decontamination project in late 2001 by removing 149 canisters that previously contained spent fuel assemblies from the pool. Removal of the canisters from the pool paved the way for nuclear divers to begin removing canister storage racks and other miscellaneous material from the FRS pool in February 2002. This was only the third time in the history of the WVDP that nuclear divers were used to perform underwater work. After decontaminating the pool, it will be drained slowly until all of the water is removed. The water will be processed through an ion exchanger to remove radioactive contaminants as it is being drained, and a fixative will be applied to the walls above the water surface to secure residual contamination.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2003},
month = {Tue Feb 25 00:00:00 EST 2003}
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