Preparation, lifting and loading of the Shippingport Reactor Pressure Vessel/Neutron Shield Tank Package

Conference · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5839576

Yannitell, D M

In 1985, following end-of-life testing and defueling, the Shippingport Station Decommissioning Project (SSDP) commenced physical decommissioning to demonstrate that the final stage of a nuclear plant lifecycle, decommissioning, can be performed both safely and cost effectively. The shipment of the shielded irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessel/Neutron Shield Tank (RPV/NST) Package from Shippingport, PA to Richland, WA by barge as a single package was the largest non-military radioactive shipment ever made. This paper discusses the basis for the one-piece removal option, describes how the RPV/NST was prepared to comply with government regulations for shipping radioactive material, and the methods utilized to lift the RPV/NST and load it onto a barge for its subsequent shipment to Richland, WA.

• Research Organization: General Electric Co., Shippingport, PA (USA). Nuclear Energy Business Operations
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930; AC06-84RL10421
• OSTI ID: 5839576
• Report Number(s): DOE/SSDP-0074; CONF-890604-16; ON: DE89016834
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society, Atlanta, GA, USA, 4-8 Jun 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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