Decontamination and decommissioning of the experimental boiling water reactor at Argonne National Laboratory

Conference · Sun Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:103743

Sears, L F ^[1]; Fellhauer, C ^[2]

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1. ALARON Corp., Cayce, SC (United States)
2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

The Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (EBWR), located on the Argonne National Laboratory-East (ANL-E) site, started operations in 1957. The initial rating was 20 MW(t). The rating was eventually increased to 70 MW(t) in 1959 and 100 MW(t) in 1962. The reactor was shut down in 1967 and all of the fuel was removed from the facility. The facility was placed in dry lay-up until 1986. ANL-E personnel started the decontamination and decommissioning (D and D) effort in 1986. Supporting equipment such as the external steam system and some of the upper reactor components, the core riser and the top fuel shroud, were removed at that time. Characterization of the facility was also undertaken. The contract to complete the EBWR D and D project was issued in December 1993. The initial schedule called for the final effort to be divided into five phases that were to be completed over a four year period. However, this schedule was subsequently consolidated, at the request of ANL-E, to a thirteen month period, with the on-site work to be completed by the end of 1994. Development of documentation, procedures and plans, required prior to the commencement of on-site activities was begun in January 1994. These documents included the Site Specific Health and Safety Plan, Radiological Control Plan, Project Work Plan and Project Quality Assurance Plan. On-site mobilization was completed in March 1994.

• OSTI ID: 103743
• Report Number(s): CONF-950414--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
DECONTAMINATION
EBWR REACTOR
MINIMIZATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING