Reducing resin use in floor drain processing system
- Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Green Bay, WI (United States)
- Adams & Hobart, Fremont, CA (United States)
- Pedro Point Technology, Pacifica, CA (United States); and others
The Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant utilizes two mixed bed demineralizers for processing floor drain wastes. These demineralizers were originally designed for stream generator blowdown treatment, but were not needed for that purpose. Effluent from the resin beds is monitored for radioactivity and released for discharge. Plant radwaste inleakage volumes and resin disposal volumes were low in comparison with industry averages, but decontamination factors through the treatment system were less than desirable. Release criteria for discharges always had been met, but plant personnel wished to decrease their already low discharges of radioactive species, reduce their resin disposal costs, and provide a margin of safety in the unlikely event that fuel damage would be experienced during an operating cycle. This paper describes the study initiated to address those issues, the findings of the study, and results of implementing some of the study recommendations.
- Research Organization:
- Electric Power Research Inst. (EPRI), Palo Alto, CA (United States); Williams (Paul) and Associates, Medina, OH (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 133027
- Report Number(s):
- EPRI-TR-105134; CONF-940746-; TRN: 96:005324
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International conference on low-level waste (LLW), Norfolk, VA (United States), 24-26 Jul 1994; Other Information: PBD: May 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: 1994 EPRI International Low Level Waste Conference; PB: 825 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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