Lessons learned from Sandia National Laboratories' operational readiness review of the Annular Core Research Reactor

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:20005800

Bendure, A O; Bryson, J W

The Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR) (a Hazard Category 2 nuclear reactor facility) was defueled in early 1997 to convert the reactor core and control system to produce medical radioisotopes for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Medical Isotope Production Program. The DOE determined that an operational readiness review (ORR) per DOE 5480.31 or DOE 420.1 was required to confirm the readiness of management systems, personnel, and the physical plant to refuel the reactor and begin operations within the revised safety basis. DOE stated that this was the first reactor ORR conducted within the Complex. The authors address the lessons learned from the ACRR ORR, emphasizing cost savings and the use of the ORR to confirm authorization-basis implementation.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (US)
• OSTI ID: 20005800
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 81; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS
ACPR REACTOR
ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS
MODIFICATIONS
PLANNING
REACTOR OPERATION
REACTOR SAFETY
SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
STANDARDS
US DOE