Fuel shipment experience, fuel movements from the BMI-1 transport cask
The University of Texas at Austin received two shipments of irradiated fuel elements from Northrup Aircraft Corporation on April 11 and 16, 1985. A total of 59 elements consisting of standard and instrumented TRIGA fuel were unloaded from the BMI-1 shipping cask. At the time of shipment, the Northrup core burnup was approximately 50 megawatt days with fuel element radiation levels, after a cooling time of three months, of approximately 1.75 rem/hr at 3 feet. In order to facilitate future planning of fuel shipment at the UT facility and other facilities, a summary of the recent transfer process including several factors which contributed to its success are presented. Numerous color slides were made of the process for future reference by UT and others involved in fuel transfer and handling of the BMI-1 cask.
- Research Organization:
- TRIGA Reactors, GA Technologies Inc., San Diego, CA (United States); Texas A and M University, College Station, TX (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21157015
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-09N0265; TOC-18; TRN: US09N0284035055
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 10. biennial U.S. TRIGA users' conference, College Station, TX (United States), 6-9 Apr 1986; Other Information: Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); 1 fig; Related Information: In: 10. biennial U.S. TRIGA users' conference. Papers and abstracts, 380 pages.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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