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Status report on the Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (EBWR) Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Project

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:48615
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  1. ALARON Corp., Cayce, SC (United States)
  2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
ALARON Corporation is under contract, to Argonne National Laboratory - East (ANL-E), to complete the decontamination and decommissioning of the Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (EBWR). The project, begun, in 1986 by ANL-E personnel, is projected to be completed by the end of 1994. The final phase of work was awarded to ALARON in December 1993 with the scope of work including the disassembly and removal of all remaining reactor internals, the reactor vessel, the lead bio-shield, the core liner, and the activated portion of the concrete bio-shield. This paper discusses the work undertaken beginning in January 1994 and continuing through July 1994. During this period the required pre-mobilization documentation was prepared and approved, mobilization was completed, and the reactor internals, reactor vessel, lead bio-shield and core liner were removed. The paper will compare the planned schedule to the actual schedule, discuss problems encountered, review volume reduction techniques and health and safety issues including radiological aspects of the project.
Research Organization:
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States); ALARON Corp., Cayce, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
48615
Report Number(s):
ANL/TD/RP--85215; ON: DE95009911
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English