Shippingport Atomic Power Station. Technical progress report, July 26, 1983-January 25, 1984

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5146864

Activity consisted of defueling operations, shipment of the spent fuel to the Expended Core Facility (ECF), and preparations for decommissioning. All preparations required for the start of LWBR fuel removal from the reactor vessel were completed, and the first fuel module was removed on August 2, 1983. During this report period, 31 of the 39 fuel modules were removed from the reactor. This total consists of 12 seed modules, 9 blanket modules and 10 reflector modules. Four shipments of LWBR expended fuel to the Expended Core Facility were made during this period. Preparations at ECF for receipt and storage of the spent fuel were completed, four fuel shipments were unloaded at ECF, and the fuel was stored underwater. All major equipment for the disassembly of spent fuel modules has arrived at ECF and is being installed and checked out. The Production Irradiated Fuel Assay Gage, for proof-of-breeding, was installed in an ECF hot cell.

• Research Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC11-76PN00014
• OSTI ID: 5146864
• Report Number(s): WAPD-MRP-161; ON: DE84009663
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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