Chemical processing programs. Monthly status report, May 1985

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:5159434

In the PUREX/UO/sub 3/ operations, 50 tonnes of N reactor fuel were charged to the PUREX dissolvers in May. Production has fallen behind the 1200 tonne plan due to an extended shutdown during May to resolve the L-cell line pluggage problem. Extensive component and line flushing and selected line vibrations were completed and 20 tonnes of the remaining cooled Mark IV fuel and 30 tonnes of Mark IA fuel were charged. This brings the fiscal year-to-date (FYTD) total charges to 717 tonnes versus a plan of 843. 41 tonnes of uranium trioxide were shipped to the Feed Materials Production Center bringing the FYTD total to 658 tonnes. 7% of the planned FY 1985 plutonium dioxide shipments were achieved during May bringing the cumulative shipments to 59%. Ventilation control/safety upgrade for nitrate loadout-PUREX is nearly complete. In the Plutonium Finishing (PF) plant/nuclear materials management program, the Plutonium Reclamation Facility (PRF) completed load-out of the initial weapons grade campaign. 53% of the original target nitrate or this campaign was loaded out by May 31, 1985. Remote Mechanical C (RMC) metal line reactivation activities are on schedule for a July 1 startup. Terminal Cleanup Operations (TCO) continue approximately one month behind schedule due to diversion of personnel previously planned for TCO to the RMC reactivation effort. Construction on Project B-339, Vault Safety and Inventory System was initiated on schedule.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-77RL01030
• OSTI ID: 5159434
• Report Number(s): RHO-PB-SR-10-B-CP; ON: DE86001940
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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