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Title: Hazards classification determination for PUREX fuel transfer to K-Basins

Abstract

The PUREX Plant presently contains 2.9 metric tons of an aluminum clad Single Pass Reactor (SPR) fuel which is stored under water in four open top buckets in the PUREX slug storage basin. The PUREX dissolver cells contain approximately 0.5 metric tons of zirconium clad N Reactor fuel which was inadvertently placed into the process cell during charging operations. The dissolver N reactor elements will be recovered from the process floors using new crane operated tools. When the fuel shipment(s) is scheduled, the cask cars will be positioned into the PUREX rail tunnel and the overhead door will be opened. All the SPR fuel will be loaded into two cask rail cars inside four casks. The N Reactor fuel will be loaded into a separate rail car inside two or three casks. The car loading is initiated by opening the rail car lid and removing the cask lids. Prior to loading the canisters of N Reactor fuel, the canisters will be refilled with water (as needed) and a lid will be installed. The baskets of SPR fuel or canisters of N Reactor fuel will then be loaded into the casks. The lids to the casks will then be reinstalled andmore » the car lids closed. The rail cars will then be decontaminated as necessary. The cask cars will be shipped either in two shipments or a combined single shipment using the rail route between PUREX and the K Basins. At the basin, the cask car will be positioned in the loadout area. The cask car lid will be opened and a single cask moved into the loadout pit, which is a lowered section of the basin. The cask lid is removed while the cask is lower into the pit. The fuel is then removed from the cask and stored in the basin. The cask is then removed, the lid reinstalled during removal, and the cask replaced into the cask car. This document identifies the hazard classification of the Fuel Transfer from the PUREX facility to K-Basins.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
52762
Report Number(s):
WHC-SD-CP-HC-005
ON: DE95010598; TRN: 95:011917
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-87RL10930
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 13 Apr 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SAFETY ANALYSIS; SPENT FUELS; MATERIALS HANDLING; SPENT FUEL CASKS; TRANSPORT; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; HANFORD RESERVATION; FUEL STORAGE POOLS; RAIL TRANSPORT; HOISTS; FIRE HAZARDS; RADIATION HAZARDS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Citation Formats

Dodd, III, E N. Hazards classification determination for PUREX fuel transfer to K-Basins. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Dodd, III, E N. Hazards classification determination for PUREX fuel transfer to K-Basins. United States.
Dodd, III, E N. 1995. "Hazards classification determination for PUREX fuel transfer to K-Basins". United States.
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title = {Hazards classification determination for PUREX fuel transfer to K-Basins},
author = {Dodd, III, E N},
abstractNote = {The PUREX Plant presently contains 2.9 metric tons of an aluminum clad Single Pass Reactor (SPR) fuel which is stored under water in four open top buckets in the PUREX slug storage basin. The PUREX dissolver cells contain approximately 0.5 metric tons of zirconium clad N Reactor fuel which was inadvertently placed into the process cell during charging operations. The dissolver N reactor elements will be recovered from the process floors using new crane operated tools. When the fuel shipment(s) is scheduled, the cask cars will be positioned into the PUREX rail tunnel and the overhead door will be opened. All the SPR fuel will be loaded into two cask rail cars inside four casks. The N Reactor fuel will be loaded into a separate rail car inside two or three casks. The car loading is initiated by opening the rail car lid and removing the cask lids. Prior to loading the canisters of N Reactor fuel, the canisters will be refilled with water (as needed) and a lid will be installed. The baskets of SPR fuel or canisters of N Reactor fuel will then be loaded into the casks. The lids to the casks will then be reinstalled and the car lids closed. The rail cars will then be decontaminated as necessary. The cask cars will be shipped either in two shipments or a combined single shipment using the rail route between PUREX and the K Basins. At the basin, the cask car will be positioned in the loadout area. The cask car lid will be opened and a single cask moved into the loadout pit, which is a lowered section of the basin. The cask lid is removed while the cask is lower into the pit. The fuel is then removed from the cask and stored in the basin. The cask is then removed, the lid reinstalled during removal, and the cask replaced into the cask car. This document identifies the hazard classification of the Fuel Transfer from the PUREX facility to K-Basins.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/52762}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Thu Apr 13 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
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