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

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:5792643

The Shippingport Atomic Power Station ceased power operation with the Light Water Breeder Reactor core on October 1, 1982, as reported in WAPD-MRP-159. During the current report period, activity at the Station consisted of preparations for defueling, for shipment of the spent fuel to the Expended Core Facility (ECF), and for decommissioning. Defueling preparations progressed through the removal of the reactor vessel head, flooding of the reactor pit, and removal of the LWBR Core Holddown Barrel. Shipment preparations progressed to the receipt of the M-130-7 shipping container, its movement into the fuel handling building, and its removal from the railcar. Preparations at ECF for receipt and storage of the spent fuel were nearly completed and training for these operations was begun.

• Research Organization: Bettis Atomic Power Lab., West Mifflin, PA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC11-76PN00014
• OSTI ID: 5792643
• Report Number(s): WAPD-MRP-160; ON: DE84001349
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
210200* -- Power Reactors
Nonbreeding
Light-Water Moderated
Nonboiling Water Cooled
DECOMMISSIONING
DEMOLITION
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
FUEL ELEMENTS
POWER REACTORS
PWR TYPE REACTORS
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR CORES
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
REACTOR DISMANTLING
REACTORS
SHIPPINGPORT REACTOR
SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS
THERMAL REACTORS
WATER COOLED REACTORS
WATER MODERATED REACTORS