Preparation, lifting and loading of the Shippingport Reactor Pressure Vessel/Neutron Shield Tank Package
Conference
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OSTI ID:5839576
In 1985, following end-of-life testing and defueling, the Shippingport Station Decommissioning Project (SSDP) commenced physical decommissioning to demonstrate that the final stage of a nuclear plant lifecycle, decommissioning, can be performed both safely and cost effectively. The shipment of the shielded irradiated Reactor Pressure Vessel/Neutron Shield Tank (RPV/NST) Package from Shippingport, PA to Richland, WA by barge as a single package was the largest non-military radioactive shipment ever made. This paper discusses the basis for the one-piece removal option, describes how the RPV/NST was prepared to comply with government regulations for shipping radioactive material, and the methods utilized to lift the RPV/NST and load it onto a barge for its subsequent shipment to Richland, WA.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Shippingport, PA (USA). Nuclear Energy Business Operations
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930; AC06-84RL10421
- OSTI ID:
- 5839576
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SSDP-0074; CONF-890604-16; ON: DE89016834
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
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