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Title: Record of Decision; Continued operation of K, L, and P Reactors, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina

Abstract

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has considered the environmental impacts, benefits and costs, and institutional and programmatic needs associated with continued operation of the Savannah River Site (SRS) reactors, and has decided that it will continue to operate K and L Reactors at SRS, and will terminate operation of P Reactor in the immediate future and maintain it in cold standby. For P Reactor, this will involve the reactor's defueling; storage of its heavy water moderator in tanks in the reactor building; shutdown of reactor equipment and systems in a protected condition to prevent deterioration; and maintenance of the reactor in a defueled, protected status by a skeleton staff, which would permit any future decision to refuel and restart. Currently committed and planned upgrade activities will be discontinued for P Reactor. DOE will proceed with the safety upgrades and management system improvements currently scheduled for K Reactor in its program to satisfy the criteria of the Safety Evaluation Report (SER), and will conduct an Operational Readiness Review (ORR). The satisfaction of the SER criteria and completion of the ORR will demonstrate that the safety and health criteria for the resumption of production have been met. Reactor restart is expectedmore » to be in the third quarter of 1991 for K Reactor.« less

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5951110
Report Number(s):
DOE/EIS-0147
ON: DE91010251
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
22 GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; K REACTOR; REACTOR SAFETY; REACTOR START-UP; L REACTOR; P REACTOR; REACTOR SHUTDOWN; US DOE; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION; MODIFICATIONS; PLANNING; PLUTONIUM 238; PRIMARY COOLANT CIRCUITS; REACTOR FUELING; REACTOR OPERATION; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; SECONDARY COOLANT CIRCUITS; TRITIUM; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; COOLING SYSTEMS; ENERGY SYSTEMS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; HYDROGEN ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; LIGHT NUCLEI; MANAGEMENT; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; OPERATION; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; PRODUCTION REACTORS; RADIOISOTOPES; REACTOR COMPONENTS; REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS; REACTORS; SAFETY; SHUTDOWNS; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SPECIAL PRODUCTION REACTORS; START-UP; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 220900* - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Reactor Safety; 220700 - Nuclear Reactor Technology- Plutonium & Isotope Production Reactors

Citation Formats

. Record of Decision; Continued operation of K, L, and P Reactors, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina. United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.2172/5951110.
. Record of Decision; Continued operation of K, L, and P Reactors, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5951110
. 1991. "Record of Decision; Continued operation of K, L, and P Reactors, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/5951110. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5951110.
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title = {Record of Decision; Continued operation of K, L, and P Reactors, Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina},
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abstractNote = {The US Department of Energy (DOE) has considered the environmental impacts, benefits and costs, and institutional and programmatic needs associated with continued operation of the Savannah River Site (SRS) reactors, and has decided that it will continue to operate K and L Reactors at SRS, and will terminate operation of P Reactor in the immediate future and maintain it in cold standby. For P Reactor, this will involve the reactor's defueling; storage of its heavy water moderator in tanks in the reactor building; shutdown of reactor equipment and systems in a protected condition to prevent deterioration; and maintenance of the reactor in a defueled, protected status by a skeleton staff, which would permit any future decision to refuel and restart. Currently committed and planned upgrade activities will be discontinued for P Reactor. DOE will proceed with the safety upgrades and management system improvements currently scheduled for K Reactor in its program to satisfy the criteria of the Safety Evaluation Report (SER), and will conduct an Operational Readiness Review (ORR). The satisfaction of the SER criteria and completion of the ORR will demonstrate that the safety and health criteria for the resumption of production have been met. Reactor restart is expected to be in the third quarter of 1991 for K Reactor.},
doi = {10.2172/5951110},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5951110}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991}
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