Commercial Nuclear Waste Research and Development Program. Quarterly report, October-December 1982
Noteworthy accomplishments during the first quarter of FY-1983 were: Schedules reflecting current plans for FY-1983 equipment maintenance, technical and administrative training, and anticipated task activities were prepared and transmitted to DOE/NV as Contract Deliverables. Cost and schedule estimates were prepared, at DOE/NV request, for cask testing and emergency storage of spent fuel at E-MAD, performance of a PWR cask characterization test at E-MAD, and AESD-Nevada Operations support of Climax Spent Fuel Test decommissioning. For the first time, full volume filtered gas samples were acquired from a sealed canister containing a spent nuclear fuel assembly for analysis to determine canister atmosphere composition. Another significant first: A sealed canister containing a spent nuclear fuel assembly was cut open and the fuel assembly removed for examination of the fuel and the canister interior. Maintenance was performed on Engine Maintenance, Assembly and Disassembly Facility (E-MAD) railroad tracks and vehicles including the Manned Control Car, Emplacement-Installation Vehicle, locomotives, and flatcars.Comments to the first draft of the report, Histories of Spent Nuclear Fuel Assemblies While at the E-MAD Facility, were resolved and a revised draft was issued for review. Comments received to this draft are being resolved and the document is being revised. The annual DOE audit of the AESD-Nevada Operations radiological safety program was performed, with no findings reported. A computer, to provide interface between the E-MAD Stack Air Monitor and the Remote Air Monitor console, was received and installed. Vendor recommendations were received for electrical modifications to the Plasma Arc Welder. A modified torch was received, installed on the welder, and satisfactorily tested. A procedure for Quality Assurance surveillance and monitoring of the NNWSI drilling program was prepared and implemented.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Mercury, NV (United States). Advanced Energy Systems Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-82NV10250
- OSTI ID:
- 59744
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10250-7; ON: DE83009732
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jan 1983
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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