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Title: Commercial Nuclear Waste Research and Development Program. Quarterly report, July-September 1983

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:59748

This document is a report of activities during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 1983 to meet task objectives of the NNWSI FY-1983 Project Plan. Noteworthy accomplishments were: a detailed inspection was performed, by remote operation, on fuel assembly D15 and the canister in which it was encapsulated during the Climax granite facility spent fuel test; the two fuel rods which were removed from fuel assembly B02 prior to its installation into the Fuel Temperature Test were inspected and photographed to document pre-test cladding condition and crud adherence; gas samples were acquired from all of the 17 canisters containing fuel assemblies which are currently located at the E-MAD facility; the Fuel Temperature Test being conducted for the Dry Storage Fuel Integrity Demonstration is in its seventh month; Quality Assurance surveillance and monitoring of NNWSI drilling activities were concluded September 30; all DOE/NV Phase III Quality Assurance training was completed and assessment of DOE/NV divisions` training programs was performed and documented; and a document was prepared, at the request of the Battelle Pacific National Laboratory, which updates previous information regarding existing E-MAD capabilities that meet current requirements for interim storage of from 100 to 300 metric tons of nuclear fuel.

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Mercury, NV (United States). Waste Technology Services Div.
DOE Contract Number:
AC08-82NV10250
OSTI ID:
59748
Report Number(s):
DOE/NV/10250-11; ON: DE84004256
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Oct 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English