Commercial nuclear waste research and development program. Quarterly report, October-December 1983
Activities performed during the first quarter of Fiscal Year 1984 to meet task objectives of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations FY 1984 Project Plan are reported in this document. Noteworthy accomplishments during this reporting period included: substantial activity was devoted to defining the potential cost advantages to performing the Solicitation for Cooperative Agreement Proposals activities at the E-MAD facility; remote fuel handling operations were performed to acquire gas samples from the canisters containing fuel assemblies D22, B41, and B43; canisterized fuel assembly D22 was installed in Drywell 5 in the E-MAD Drywell Storage Area; design packages were prepared for performing fuel integrity monitoring and calorimeter operations of fuel assemblies; instructions have been drafted for rework of previously used canisters which have been cut open; a Design Review was held for dosimetry of fuel assembly D34 and sectioning of the canister in which it has been stored; an interim development plan was prepared for waste package closure evaluation activities; support being provided to the DOE/NV Quality Assurance Division included drafting of a master Quality Assurance Implementation Plan, a procedure for preparation and control of Quality Assurance Program Plans, and a handbook explaining various quality elements that should be addressed in the Program Plan; and the Fuel Temperature Test, being performed for the DOE Richland Operations Office Commercial Spent Fuel Management Program, is in its tenth month of operation.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Mercury, NV (United States). Waste Technology Services Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-82NV10250
- OSTI ID:
- 59750
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10250--13; ON: DE84009379
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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