Commercial Nuclear Waste Research and Development Program. Quarterly report, April-June 1984
All nuclear materials handling and packaging and other related activities are performed at the E-MAD (Engine Maintenance, Assembly and Disassembly) facility in Area 25 of the Nevada Test Site. Activities performed during the third quarter of Fiscal Year (FY) 1984 to meet task objectives of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations FY 1984 Project Plan are reported. A Statement of Work was prepared and transmitted to DOE which provided detailed cost and schedule estimates for dry storage cask demonstrations. The canister in which fuel assembly D34 was stored, and which was partially immersed in water during Climax storage tests due to a leaking liner, was cut into sections which will be inspected by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). Thermal monitoring of canisterized fuel assembly B03 was discontinued and the fuel assembly was removed from Drywell No. 3. Fuel Temperature Test (FTT) operations, simulating storage of a fuel assembly in a metal storage cask, were completed for months 13 and 14 temperature profiles. A new methodology was introduced to evacuate the total atmosphere of the FTT system and replace it with fresh air with each monthly gas sampling operation. Remote fuel handling operations were performed to monitor integrity of fuel assemblies in welded storage canisters and in unwelded canisters. Material Interaction Test assemblies were retrieved, disassembled, decontaminated, and shipped to Hanford Engineering Developmental Laboratory for examination to determine the effects of storage tests.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Mercury, NV (United States). Waste Technology Services Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-82NV10250
- OSTI ID:
- 59752
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10250--15; ON: DE85001356
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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