Commercial Nuclear Waste Research and Development Program. Quarterly report, July-September 1984
Activities performed during the fourth quarter of Fiscal Year 1984 to meet task objectives of the Nevada Nuclear Waste Storage Investigations FY 1984 Project Plan are reported. Noteworthy accomplishments include: All Fiscal Year 1984 semiannual fuel integrity monitoring gas sampling of welded canisters was completed. Remote fuel handling operations were conducted on fuel assemblies B43 and D34 to perform integrity monitoring swipe sampling. Results were received: no indication of fuel rod integrity violation was noted. A Quality Assurance audit of WTSD-Nevada Operations activities and records was conducted by a DOE/NV and SAI audit team. No findings were reported in the exit interview. An Interim Report of Fiscal Year 1984 Task 12 activities was completed and submitted to DOE/NV as a Contract Deliverable. The midyear report of fuel integrity monitoring activities, with an assessment of the condition of the 17 fuel assemblies in use at the E-MAD facility, was prepared and transmitted to DOE/NV. Parameter search welds were completed on the Hobart plasma arc welder on 0.25-in.-thick and 0.375-in.-thick stainless steel material. The welds in the 0.25-in.-thick material appeared to be satisfactory; those in the 0.375-in.-thick material were not acceptable due to intermittent gas entrainment in the weld. The summary report of all activities performed to retrieve the Material Interaction Test capsules from fuel assemblies B03, D01, D04, and D06 was completed and transmitted to DOE/NV. Support was provided for preparation of the SP-100 (space station) testing program proposal being prepared by DOE/NV. A summary recommendation for disassembly and consolidation of spent fuel at E-MAD was prepared and transmitted to DOE/NV. The WTSD-Nevada Operations Quality Assurance Plan was updated to comply with NVO-196-17, Revision 2.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Electric Corp., Mercury, NV (United States). Waste Technology Services Div.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC08-82NV10250
- OSTI ID:
- 59753
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NV/10250-16; ON: DE85003882
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Oct 1984
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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