Technical Safety Appraisal of the Sandia Reactors, ACRR, SPR III: Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
- US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Safety Appraisals
This report presents findings and concerns resulting from a Technical Safety Appraisal of Sandia National Laboratories' Sandia Pulse Reactor III (SPR III) and the Annular Core Research Reactor (ACRR). It was conducted by an appraisal team for the Department of Energy's Office of Safety Appraisals during site visits July 18-22 and August 1-12, 1988. The two reactors are located in Technical Area V of the Sandia Albuquerque site. A third reactor, SPR II, is stored assembled in a vault at the SPR III facility. While the SPR II reactor is still considered operational, there are no plans to use it in the foreseeable future. It was last operated in 1984. This appraisal addresses only the operations associated with SPR III and ACRR. The principle hazards presented by operations in these facilities are routine industrial safety hazards, the beta and gamma radiation fields experienced during maintenance operations at SPR III and during the handling of experimental packages after irradiation in either of the reactors, and localized radiation fields that could result from a highly-unlikely, severe accident. The findings and concerns developed by the appraisal team were shared with senior managers of Sandia National Laboratories and the Albuquerque Operations Office in exit meetings held on August 11 and 12, 1988. The final report of the team has been validated for factual accuracy with Sandia and the Albuquerque Operations Office.
- Research Organization:
- US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington, DC (United States). Office of Safety Appraisals
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- OSTI ID:
- 6263028
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EH-0073; ON: DE89012252
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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