Identification of a breached fuel pin in the Interim Examination and Maintenance Cell

Conference · Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1987

OSTI ID:6301522

McGuiness, P. W.; Kalk, J. J.; Hicks, D. F.

At the Interim Examination and Maintenance (IEM) Cell, experiments are routinely disassembled and examined following irradiation in the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF). Recently and for the first time, a fueled experiment which had breached its cladding during irradiation was disassembled in the cell. The processing objective was to locate and identify the one pin (out of 217 pins) with breached cladding, and recover selected test pins for further examination. Identification of the breached pin proved to be challenging. After all pins were weighed the data were inconclusive, and alternate procedures had to be developed and implemented. Ultimately, four independent methods were used to pinpoint the breached pin.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6301522
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-0091; CONF-8711195-5; ON: DE89010105
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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