Issues and recommendations related to replacement of CFC-114 at the uranium enrichment gaseous diffusion plant
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6557373
The operating uranium enrichment gaseous diffusion plants (GDPs) in Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky, which are operated for the United States Department for Energy by Martin Marietta Energy Systems (MMES), currently use a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC-114) as the primary process stream coolant. Due to recent legislation embodied in the Clean Air Act, the production of this and other related chlorofluorocarbons (CFCS) are to be phased out with no production occurring after 1995. Since the plants lose approximately 500,000 pounds per year of this process stream coolant through various leaks, the GDPs are faced with the challenge of identifying a replacement coolant that will allow continued operation of the plants. MMES formed the CFC Task Team to identify and solve the various problems associated with identifying and implementing a replacement coolant. This report includes a review of the work performed by the CFC Task Team, and recommendations that were formulated based on this review and upon original work. The topics covered include; identifying a replacement coolant, coolant leak detection and repair efforts, coolant safety concerns, coolant level sensors, regulatory issues, and an analytical decision analysis.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 6557373
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-ID-113745; ON: DE93014681
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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DOCUMENT TYPES
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INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS
LEAKS
LEVEL INDICATORS
MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PADUCAH PLANT
PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT
PROGRESS REPORT
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS
COOLANTS
DETECTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS
LEAKS
LEVEL INDICATORS
MATERIAL SUBSTITUTION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PADUCAH PLANT
PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT
PROGRESS REPORT
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS