Decommissioning of the Cintichem reactor

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6669357

LaGuardia, T S ^[1]; McGovern, J ^[2]

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1. TLG Engineering, Inc., Bridgewater, CT (United States)
2. Cintichem, Inc., Tuxedo, NY (United States)

The Cintichem nuclear reactor facility is located within the town of Tuxedo, New York, in the industrial park known as Sterling Forest. The reactor is a pool type research reactor and licensed to operate at thermal power levels of up to 5 MW. The reactor is a light water moderated, cooled, shielded, and reflected solid fuel reactor. It has graphite thermal column and numerous beam tubes arranged radially around the core centerline for experiments. The fuel core is supported and moved on rails by a core support bridge. The primary cooling system consists of a demineralized water system, heat exchangers, and pumps. Primary coolant piping is aluminum except for portions that penetrate concrete. Based on the on-site radiological characterization, Cintichem decided to shut down the facility permanently and begin decommissioning immediately.

• OSTI ID: 6669357
• Report Number(s): CONF-921102--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 66
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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