Fast Flux Test Facility replacement of a primary sodium pump

Conference · Fri Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6965613

Krieg, S A; Thomson, J D

The Fast Flux Test Facility is a 400 MW Thermal Sodium Cooled Fast Reactor operated by Westinghouse Hanford Company for the US Department of Energy. During startup testing in 1979, the sodium level in one of the primary sodium pumps was inadvertently raised above the normal height. This resulted in distortion of the pump shaft. Pump replacement was carried out using special maintenance equipment. Nuclear radiation and contamination were not significant problems since replacement operations were carried out shortly after startup of the Fast Flux Test Facility.

• Research Organization: Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76FF02170
• OSTI ID: 6965613
• Report Number(s): HEDL-SA-3364-FP; CONF-860311-12; ON: DE87004092
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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