Decommissioning the UHTREX Reactor Facility at Los Alamos, New Mexico
The Ultra-High Temperature Reactor Experiment (UHTREX) facility was constructed in the late 1960s to advance high-temperature and gas-cooled reactor technology. The 3-MW reactor was graphite moderated and helium cooled and used 93% enriched uranium as its fuel. The reactor was run for approximately one year and was shut down in February 1970. The decommissioning of the facility involved removing the reactor and its associated components. This document details planning for the decommissioning operations which included characterizing the facility, estimating the costs of decommissioning, preparing environmental documentation, establishing a system to track costs and work progress, and preplanning to correct health and safety concerns in the facility. Work to decommission the facility began in 1988 and was completed in September 1990 at a cost of $2.9 million. The facility was released to Department of Energy for other uses in its Los Alamos program.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 7004358
- Report Number(s):
- LA-12356; ON: DE93002708
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CLEANING
COST
DECOMMISSIONING
DECONTAMINATION
ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HELIUM COOLED REACTORS
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORING
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
PLANNING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING
REACTOR SAFETY
REACTORS
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
SAFETY
SCHEDULES
SOILS
THERMAL REACTORS
UHTREX REACTOR
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES