Preparation and transport of the Shippingport Reactor Pressure Vessel/Neutron Shield Tank package
Conference
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OSTI ID:7099462
The Shippingport Station Decommissioning Project is a Department of Energy (DOE) project to dismantle the Shippingport Atomic Power Station. One of the more challenging technical aspects of the Project, which is being managed for DOE by GE Nuclear Energy, is the one-piece removal and shipment of the Reactor Pressure Vessel (RPV) and its associated Neutron Shield Tank (NST) to the government owned Hanford Reservation in Richland, Washington. This paper covers this transport aspect. 13 refs., 1 fig.
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co., Shippingport, PA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-84RL10421; AC06-76RL01857
- OSTI ID:
- 7099462
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/SSDP-0044; CONF-880903-27; ON: DE88016689
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Preparation of the shippingport reactor pressure vessel shipping package
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Thu Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1987
· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
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Preparation of the Shippingport reactor pressure vessel shipping package
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Marine transportation and burial of the Shippingport Reactor Pressure Vessel/Neutron Shield Tank (RPV/NST) package
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Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1988
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