Determining Yankee Nuclear Power Station neutron activation
Conference
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
OSTI ID:7129071
- Yankee Atomic Electric Co., Bolton, MA (United States)
The Yankee nuclear power station located in Rowe, Massachusetts, permanently ceased power operations on February 26, 1992, after 31 yr of operation. Yankee has since initiated decommissioning planning activities. A significant component of these activities is a determination of the extent of radiological contamination of the Yankee site. Included in this effort was determination of the extent of neutron activation of plant components. This paper describes the determination of the neutron activation of the Yankee reactor vessel, associated internals, and surrounding structures. The Yankee reactor vessel is a 600-MW(thermal) stainless steel-lined, carbon steel vessel with stainless steel internal components designed by Westinghouse. The reactor vessel is surrounded and supported by a carbon steel neutron shield tank that was filled with chromated water during plant operation. A 5-ft-thick concrete biological shield wall surrounds the neutron shield tank. A project is under way to remove the reactor vessel internals from the reactor vessel.
- OSTI ID:
- 7129071
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-931160--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 69
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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