Document Details
Title:
ARMY POWER REACTORS STORED UNDER WATER IN THE FUEL RECEIVING BASIN
Author(s):
UNK, [UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION]
Document Location:
Location - DOE/NNSA NUCLEAR TESTING ARCHIVE Address - P.O. Box 98521 City - Las Vegas State - NV Zip - 89193-8521 Phone - (702)794-5106 Fax - (702)862-4240 Email - NTA@NV.DOE.GOV
Document Type:
OTHER
Document Type Other:
AUDIOVISUAL MATERIAL
Publication Date:
1972 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097508
Document Number(s):
AEC729382
Originating Research Org.:
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION-ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION,
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
FIRST SHIPMENT OF HTGR-TYPE FUEL...THE FIRST SHIPMENT OF HTGR-TYPE (HI GH TEMPERATURE GAS-COOLED REACTOR) FUEL WAS DELIVERED TO THE AEC AT ID AHO CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT (ICPP) LOCATED AT THE NATIONAL REACTOR T ESTING STATION IDAHO ON AUGUST 22, 1971. THE "SPENT" FUEL FROM THE FI RST CORE OF THE PEACH BOTTOM PA REACTOR WAS DELIVERED BY TRUCK TO THE ICCPP IN A SHIPPING CASK CONTAINING 17 FUEL ELEMENTS. THE FUELS WHICH ORIGINATE FROM AEC TEST AND RESEARCH REACTORS COMMERCIAL TEST REACTOR S ETS., ARE STORED UNDER WATER IN THE FUEL RECEIVING BASIN UNTIL THEY ARE PROCESSED FOR RECOVERY OF THE VALUABLE NUCLEAR MATERIALS IN SAVANN AH RIVER CHEMICAL SEPARATION FACILITIES TRANSMISSION SCINTIPHOTO OF HUMAN CHEST. RESEARCH BY DR YANO AT THE D ONNER LABORATORY AT THE AECS LRL BERKELEY CALIFORNIA