Document Details
Title:
REMOVAL OF " SPENT " URANIUM FROM SOUTH FACE OF REACTOR, BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LAB
Author(s):
UNK, [BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY]
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:
1957 Dec 31
Declassification Status:
Never classified
Document Pages:
0002
Accession Number:
NV0097914
Document Number(s):
AEC575693
Originating Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
OpenNet Entry Date:
1994 Aug 27
OpenNet Modified Date:
2003 Sep 18
Description/Abstract:
UPTON LONG ISLAND NEW YORK...REMOVING "SPENT" URANIUM FROM SOUTH FACE OF REACTOR BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY. USING HOLES IN THE CHARGIN E FACE OF THE BROOKHAVEN REACTOR TECHNICIANS REMOVE URANIUM FROM THE G RAPHITE CUBE. AFATER URANIUM HAS CHAIN REACTED IN THE REACTOR FOR MAN Y MONTHS OR YEARS DEPENDING ON LOCATION SO MANY ATOMS HAVE SPLIT (FISS IONED) IN A PARTICULAR URANIUM FUEL ELEMENT THAT IT MUST BE REPLACED T O MAINTAIN EFFICIENCY OF OPERATION. WHILE THE TECHNICIAN AT LEFT USES A PERISCOPE TO SCAN THE VACANT SPACE BETWEEN THE CONCRETE SHIELD SHOW N AND THE REACTOR PROPER A COLLEAGUE CENTER USES A ROD TO PUT THE FUEL ELEMENT OUT. A HOOK IN THE ROD ENGAGES THE APPROPRIATE PART OF THE F UEL ELEMENT. A SURVEY METER IS USED TO DETECT RADIATION WHICH MIGHT E SCAPE INTO THE AIR RESPIRATORS CONTAIN FILTERS TO TRAP RADIOACTIE DUST WHICH MIGHT DRIFT INTO THE AIR AND HEADPHONES PERMIT CONTACT WITH OTH ER TECHNICIANS ON TOP OF THE REACTOR ASSISTING IN THE OPERATION. THE LATTER "TEAM" HELPS EASE THE FUEL ELEMENT DOWN BEHIND THE SHIELD INTO A CANAL BELOW.