Barge shipment and reactor handling of a castor V/21 cask

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)

OSTI ID:5658605

Hostick, C J; Lavender, J C; Wakeman, B H

The results of this study consist of a complete handling time/dose assessment for barge transport and reactor loading of a Castor V/21 storage cask. Observations are based on the barge transport and spent-fuel loading of storage casks at the Surry, Virginia, nuclear power plant during 1987. The minimum time required to perform all storage cask-handling activities from ship off-loading through placement of the loaded cask in at-reactor storage was 43.8 h. The addition of delays (due to backshifts not worked, etc.) resulted in a total turnaround time for the operation of {approx}6 days (24 h/day). Total labor requirement was 136 person-hours. Occupational dose for these activities totaled 416 person-mrem of exposure was due to background dose, representing {approx}40% of total dose. The highest dose-producing activity consisted of those steps involved with draining the loaded storage cask (i.e., installing drain pipe and pumping water from cask). This activity resulted in 75 person-mrem of exposure. Lid installation and vacuum drying of the cavity resulted in 56 person-mrem of exposure. The actual loading of spent-fuel assemblies into the storage cask was the third highest dose-contributing activity, resulting in 38 person-mrem of exposure.

• OSTI ID: 5658605
• Report Number(s): CONF-881011-; CODEN: TANSA; TRN: 89-030998
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA), Vol. 57; Conference: Joint meeting of the European Nuclear Society and the American Nuclear Society, Washington, DC (USA), 30 Oct - 4 Nov 1988; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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