Identification of a breached fuel pin in the Interim Examination and Maintenance Cell
At the Interim Examination and Maintenance (IEM) Cell, experiments are routinely disassembled and examined following irradiation in the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF). Recently and for the first time, a fueled experiment which had breached its cladding during irradiation was disassembled in the cell. The processing objective was to locate and identify the one pin (out of 217 pins) with breached cladding, and recover selected test pins for further examination. Identification of the breached pin proved to be challenging. After all pins were weighed the data were inconclusive, and alternate procedures had to be developed and implemented. Ultimately, four independent methods were used to pinpoint the breached pin.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 6301522
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-SA-0091; CONF-8711195-5; ON: DE89010105
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Nuclear Society winter meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 15 Nov 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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