Fuel Conditioning Facility Zone-to-Zone Transfer Administrative Controls
- Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
The administrative controls associated with transferring containers from one criticality hazard control zone to another in the Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) Fuel Conditioning Facility (FCF) are described. FCF, located at the ANL-West site near Idaho Falls, Idaho, is used to remotely process spent sodium bonded metallic fuel for disposition. The process involves nearly forty widely varying material forms and types, over fifty specific use container types, and over thirty distinct zones where work activities occur. During 1999, over five thousand transfers from one zone to another were conducted. Limits are placed on mass, material form and type, and container types for each zone. All material and containers are tracked using the Mass Tracking System (MTG). The MTG uses an Oracle database and numerous applications to manage the database. The database stores information specific to the process, including material composition and mass, container identification number and mass, transfer history, and the operators involved in each transfer. The process is controlled using written procedures which specify the zone, containers, and material involved in a task. Transferring a container from one zone to another is called a zone-to-zone transfer (ZZT). ZZTs consist of four distinct phases, select, request, identify, and completion.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 757560
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/OD/CP-102173; TRN: US0100251
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Conference: ANS/ENS 2000 International Winter Meeting and Embedded Topical Meetings, Washington, DC (United States), 12-16 Nov 2000; Other Information: PBD: 21 Jun 2000; ISSN 0003-018X
- Publisher:
- American Nuclear Society
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
ANL
CONTAINERS
CRITICALITY
SODIUM
SPENT FUELS
REMOTE HANDLING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
SAFETY
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Zone-to-Zone Transfer (ZZT)
Mass Tracking System (MTG)
Spent Fuel