Published 1988 | Version v1
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The decommissioning machine system for Windscale advanced gas cooled reactor

Creators

Description

The paper reviews the system which has been engineered and is now being manufactured to remotely dismantle the Windscale Advanced Gas Cooled Reactor and transport the waste generated to a waste packaging facility. A description of its operating sequence is also given. (author)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
Thomas Telford Ltd.
Imprint Place
London (UK)
ISBN
0 7277 1355 8
Imprint Title
Decommissioning - 1988
Imprint Pagination
342 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 312-319.

Conference

Title
1. international conference on decommissioning offshore, onshore and nuclear works.
Dates
22-24 Mar 1988.
Place
Manchester (UK).

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
20019364
Subject category
S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CUTTING TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; REACTOR DECOMMISSIONING; REACTOR DISMANTLING; REMOTE CONTROL; REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT; WAGR REACTOR; WASTE TRANSPORTATION
Descriptors DEC
AGR TYPE REACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE COOLED REACTORS; CONTROL; DECOMMISSIONING; DEMOLITION; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EQUIPMENT; GAS COOLED REACTORS; GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; POWER REACTORS; REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; TOOLS; WASTE MANAGEMENT