Results of uranium test conducted in the reprocessing plant of the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation

This document is the report presented by the nuclear fuel safety specialist committee about the uranium test conducted in the reprocessing plant of the Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation. It was concluded from the evaluation of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd uranium test results that the operability and safety for each process and the training of plant operators achieved the expected results for providing with the basis to enter hot test. The outline of individual tests from the 1st to 3rd tests in the reprocessing functional test, for example, tests for receiving and storing spent fuel, removing fuel clad, dissolving and separating uranium, refining, evaporating and enrichment of uranium solution, treatment and disposal of radioactive wastes, etc. are explained at first. Then the operator training by lecture, field practice in the normal and emergency operation of the reprocessing plant, exposure control including the establishment of radiation management area and personal exposure control gas, liquid and solid waste management, the environmental surveillance for both land and sea, and the small scale troubles are reported briefly. (Nakai, Y.)