Maintenance implementation plan for the Fuels and Materials Examination Facility

The FMEF was completed in 1984. It is a modern nuclear materials processing facility located adjacent to the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) in the 400 Area of the Hanford site. FMEF has six operating levels with over 200,000 ft 2 in the main process building. An attached annex, the Fuel Assembly Area (FAA) that has been proposed for FFTF fuel manufacture, includes an additional 25,000 ft 2. Also included in thecomplex is a 30,000 ft 2 entry wing containing primarily office area. The FMEF was originally intended as a breeder reactor laboratory where irradiated fuel and reactor components would be analyzed. As such, itcomprises 16 general purpose hot cells surrounded by analytical and process areas. There is a nearly complete automated oxide fuel fabrication line on the sixth level. The FMEF was originally designed and constructed to ERDA 6301. Evaluations have shown generally good compliance with current DOE Order (6430.1A). This report presents a maintenance plan for the FMEF