Published 1988 | Version v1
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The oxide fuel shearing system for THORP

  • 1. British Nuclear Fuels plc, Risley, Warrington, Cheshire (UK)

Description

For the new Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant (THORP) under construction at Sellafield, BNFL has adopted the conventional bulk shear/batch dissolver head end process. The shear has a design throughput of 7te/day of water-cooled or gas-cooled reactor fuel. The design emphasis has been on high availability, flexibility to cope with the diverse feedstock and low radiation dose to the operators. This paper describes these and other aspects of the Oxide Fuel Shearing System

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
University of Arizona Nuclear Engineering Dept.
Imprint Place
Tucson, AZ (USA)
Imprint Title
Waste management '88
Imprint Pagination
vp.
Series
Volume II: High-level waste and general interest.
Journal Page Range
p. 507-512.

Conference

Title
symposium on radioactive waste management.
Acronym
Waste management '88
Dates
28 Feb - 3 Mar 1988.
Place
Tucson, AZ (USA).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
20078854
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
CHEMICAL REACTORS; DISSOLUTION; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; RADIATION PROTECTION; REPROCESSING; SHEAR; SOLID FUELS; UNITED KINGDOM
Descriptors DEC
CHALCOGENIDES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENERGY SOURCES; EUROPE; FUELS; MATERIALS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-880201--.