Published April 1994
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Decommissioning of research reactors experience in the United Kingdom
- 1. British Nuclear Fuels plc, London (United Kingdom)
- 2. AEA Technology, Harwell (United Kingdom)
Description
The UK has operated a wide variety of experimental and prototype reactors since the start of the Civil Nuclear Power programme in the mid 1950s. Many of these are shut down are are at various stages of decommissioning. This paper explains the approach to research reactor decommissioning adopted by the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority and British Nuclear Fuels plc drawing on current projects as examples. 1 fig
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- The Institution of Engineers Australia.
- Imprint Place
- Canberra (Australia)
- Imprint Title
- 9th Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference. Nuclear energy, science and technology - Pacific partnership. Proceedings Volume 2
- Imprint Pagination
- 572 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 1083-1087.
Conference
- Title
- 9. Pacific Basin Nuclear Conference.
- Dates
- 1-6 May 1994.
- Place
- Sydney (Australia).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- Australia
- Country of Input or Organization
- Australia
- INIS RN
- 26057103
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- DECOMMISSIONING; DIDO REACTOR; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; PLANNING; PLUTO REACTOR; RADIATION DOSES; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM; URR REACTOR
- Descriptors DEC
- ARGONAUT TYPE REACTORS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; EUROPE; HEAVY WATER COOLED REACTORS; HEAVY WATER MODERATED REACTORS; IRRADIATION REACTORS; ISOTOPE PRODUCTION REACTORS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS TESTING REACTORS; MONITORING; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; RESEARCH REACTORS; TANK TYPE REACTORS; TEST FACILITIES; TEST REACTORS; THERMAL REACTORS; TRAINING REACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS; WESTERN EUROPE