Published 1980 | Version v1
Book

Receiving and shearing spent fuel

  • 1. Battelle Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA

Description

A unique system was designed and constructed to receive and shear (chop) spent-fuel assemblies. Space limitations prevented direct use of most state-of-the-art technology. A major portion of the equipment had to be installed in an existing, contaminated hot cell. As a result, design for remote installation, as well as for remote operation, was required. The total system was successfully used to receive and shear six irradiated pressurized water reactor fuel assemblies, which satisfied programmatic requirements

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
American Nuclear Society Inc.
Imprint Place
La Grange Park, IL
Imprint Title
Proceedings of the 27th conference on remote systems technology
Journal Page Range
p. 252-256.

Conference

Title
American Nuclear Society meeting.
Dates
12 - 16 Nov 1979.
Place
San Francisco, CA, USA.

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
11564662
Subject category
S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S42: ENGINEERING;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
HEAD END PROCESSES; HOT CELLS; MACHINING; PERFORMANCE; REMOTE HANDLING; REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SPECIFICATIONS; SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS
Descriptors DEC
FUEL ELEMENTS; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; REACTOR COMPONENTS