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[en] As part of the United Kingdom's Fast Reactor Development programme two reactors were built and operated at Dounreay in the North of Scotland. DFR (Dounreay Fast Reactor) was operated from 1959-1977 and PFR (Prototype Fast Reactor) was operated from 1974-1994. Both reactors are currently undergoing Stage 1 Decommissioning and are installing plant to dispose of the bulk coolant (DFR ∼ 60 tonne; PFR ∼ 1500 tonne). The coolant (NaK) remaining at DFR is mainly in the primary circuit which contains in excess of 500 TBq of Cs137. Disposal of 40 tonnes of secondary coolant has already been carried out. The paper will describe the processes used to dispose of this secondary circuit coolant and how it is intended the remaining primary circuit coolant will be handled. The programme to process the primary coolant will also be described which involves the conversion of the liquid metal to caustic and its decontamination. No PFR coolant Na has been disposed off to date. The paper will describe the current decommissioning programme activities relating to liquid metal disposal and treatment describing the materials to be disposed of and the issue of decontamination of the effluents. (author)
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Latge, C. (ed.) (CEA, Direction des Reacteurs Nucleaires, Departement d'Etudes des Reacteurs, CEA-Cadarache, Saint-Paul-lez-Durance (France)); International Atomic Energy Agency, International Working Group on Fast Reactors, Vienna (Austria); 316 p; Nov 1997; p. 140-144; Technical committee meeting on sodium removal and disposal from LMFRs in normal operation and in the framework of decommissioning; Aix-en-Provence (France); 3-7 Nov 1997
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ALKALI METALS, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BREEDER REACTORS, CESIUM ISOTOPES, CLEANING, COOLING SYSTEMS, DECOMMISSIONING, ELEMENTS, ENERGY SYSTEMS, ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS, EPITHERMAL REACTORS, EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS, FAST REACTORS, FBR TYPE REACTORS, FLUIDS, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, ISOTOPES, LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS, LIQUIDS, LMFBR TYPE REACTORS, MANAGEMENT, MATERIALS, METALS, NUCLEI, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, POWER REACTORS, PROCESSING, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOACTIVE WASTES, RADIOISOTOPES, REACTOR COMPONENTS, REACTOR COOLING SYSTEMS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, SODIUM COOLED REACTORS, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTES, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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