IAEA/USA Interregional course on
Preparations to Ship Spent Nuclear Fuel (1997)
SAVANNAH RIVER SITE APPENDIX
A AGREEMENT
PREPARATION GUIDELINES
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Mr. Trent Andes
Westinghouse Savannah River Co.
Building 707-C, Room 383
Aiken, SC 29808
Tel.: +1-803-557-9483
Fax: +1-803-557-9080
E-mail: [email protected]
IAEA/USA Interregional Training Course
Technical and Administrative Preparations Required for Shipment of Research Reactor Spent
Fuel to its Country of Origin
13-24 January 1997
Argonne, IL
Lecture L.3.1
MTR FUEL CLASSIFICATION
SAVANNAH RIVER SITE
APPENDIX A AGREEMENT
PREPARATION GUIDELINES
by
Trent C. Andes
Spent Fuel Storage Division
Westinghouse Savannah River Company
Appendix A
- Contract/Agreement between the Department
of Energy (i,e., U.S. Government) and Domestic or Foreign Reactor Facilities
to assume ownership of specified materials to be received at the Savannah
River Site.
- Provides detailed description of specified
materials.
- Utilized by Savannah River Operations
as the basis for safety analysis documentation (i.e., Criticality, Final
Disposition, Facility Standards).
- Required 180 days prior to tentative shipping date.
Appendix A Form Requires:
- Customer (or Reactor Operator) contact
information
- Drawing identification
Drawings typically include:
- Overall assembly
- Fuel elements (plates or tubes)
- Compacts
- Side plates
- End fittings
- Spacers/combs
- Dummy plates
- Handles/grips
Important: Six (6) copies of all drawings are required at time of Appendix A submittal.
- Material description
Important: All dimensions are to be recorded in centimeters.
All weights are to be recorded in grams.
- Nominal fuel "element" description
- Nominal fuel "assembly" description
Nominal Fuel "Element" Description:
- Fuel element type (plate or tube)
- Dimensions
Total element, fuel meat, cladding
- Weights
Total element, fuel meat, and constituents (U, 235 U , Matrix), cladding
- Chemical form of fuel meat
UAlx-Al, U3O8 -Al, U3Six -Al
- Method of sealing cladding and fuel
meat
Nominal Fuel "Assembly" Description:
- Total number of elements
- Dimensions
Overall assembly, side plates, end boxes or fittings, spacers
- Weights
- Overall assembly, total assembly U content,
total assembly 235U content, side plates,
end boxes or fittings, spacers
- Percentage of 235U enrichment
- Canning description
Applicable for failed, distorted, or disassembled fuel assemblies
Important:
If the assembly has been cropped/cut:
- Drawings should indicate crop lines
- Dimensions and weights should be reflected in the descriptions
- Unique assembly identification numbers should be intact
Sodium bearing assemblies
are not
authorized for storage at the SRS.
Appendix A Form Requires (cont.):
- Fuel identification
- List of the specific identification numbers for assemblies described in this contract
- Fuel irradiation specifications
- General history of the specified assemblies in terms of:
- Time in reactor
- Power level
- Burn-up
- Last date of criticality
- Post-irradiation isotopics for the average fuel assembly
- Fuel irradiation history for the specific
assembly
- Match specific assembly to its:
- Pre-irradiation U and 235 U content
- Post-irradiation isotopics
- Operating history
- Decay heat
- Specifications for failed/warped fuel
assemblies
- Notification shall be made to DOE
of any fuels with questionable physical integrity. A minimum of 270 days
notice in advance of the tentative shipping date is required.
- Notification shall be made to DOE
of any fuels with questionable physical integrity. A minimum of 270 days
notice in advance of the tentative shipping date is required.
- Cask and basket identification
- List cask and basket combinations utilized in shipping the specified assemblies.
Savannah River Contacts:
Jay Thomas, WSRC, (803) 557-9526
Trent Andes, WSRC, (803) 557-9483
Peggy Brooks, WSRC, (803) 557-9989