Abstracts and Available Papers Presented at the 2005 International RERTR Meeting
SUCCESSFUL
REMOVAL OF MORE THAN 200 SPENT HEU FUEL ASSEMBLIES FROM
THE HIGH FLUX REACTOR AT PETTEN
Catherine Anne
NAC International
Norcross, GA, USA
and
Fred Wijtsma
Nuclear Research and consultancy Group
Petten, The Netherlands
and
Francois de Smedt
Transrad
Fleurus, Belgium
and
Arthur Gevers
European Commission – Joint Research Centre
Petten, The Netherlands
ABSTRACT
Earlier this year, a shipment of 210 spent Highly
Enriched Uranium (HEU) Material Test Reactor (MTR) fuel
assemblies representing more than 100kg of HEU
(pre-irradiation) were shipped from the High Flux
Reactor (HFR) in Petten, Netherlands to the US
Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site. The HFR is
owned by the European Commission, Joint Research Centre
(JRC) while the Nuclear Research and consultancy Group (NRG)
is the reactor operator and license holder. Since the
start of the Foreign Research Reactor Program in 1996,
this was the largest shipment of MTR fuel elements
originating from a single facility. A total of five
NAC-LWT casks were used to support this shipment.
Multiple technical, licensing, interface and scheduling
challenges needed to be overcome to meet the project
objectives. During the five months of project planning
and execution, the project team (JRC, NRG, Transrad, NAC,
DOE and Westinghouse) has been working in close
cooperation and good spirit to achieve a safe and
successful shipment. The paper presents how the team
completed this important shipment for the future of the
HFR.
Contact: Dr. Jordi Roglans-Ribas
Technical Director, RERTR Department
Nuclear Engineering Division – 362
Argonne National Laboratory
9700 South Cass Avenue
Argonne, IL 60439
Fax: +1 630-252-5161
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