SSPA Equipment Engineering Feasibility Report

N.E. Woolstenhulme ; C.R. Clark

关键词: CONFIGURATION;    CONSTRUCTION;    IRRADIATION;    MACHINING;    PLATES;    POST-IRRADIATION EXAMINATION;    SAMPLE PREPARATION;    SPENT FUELS PIE;    RERTR;    SSPA;    U-Mo;   

DOI  :  10.2172/1035887
RP-ID  :  INL/EXT-11-23173
PID  :  OSTI ID: 1035887
Others  :  TRN: US1201300

学科分类：核能源与工程

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

In response to a demanding reactor conversion schedule, construction of the Shielded Sample Preparation Area (SSPA) was initiated in 2010 to augment the existing capabilities of the Hot Fuel Examination Facility (HFEF). While HFEF is and will remain the workhorse for post irradiation sample preparation, there is currently a large backlog of Post-Irradiation Examination (PIE) experiments caused by numerous competing projects (this backlog is expected to continue for the foreseeable future). HFEF, in its present configuration also lacks the ability to prepare samples suitable for several of the tests that have been identified for the successful conclusion of the RERTR program; these samples require fine detail machining of irradiated fuel plates.