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Conference Article: Decommissioning experience from the experimental breeder reactor-II

Henslee, S.P.; Rosenberg, K.E. (Argonne National Laboratory-West (ANL-W), Idaho Falls (United States))

Abstract

University of Chicago as Operator of Argonne National Laboratory (Argonne) under contract No. W-31-109-ENG-38 with the U.S. Department of Energy. The U.S. Government retains for itself, and others acting on its behalf, a paid-up nonexclusive, irrevocable worldwide license in said article to reproduce, prepare derivative works, distribute copies to the public, and perform publicly and display publicly, by or on behalf of the Government. Consistent with the intent of this International Atomic Energy Agency technical meeting, decommissioning operating experience and contributions to the preparation for the Coordinated Research Project from Experimental Breeder Reactor-II activities will be discussed. This paper reviews aspects of the decommissioning activities of the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II, makes recommendations for future decommissioning activities and reactor system designs and discusses relevant areas of potential research and development. These activities were performed safely, effectively, efficiently and on schedule. Of primary interest are those recommendations stemming from the lessons learned in performing the decommissioning activities. Goals have been suggested for future reactor designs and current decommissioning activities. Finally, the decommissioning experience from the EBR-II has resulted in discussion of relevant Coordinated Research Program topics

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key words: anl; coordinated research programs; ebr-2 reactor; efficiency; reactor decommissioning; recommendations; safety; schedules; breeder reactors; epithermal reactors; experimental reactors; fast reactors; fbr type reactors; liquid metal cooled reactors; lmfbr type reactors; power reactors; reactors; research and test reactors; sodium cooled reactors;
Reference:
Proceedings of a Technical Meeting held in Cadarache, France 11-15 March 2002
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
IAEA-TECDOC--1405, pp:137-140