Decontamination and Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Decontamination the Utility Viewpoint....Pages 1-2
A Review of Recent D & D Program Activities in the International Community....Pages 3-8
NRC’S View of Decontamination and Decommissioning....Pages 9-12
Department of Energy Programs for Decontamination and Decommissioning....Pages 13-16
Decommissioning Standards....Pages 17-23
A State’s Perspective....Pages 25-31
Review of Plant Decontamination Methods....Pages 33-45
Chemical Decontamination of KWU Reactor Installations....Pages 47-64
Candidate Reagents for Activity Reduction in BWR and PWR Primary Systems....Pages 65-80
Design Considerations for PHWR Decontamination....Pages 81-91
Decontamination Experience in Ontario Hydro....Pages 93-105
Decontamination of the Hanford N-Reactor in Support of Continued Operation....Pages 107-115
Experience in Decontamination and Operation of Radwaste Evaporators at Commonwealth Edison’s Zion Generating Station....Pages 117-129
Decontamination for Continued Operation: An Industry-Wide Approach....Pages 131-144
Decommissioning of Commercial Shallow-Land Burial Sites....Pages 145-159
Soil Decontamination at Rocky Flats....Pages 161-172
Analysis of Soil Samples from OMRE Decommissioning Project....Pages 173-186
Low-Level Radioactive Waste from Rare Metals Processing Facilities....Pages 187-200
Decommissioning a Tritium Glove-Box Facility....Pages 201-214
Decontamination and Refurbishment of the Hot Fuel Examination Facility South (HFEF/S) Argon Cell....Pages 215-231
A Decommissioning Plan for Particle Accelerators....Pages 233-247
Volume Reduction of Radioactive Waste Resulting from Decontamination of Surplus Nuclear Facilities....Pages 249-257
Engineering Aspects of Dresden Unit 1 Chemical Cleaning....Pages 259-268
Results to Date of the Dresden-1 Chemical Cleaning....Pages 269-280
Dissolution Characteristics of Metal Oxides in Water Cooled Reactors....Pages 281-292
Tepco BWR Decontamination Experience....Pages 293-303
Dilute Chemical Decontamination Program Review....Pages 305-315
Research and Development on BWR-System Decontamination in Sweden....Pages 317-328
In SITU Decontamination of Parts of the Primary Loops at the Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant....Pages 329-336
U. S. Licensed Reactor Decommissioning Experience....Pages 337-348
Experience and Plans for The Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors in OECD — Nuclear Energy Agency Countries....Pages 349-361
Decommissioning Situation in the Federal Republic of Germany....Pages 363-384
Decommissioning Peach Bottom Unit 1....Pages 385-394
The Use of Engineering Scale Models in Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities....Pages 395-400
Planning for Decommissioning of The Shippingport Atomic Power Station....Pages 401-410
Residual Activity Limits for Decommissioning....Pages 411-420
Design Considerations for Facility Decommissioning....Pages 421-426
Decommissioning Methods and Equipment....Pages 427-441
Equipment for Remote Dismantling....Pages 443-449
The Decontamination of Concrete....Pages 451-455
Demolition of Concrete Structures by Heat--a Preliminary Study....Pages 457-469
Planning Study and Economic Feasibility for Extended Life Operation of Light Water Reactor Plants....Pages 471-484
ECT Remedial Action Program....Pages 485-492
Management of the DOE Inventory of Excess Radioactively Contaminated Facilities....Pages 493-503
Summary of the Development of a Cost/Risk/Benefit Analysis for the Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Hanford Z-Plant....Pages 505-518
OMRE and Hallam Decommissioning Projects at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory....Pages 519-529
Three Vessel Replacements at Chalk River....Pages 531-545
Decommissioning the Sodium Reactor Experiment, a Status Report....Pages 547-557
Hanford Production Reactor Decommissioning....Pages 559-573
The Impact of Decontamination on LWR Radioactive Waste Treatment Systems....Pages 575-593
Occupational Exposure and Alara....Pages 595-608
Radiation Control in PWR Primary Systems....Pages 609-622
Coolant Chemistry Control During PWR Shutdown-Cooldown....Pages 623-631
Effect of High-Temperature Filtration on PWR Plant Radiation Fields....Pages 633-647
The French Program on Electromagnetic Filtration....Pages 649-664
BWR Radiation Control Through Operational Practices....Pages 665-678
Radiation Exposure, Radiation Control and Decontamination....Pages 679-693
Evaluating Decommissioning Costs for Nuclear Power Plants....Pages 695-708
Optimization of Costs Versus Radiation Exposures in Decommissioning....Pages 709-723
State Regulatory Impact on Reactor Decommissioning: Financing Approaches and Their Cost....Pages 725-737
An Analysis of Decommissioning Costs and Funding....Pages 739-750
Financial Aspects of Power Reactor Decommissioning....Pages 751-760
Financial and Accounting Alternatives for the Recovery of Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Costs....Pages 761-775
Methods of Power Reactor Decommissioning Cost Recovery....Pages 777-790
Back Matter....Pages 791-803