OECD-NEA and SANDIA Zirconium Fire Testing

A lot has been going on and a lot has been covered up, but some of it leaks out, but it does not leak out in a timely manner.  

I have found this.

[PDF] OECD-NEA Sandia Fuel Project, June 2009.

Page 1. OECD-NEA Sandia Fuel Project Jennifer Uhle, Division Director Division of Systems Analysis Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research ... pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML0915/ML091590004.pdf - 20k - 2012-12-01

Here is page 1 of 8 from the slide presentation by Uhle of NRC, apparently in the first half of 2009, although apparently it did not get into ADAMS until December 2012.

 OECD-NEA Sandia Fuel Project

Jennifer Uhle, Division Director
Division of Systems Analysis
Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research

And here is page 8 of 8.

Very Draft Schedule
• Work at Sandia begins July 2009
– Ordering equipment, analyses
• Kick-off meeting Paris July 21-22, 2009
• Phase 1 construction January 2010• Phase 1 tests start March 2010
• Phase 1 tests complete August 2010
• Second meeting September 2010
• Phase 2 ballooning November 2010
• Phase 2 construction January 2011
• Phase 2 tests start March 2011
• Phase 2 completion December 2011
• Third meeting January 2012
• Final report June 2012

So, I'll let my Idaho Senator know that NRC lied to him about its open practices.  I'll cite the reference that reveals the NRC lies,ADAMS, ML12059A117, as I go after the details of the work at Sandia and likely elsewhere. I cited the NRC "open practices" letter in my October 5, 2013 entry to this blog and here is part of that:

Is NRC really that open? It is not.

Over a year ago, Borchardt of the NRC told my Senator Risch about NRC's openness and that I could get public information by directly contacting NRC staff instead of asking Senator Risch to get the facts.  It does not work that way, as readers may surmise from my entry of September 28, 2013.

Here is what Borchardt told Senator Risch: 

ADAMS, ML12059A117

March 1, 2012