Sunday, May 25, 2014

Ultrasonic Fuel Cleaning at Vallecitos, Fall 2003???

I wonder if this ever happened. It would be fun to see the safety analysis for ultrasonic fuel cleaning of 16 discharged BWR fuel assemblies in a pool at Vallecitos.  Maybe they pulled it off under 50.59.

Following is from this blog on August 25, 2007:

First BWR planning to ultrasonically clean fuel:

Quad Cities Unit 2
Planned Date: Spring 2004
Purpose: Dose rate reduction
* Mock-up testing taking place at Vallecitos, 16 discharged assemblies will be cleaned on a pre-trial basis in Fall 2003. Anticipate cleaning first reload assemblies in Spring 2004.

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