TRANSPORT AND DISPOSAL OF TRITIUM-PRODUCING BURNABLE ABSORBERRODS AT THE TRITIUM EXTRACTION FACILITY

摘要

As a part of the Department of Energy Tritium Readiness Program, the Tritium ExtractionrnFacility (TEF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) is preparing to receive the first shipment ofrnirradiated Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods (TPBARs) from the Tennessee ValleyrnAuthority’s Watts Bar Nuclear Plant. Tritium will be extracted from the TPBARs at the TEF.rnThe spent TPBARs will be transported and disposed on site using the TEF Waste Container,rndesigned and fabricated by Packaging Technology, Inc. This paper describes the TPBAR wasternform, the TEF Waste Container to be used to store the waste, the operational sequence associatedrnwith management of the TBPAR waste form and the disposal facility at the SRS.