Daniel Kuster
(Paul Scherrer Institut)
9/22/14, 11:00 AM
Remote Handling
Oral
MEGAPIE is an experiment aiming at demonstrating the safe operation of a liquid-metal spallation target at a beam power level of 1 MW in the SINQ target station at the PSI. It is an international collaboration of ten partners and is of relevance for accelerator driven reactor systems, in which an accelerator and target provide the neutrons necessary to maintain a fission reaction. The MEGAPIE...
Mr
David Barker
(Aquila Nuclear Engineering Ltd)
9/23/14, 9:00 AM
Remote Handling
Oral
It is important to undertake any hot cell and containment project with a clear statement of intent. This statement of intent is sometimes called a Functional Requirement Specification or FRS.
It is the FRS that should be used as the basis for design and the process from which all other items are developed.
The paper will describe the engineering process employed by Aquila Nuclear...
Gary DOEBLER
(PaR Systems, Inc.)
9/23/14, 10:00 AM
Remote Handling
Oral
PaR Systems has been providing remotely-controlled manipulator systems for use in hot cells since 1961. These systems traditionally consist of a bridge which traverses crane rails on the inside of the cell walls; a carriage that traverses rails on the bridge; a telescoping mast that provides vertical travel; and an electro-mechanical manipulator. Manipulators are generally 5-7 axes and are...
Mr
FRANCK DOMINJON
(CEA)
9/23/14, 10:30 AM
Remote Handling
Oral
In 2009 CEA decided to replace the Heavy Manipulator (HM) of Irradiated fuel elements Cell of the French nuclear power plant PHENIX. The heavy manipulator broke down in 2010 after 40 years of operation. Nearly all means of remote operations in this cell were lost. This HM failure leads to stop the maintenance of other equipment in the hot cell. The replacement program was implemented and...
Dr
Jean-Luc PAUL
(CEA), Mr
Philippe BRUGUIER
(CEA)
9/23/14, 11:00 AM
Remote Handling
Oral
The Phenix Irradiated Elements Cell was started up in 1973 and the Annex Cell in 1981. They are dedicated to the dismantling of the spent fuel sub-assemblies, to the post-irradiated nondestructive examinations on the sub-assemblies, the irradiated capsules and the pins, and, in the early stage of operation to the refabrication of new experimental capsules with irradiated pins.
The...
Mr
Ki-Soo Heo
(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
9/23/14, 11:30 AM
Remote Handling
Oral
To measure a very small fission gas amount in fuel rod, laser puncturing was available to make hole on the surface of a cladding tube instead of steel needle puncturing due to reduction of chamber volume. After puncturing, pressure difference was measured by a fine pressure gauge. A small chamber and a quartz tube were used to measure small gas amount and to penetrate laser shot from outside....
Mr
Smail Chalal
(Carl Zeiss sas, France)
9/23/14, 1:30 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
Abstract for HotLab-2014 conference
FIB/SEM in a hot cell
I. Zacharie AUBRUN1 , O. RABOUILLE2 , P. Montel3 , R. Soto3 ,C. DEPAGNE4, S. CHALAL4
1 CEA Cadarache (DEC/SA3C/LEMCI), 2 CEA Saclay (DEN/DMN/SEMI/LM2E), 3 Defisystèmes, 4 Carl Zeiss sas France
Introduction
A FIB/SEM is an instrument combining a Focus Ion Beam and a high resolution field emission Scanning Electron Microscope....
Mr
Magnus Göhran
(Work Package Manager)
9/23/14, 2:00 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
The European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund, Sweden will be a 5MW long pulsed neutron research facility with planned commissioning in 2019. A connected hot cell facility will deal with the large, heavy and complex radioactive components as they reach their lifetime limit after service in the neutron research facility. The hot cell will be unique in its design for this specific reason. A special...
Mr
Lennart Åström
(Fagerström Industrikonsult AB)
9/23/14, 2:30 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
The European Spallation Source (ESS), Lund, Sweden will be a 5MW long pulsed neutron spallation research facility with planned commission 2019. The ESS hot cell facility will be equipped with several systems and functions, where one of the functions shall cover the complete dismantling, separation and preparation for final disposal of the irradiated tungsten target wheel. The target wheel has...
Mr
Johny Thomas
(IGCAR)
9/23/14, 3:30 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
Radiometallurgy Laboratary (RML) at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam consists of seven concrete shielded α,β,γ hot cells, each having a floor area of 5.5m x 2.1m and wall thickness 1200 mm, designed to handle up to 3.7X107 GBq activity (gamma,1 MeV). The hot cells are maintained in inert gas (nitrogen) atmosphere for handling reactive and pyrophoric fuels. ...
GILLES FERLAY
(CEA MARCOULE)
9/24/14, 11:00 AM
Remote Handling
Oral
In the frame of the back-end of the nuclear spent fuel, the shielded cells of ATALANTE facility which are called C11-C12, are dedicated to R&D studies on the high-activity chemistry of the dissolution of spent nuclear fuel and more generally to the issues of the first step of the PUREX process. The experimental programs carried out since the hot commissioning in 1999 have required permanent...
Mr
Hyoung-Mun Kwon
(Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
9/24/14, 11:30 AM
Remote Handling
Oral
KAERI developed a shielded secondary electron microscope, which was remodeled from the Philips XL-30 model in 1998. The SEM was installed inside a glovebox, which had the shielding wall of 17 cm carbon steel and the confinement wall of hardened glass. Also, the glovebox was connected to the deep under pressure (DUP) line of a HVAC system. The shielded SEM has been applied to fractography of a...
Mr
Johan Schuurmans
(SCK-CEN)
9/24/14, 1:30 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
Experience has shown that it is practically impossible to obtain a reproducible, sharp, narrow machined notch using conventional manufacturing techniques that will simulate a natural crack well enough to provide a satisfactory fracture toughness test result. Consequently, all specimens used for the determination of the fracture toughness of metallic materials must contain notches sharpened...
Dr
Eberhard Bamberg
(Viteris Technologies), Dr
Edward Obbard
(Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation)
9/24/14, 2:00 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
The Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) has operated research reactors since the late 1950s. The OPAL reactor was commissioned in 2007 and is used as a source of neutrons for medicine, provision of beams for research, silicon irradiation, NAA/DNAA and the effects of neutron irradiation on structural materials. While ANSTO has extensive hot cell facilities on site...
Dr
Ondrej Srba
(Centrum vyzkumu Rez)
9/24/14, 2:30 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
Paper presents the continuation of construction of hot cell facility within the project SUSEN (Sustainable Energy) at CVR (Research centre Rez) [1]. The cells will be used for preparation and testing of irradiated structural materials. The project uses existing building converted for the purpose of placement of new hot cells. New design is used – heavy shielding with airtight steel box.
Paper...
Mr
Radim Kopriva
(UJV Rez, a. s.)
9/24/14, 3:30 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
The paper presents the procedure and current status of refurbishment project of two semi-hot cells at UJV Rez, a. s. with linked project focused on the design and construction of new transport system for irradiated specimens from semi-hot cell No. 1 to the refurbished semi-hot cell no. 9. Reconstruction was carried out at the Mechanical Testing Department of Integrity and Technical Engineering...
Heiko-Dirk Potthast
(Paul Scherrer Institut)
9/24/14, 4:00 PM
Remote Handling
Oral
In nuclear research it is most important to gain efficient solutions in waste management following all terms to content all involved parties.
Within the PSI HOTLAB liquid waste treatment facility called "FIXBOX" liquid radioactive waste is conditioned to be submitted to intermediate storage or final disposal as cemented solid drums. Recently, the third generation of the FIXBOX is in its...
