"Sometimes, when it gets too hot, you need to look in the kitchen," the legacy fuel coupon transfer project at Brookhaven national laboratory.
This paper describes the activities that were involved with transferring, packaging, and shipping sixteen legacy fuel coupons and the unusual techniques employed. After remaining on the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) Isotopes and Special Material (ISM) Group's inventory for several years, the fuel coupons were finally deemed waste in 2004. The fuel coupons were originally destined for the Hanford Site and were packaged according to Hanford's disposal criteria. After losing the Hanford Site disposal option shortly after packaging the coupons, the Savannah River Site (SRS) became the next option. The fuel coupons would be sent to SRS and stored in an underwater storage facility. This outlet required that the fuel coupons be repackaged and placed into a Shielded Inner Storage Can (SISC) for transfer into the SRS storage pool. Because the initial package had not been envisioned to require any repackaging, the resulting effort required many non-traditional techniques.
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Patrick T
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Brookhaven National Laboratory, PO Box 5000, Building 860, Upton, NY 11973, USA. sulli@bnl.gov
D009518:New York; D011356:Product Labeling; D019064:Product Packaging / Q000379:methods*; D011850:Radioactive Waste; D012037:Refuse Disposal / Q000379:methods*
D011850:Radioactive Waste