Development of a Remotely Operated Band Saw for the Tritium Extraction Facility
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: 9th Topical Meeting on Robotics and Remote Systems, Seattle, WA (US), 03/04/2001--03/08/2001; Other Information: PBD: 10 Jan 2001
- Subject
- 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS IRRADIATION
PRODUCTION
PWR TYPE REACTORS
SAVANNAH RIVER
TRITIUM
- Language
- English
Future tritium production will be accomplished by irradiation of Tritium Producing Burnable Absorber Rods (TPBARs) in a pressurized water reactor (PWR). The highly radioactive TPBARs will be shipped from the PWR to the Savannah River Site for processing. All processing operations will be accomplished remotely including preparation of the TPBARs for extraction by providing a vent path for the tritium. The Tritium Extraction Facility (TEF) will accomplish this breaching operation by using a remotely operated band saw. The development of the system necessary to breach the TPBARs is the focus of this paper.