|
Plant/Facility
|
Reactor Internals
|
Reactor Vessel
|
| BGRR (Brookhaven) |
Mechanical; dry unbolting and cutting (not completed as of 11/30/05)
|
TBD; dry mechanical segmentation
will probably be performed in 2006 - 2007 |
| Big
Rock Point |
Mechanical; saws.
(Nut and bolt removal).
(need more information).
|
Removed whole.
Mechanical cutting (turning), Diamond Wire, and MDM used to cut vessel
piping (done dry). |
|
Connecticut
Yankee
(Haddam Neck)
|
Abrasive Water Jet (underwater).
MDM (underwater). |
Removed whole. |
| CVTR (Parr) |
Mechanical; dry cutting and unbolting. |
Mechanical; dry segmentation awarded, but not started
as of 11/30/05.
|
|
EBWR (Argonne)
|
Thermal (underwater and dry).
|
Mechanical; turning (dry),
Milling (dry).
Abrasive Water Jet (dry).
Thermal (dry). |
| Fermi
1 |
Method to be determined late-2006. |
Mechanical segmentation possible
but intact removal quicker. No earlier than 2007. |
Fort St. Vrain
(Pre-stressed Concrete RV [PCRV]) |
Long Handle Tools (underwater),
Some MDM |
Diamond Wire (dry),
Underwater divers using hand tools, Oxilance (dry). |
| La Crosse |
Internals will be shipped inside RV. |
RV will be removed whole
in 2006-2007 by Bigge. |
| Maine
Yankee |
Abrasive Water Jet (underwater) and Mechanical
(underwater) |
Removed whole. |
| Millstone
1 |
Mechanical (underwater). |
|
| NS Savannah |
We assume the internals will
remain in the vessel. |
We believe it will be removed
whole around 2008. |
| Omega
West |
Mechanical (dry). Remote disassembly and
limited cutting using Plasma Arc and mechanical shears for size reduction. |
Vessel was removed using remote tools (Track
Hoe w/hammer & shear, BROKK w/hammer & shear as bioshield was demolished). |
| Pathfinder |
|
|
| Plum
Brook 1 (NASA) |
Mechanical; nut and bolt removal,
milling (dry).
Thermal; limited use outside of RV (dry). |
Mechanical; milling, turning,
and drilling (dry). Semi-remote.
Thermal; lower sections of RV (dry). Hands-on. |
| Plum
Brook MUR (NASA) |
Mechanical; nut and bolt removal (dry).
|
N/A (swimming pool type). |
| Rancho Seco |
Mechanical; sawing (underwater) with rotary
and reciprocating blades.
Currently in progress or recently completed. |
Abrasive
Water Jet (dry): The owner is self performing the cutting. It will
be the fourth pressurized reactor vessel in the United States to have
been segmented when completed in 2006. |
| Saxton |
Believe intact in Reactor Vessel (RV) |
Removed whole. |
| Shippingport |
Thermal (underwater). Grouted inside Reactor
Vessel (RV) |
Removed whole. |
| Shoreham |
Thermal (underwater). |
Mechanical; turning (dry).
Thermal; (dry). |
| San
Onofre 1 (SONGS-1) |
Abrasive Water Jet (underwater).
MDM (underwater). |
Removed whole. |
| Three
Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2) |
Thermal (underwater).
Possibly Abrasive Water Jet had limited use.
Some internals still in place. |
Still in place.
Scheduled for 2014 with Unit-1
|
| Trojan |
Intact in Reactor Vessel (RV). |
Removed whole. |
| Waltz Will |
Removed per DP. |
Removed per DP. |
| Yankee
Rowe |
Thermal (underwater). |
Removed whole. |
The
purpose of this table is to provide the reader with an overview of what
processes were used to segment the reactor internals and reactor vessel
at various USA nuclear facilities. Facilities that had intact removal
of the reactor vessel and the internals are noted as such. Smaller "swimming
pool" type reactors generally will not be listed here.