Decontamination and Decommissioning of Nuclear Facilities

Abstract

Decontamination: The Utility Viewpoint.- A Review of Recent D & D Program Activities in the International Community.- NRC View of Decontamination and Decommissioning.- Department of Energy Programs for Decontamination and Decommissioning.- Decommissioning Standards.- A State's Perspective.- Power Plant Decontamination (Part I).- Review of Plant Decontamination Methods.- Chemical Decontamination of KWU Reactor Installations.- Candidate Reagents for Activity Reduction in BWR and PWR Primary Systems.- Design Considerations for PHWR Decontamination.- Decontamination Experience in Ontario Hydro.- Decontamination of the Hanford N-Reactor in Support of Continued Operation.- Experience in Decontamination and Operation of Radwaste Evaporators at Commonwealth Edison's Zion Generating Station.- Decontamination for Continued Operation: An Industry-Wide Approach.- Decontamination and Decommissioning of Fuel Cycle and Research Facilities (Part I).- Decommissioning of Commercial Shallow-Land Burial Sites.- Soil Decontamination at Rocky Flats.- Analysis of Soil Samples from OMRE Decommissioning Project.- Low-Level Radioactive Waste from Rare Metals Processing Facilities.- Decommissioning a Tritium Glove-Box Facility.- Decontamination and Refurbishment of the Hot Fuel Examination Facility South (HFEF/S) Argon Cell.- A Decommissioning Plan for Particle Accelerators.- Volume Reduction of Radioactive Waste Resulting from Decontamination of Surplus Nuclear Facilities.- Power Plant Decontamination (Part II).- Engineering Aspects of Dresden Unit I Chemical Cleaning.- Results to Date of the Dresden-I Chemical Cleaning.- Dissolution Characteristics of Metal Oxides in Water Cooled Reactors.- TEPCO BWR Decontamination Experience.- Dilute Chemical Decontamination Program Review.- Research and Development on BWR-System Decontamination in Sweden.- In SITU Decontamination of Parts of the Primary Loops at The Gundremmingen Nuclear Power Plant.- Power Reactor Decommissioning (Part I).- U. S. Licensed Reactor Decommissioning Experience.- Experience and Plans for the Decommissioning of Nuclear Reactors in OECD-Nuclear Energy Agency Countries.- Decommissioning Situation in the Federal Republic of Germany.- Decommissioning Peach Bottom Unit 1.- The Use of Engineering Scale Models in Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities.- Planning for Decommissioning of the Shippingport Atomic Power Station.- Power Reactor Decommissioning (Part II).- Residual Activity Limits for Decommissioning.- Design Considerations for Facility Decommissioning.- Decommissioning Methods and Equipment.- Equipment for Remote Dismantling.- The Decontamination of Concrete.- Demolition of Concrete Structures by Heat: A Preliminary Study.- Planning Study and Economic Feasibility for Extended Life Operation of Light Water Reactor Plants.- Decontamination and Decommissioning of Fuel Cycle and Research Facilities (Part II).- ECT Remedial Action Program.- Management of the DOE Inventory of Excess Radioactively Contaminated Facilities.- Summary of the Development of a Cost/Risk/ Benefit Analysis for the Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Hanford Z-Plant.- OMRE and Hallam Decommissioning Projects at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory.- Three Vessel Replacements at Chalk River.- Decommissioning the Sodium Reactor Experiment: A Status Report.- Hanford Production Reactor Decommissioning.- Radiation Field and Exposure Control.- The Impact of Decontamination on LWR Radioactive Waste Management Treatment Systems.- Occupational Exposure and ALARA.- Radiation Control in PWR Primary Systems.- Coolant Chemistry Control During PWR Shutdown-Cooldown.- Effect of High-Temperature Filtration on PWR Plant Radiation Fields.- The French Program on Electromagnetic Filtration.- BWR Radiation Control Through Operational Practices.- Radiation Exposure, Radiation Control and Decontamination.- Economic Aspects of Power Reactor Decommissioning.- Evaluating Decommissioning Costs for Nuclear Power Plants.- Optimization of Costs Versus Radiation Exposures in Decommissioning.- State Regulatory Impact on Reactor Decommissioning: Financing Approaches and Their Cost.- An Analysis of Decommissioning Costs and Funding.- Financial Aspects of Power Reactor Decommissioning.- Financial and Accounting Alternatives for the Recovery of Nuclear Plant Decommissioning Costs.- Methods of Power Reactor Decommissioning Cost Recovery.- Appendix A: The Call for Responsible Regulation.