ML19291C896
| ML19291C896 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Site: | Yankee Rowe |
| Issue date: | 07/18/1963 |
| From: | Hall D Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards |
| To: | Seaborg G US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC) |
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| Download: ML19291C896 (1) | |
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4 ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON REACTOR SAFEGUrtDS UNITED STATES ATOMIC ENERGY CCMMISSION WASHINGTON 25, D.C.
July 15, 1963 Honorable Glenn T. Seaborg Chairman U. S. Atomic Energy Co=sission Washington, D. C.
Subject:
REPORT ON YANREE ATOMIC ELECTRIC COMPANY, CORE III
Dear Dr. Seaborg:
At its forty-eighth meeting on July 11-13, 1963, at Los Alamos, New Mexico, the Advisory Committee on Peactor Safeguards considered Proposed Change No. 36 which refers to refueling the Yankee reactor with Core III. The proposal involves a change in the loading pattern and fuel enrichment as well as the use of coric acid at power. The Committee had the benefit of the referenced documents and discussions with representatives of Ycnkee Atomic Electric Company, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, and the AEC Regulatory staff.
Or. February 10, 1962, the Committee, in response to a regaest from the Commission, reported ou increased enrichment for the proposed Core III and the use of boric acid in the primary coolant at power. At that time, information on the design of the new core and a complete safety cualysis vera not available and several unresolved areas were indicated.
Since then, complete design details have been provided and questicas rela-tive to such items as shut down margin, integrity of the boron injection system, and control rod worth have been resolved. On the basis of the information presented, the Advisory Co=mittee on Reactor Safeguards believes that the proposed Core III loading and operation up to full power with boric acid in the primary coolant may be carried out without undue hazard to the health and safety of the public.
Dr. T. J. Thompson did not participate in this review.
Sincerely yours,
- y D. E Hall Chairman
References:
1.
Proposed Change No. 36, dated June 7, 1963.
2.
Sepplement to Proposed Change No. 36, dated July 1, 1963.
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