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Monthly Operating Rept for Apr 1969 for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp
ML20085G874
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Issue date: 04/30/1969
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01:2..!:1.t The othede. led p3 m1 ce* ve uhish van begun oa October 18, 1969, vac coat iuued 1,hi ongla ut this report porJed.

The najor effort van devoted to innta)1ing ond cherhing c.ut the $w core nu.lcar junt reaentation chanucir nnd Jonding Corc 131 int o the reactor.

Da AprU 3 0, t he J ondJng of the 23 core ill nain fuel nor.e.cb]ics,

t he ninc " ' aant nM ico, and sl:. coat rol rods and followra vac conpleted.

Seven non-- f ue) test rods vere also inscrit d in the removnb)e rod posit jons-of the 9x9 nnsevh]Jen.

A diagrou of Sa.st ca Core 111 is at tached.

Da Apr31 25,1bc vpper core supr rt. barrel van inctalled in the reactor imd t he inn t rut ant fr me Iv.vr.d into pon]

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On Aprl) 20, the' reactor vessel head uan inctalled on the renetor.

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The nonsured drop tinan ucre betecca 767 r.ud 050 m3311cccondn.

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3965,-nfter inntallation of Cole 11, comparnh?c rod drop testo teve coaducted 4 be ocasured tinen ucre between 761 and 850 nlllivecoudn.

On Aprf) 29, a 1/;: p3o1 vernus c 1 rod poM -ion with 1627 ppm boron uns ren to deter,, toc the chutdv.n untgin.

ohutdown nargin uas determined t o be p enter then 16% uhich in ths ec1culated c l rod bcnh worth.

.. Reactor vencel herd bo3L inctal]

.n was begun on April 29 cud unc in progreen c: the end of the racnth.

Two n3t erici irradiat:f on capsule ecsoc.blics incta] led in the reactor in October 1965 vere-rcroved f rom dumy feel acsenhly posit ions A-4 and C-6 f or shipment off site.

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Op):P.W)O::AL TESTS The SEC fire end evacuation alarra vere tested April 4,11,18 and 25.

The ironthly test of the radiction monitoring nyctem was completed on April 4.

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The principal itces of.machanical naintenanco dur'Ing the month included l

cleaning the control room air conditioner coolers; repairing the containuent vessel cronc universal joint; installing a new river unter line to the-instrument air coolcr; c] caning the vator jacket on the instrument air compresnor and ropacking the comprennor picton; replacing a scetion of pipe ~dn the hotvoll vent linc; repairing the high radiation area fence around the vaste drum otoranc Arco; procoscing eleven drums of evcporator unste; painting the souple room pancl; patkerizing and c3cet.ro-filming the reactor vessel stud bolto and acorn nuts; replacing the control and

- au:d]iory bu1] ding air handler profiltcis; and repairjny the RUDF roof drain.

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'the major it em of e.letti j eal and innt rtnent mintenance included fahrJent.ing tuo vatertight can:. for t he refueling in-core nuclent inntruantetion; cheching the vpecific 1.racity of the station nerv)ce bat teries; celibrating and innt a)1ing. t he' in-col o nuclear innt ruent et J on; replacing e3ectronic tubec in the EUDP sump pump c ontro13 er; innteillon a 500 U heat ec in the nuc1 car instrumentatica junction box; Jnntelljnp hingen and a gathet ca the nuclear instrument etion junct ion bou; rebuilding and inct 01) Jng c notor on the MEDP evaporator roon ml>iing fan; cleaning and repairing t he river unter pressure regulator; inst alling a neu

.conductivlty probe in the make-up purification countic twik; repsiring the_ high voltage por6r nupply on the count ronu spectrouct er; replacing the UTD in the nunber t.hree spent resin storage tank; cleaning the RUpr evaporator hotua]1 dump colonoid i

va3ve; repa J rJ ng the 3.init suitch on the evaporotor bot t oms drain valve; repairing the ef fluent troni t or, RIC-6, preanp ci rcuit ; replacing a reloy in nite particulate ponitor, RIC-8, alcru unit; repairing the flou alarm swit ch on t.hc site particulate ruonitor, RIC-S; inct al] Inn inctromant air, stcari and electrical service for Parkerizing the reactor vennel head bolta; repairing the -J atching ucchanism on the E 2/11 breaker and the bottcry charger breaker; installing a neu photomultiplier tube in RWDF cf flu:nt nanitor, RIC-6; replacing three potentiomet. crc in nuclcar instrumentation source rance D; inst alling a neu fi]ter and cleaning air precoure controller on t he instrument air comprececr; and cheching the calibration of the RWDF of fluent monitor, RIC-6, and the site particulat e nonitor, RIC-8; calibrat.ing the 3etdoun f]ow control valve, hnC-21V, and the pressurizer IcVel controller, LIC-2.

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CilD!ISTRY l

The main coolant system ucs in a cold shutdoun condition throughout the entire month for the loading of Core III.

Doron concentrations ranged from 1625 ppm j

to.1652 ppn during refueling.

A nummary of analyses performed on the main' coolant is given in the tab 1c he]ou.

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}!a>1pyup pil at 25"C 4.68 5.70 Conductivity, umhos 5.36 9.86 horon, ppm 1625 1652 Chloriden, ppm

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-<0.005 Gross Deta-Gamma (15 min. dogasced) uc/cc 2.08x]O-3 7.01x10-3 l

Tritium, uc/cc

8. 39x10-3 8.68x10 -

On /pril 22, the mixed-bed resins in the storage ucli dominera11zer were replaced.

The decontemination. f act oru on the new renin ranged f rom 8.8 to 10.4.

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E/.01/ir10:: AMD WJ;'rM NSpOSAL hadiation onrveying consist ed "of routine plant r.u r veyc, the contalinant vensc3, and naterJaln t.hipe,nts.

The follouint; raaximum radJation readings ucre tnhen:

321 cat /pr1 Jindiat lon J1cadin,n C&A Mu11 ding Unste Drou (baling techine) 1.2 mrem /br beta-gai Charging Pemp (contact ulth chanber) 37 mrem /hr beta-tat Sauple Room (door of sa.aple panc1) 1.5 mrem /hr bet a gar JTDr.

1:vaporator (uader botIom) 21 mrem /hr beta-gan Evaporator (contact outsido upper Icyci)

Drum Storage Arca-(at ilRA fenec)

$ mrem /br betn-gam 3.4 mrem /hr beta-gau E'.E:

Prinary Compartracnt (general upper Icyci) 00 mrce/hr beta-gen:

Priuary Con'artment (contact M.C..punp volutc) 230 mrem /hr beta-gam.

Prinary Co:apartraent (S.C. bottom) 150 mrcu/hr beta gntw Primary Compartment (precourizer bottom) 100 mrcu/hr beta-gam' Primary Compartuent (general louer level) 55 mren/hr beta-gee:

Prinary Compartuent '(Hogen, llX)

$00 mrca/br beta-gar Priuary Conpartment (Non-Regen. RX) 40 rarco/hr beta-gatr Auxiliary Equipnent Compartu:ent (S.C.H.X.)

8 mrom/hr beta gamr.

Auxi)lary Equipnent Corapartmant (D.T.-top)

_10 mrce/hr bota-gen-Auxiliary Equipment Compartment. (D.T _ bottom) 36 erem/hr beta-gamn Auxiliary Equipment Corapar tment (Cencra1 louer Icyc1) 4 utem/hr beta gan

' Reactor Dcch (instrument ports) 460 mrem /br betafgain Contamination surveying consisted of routine plant-nite surveys, surveys of mat:crials shipped, tools, equipaent and the containment vecccl._

The cican arcan vere uit.hin the " Clean Arca" limits.

The contro)3ed area van generally uit.hin the "C1 con Arca" liults.

The cont rolled area van c1 caned frequently to hecp and/or_ to return it t o t he "C1can Arca" limit s.

the nuount of cmearable contamination.The exclusion arcas ucrc cleaned periodically to mintuiz The follouing contamination 3cycis ucre observed:

Jf_cn,t ion Contamination ReadJnq C&A build 1_n2n Charging Pump Chamber Charging Pump Chamber 5162 d/m/nmear beta-ganrne Charging Roan F]oor

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Sample Room Sinh 2820 d/m/crient beta-gammt 874800 d/m/stacar beta-gacre Sample Room Sinh Sowp1e. Room PJoor

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-90] d/n/ stear bet a-cae Cbeafcal Lnb Hot Sinh

- 15000 d/r /sment-bet a -gnmer Cheulcal Lab 1101 S i r.k-

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,RUDP Puup Room P3 eor 4090 d/6/cmcor beta-gamm

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Operating Dech 1840 d/m/ smear beta-gaie Operating luch

< 10 d/m/omear alpha Reactor Dach (head) 11700 d/ia/r.mear beta-gama:

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< 10 d/m/snicar alpha Primary Compartuent (grating) 430 d/m/ smear beta-gamm, PrJmary Compartment (grat.ing)

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' Liquid cnd nacconc ef f]uents f rom the SNEC site for the nonth of April,1969, vere ac folloas:

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O.000966 0.002894 0.009189 Trit.iun 0.214280 O.321941 4.041007 Air, Xc 0.000]00 0.040116 6.967132

-Air, 1-131 0.000000 0.000000-0.000321 Air, 11.F.P.

0.000001 0.000401 0.069671 Tucaty (20) barrels of vaste were drummed for temporary st.oranc. -No drums were shipped fron the site.

Radiction exposure for all-SNEC personnel as racasured by filta badges for the inont.h of March,1969, ucre a maximum of 1040 mren with an; average of.165.58 mrem.

Radiation exposure for all visiting personnel an measured by film badges for the month of March,1969, were a maximun of 0 mrcm with -an average of 0 mrem.

The average radiatclon exposure for all perconnel as monsiired by I'llm badgen for the rionth of March,1969, vas 3 25.19 mrem.

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!!ONTH YEAR TO DATE TIMES CRITICAL NO.

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823 HOURS CRITICAL HRS.

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22,940.49 TllES SCRIDIED (1-:A!!UAL)

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