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Monthly Operating Rept for Aug 1969 for Saxton Nuclear Experimental Corp
ML20085H589
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Issue date: 08/31/1969
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f At the beginning of thir, report period, the prinary syntcn vac in a cold, deptessurized condit$nn fot t oplac t nen t of a conarcal gasket which had been leahing at operating tepperat ure and prcn.ure. After replacceent of the cachet and prescuria nc the prkat y syt.te a, the conor.ud rasket was still leaking. In order to continu.e with lou power operation of the teactor, a new conorcal with a cap uns de.;igned and fabriccted to seal off the entire port, since the telefic.s thithles nre only rtquired for pwer physics teasureraents. The necessary design and f abricatf oi of a ccal vill be inado during thc zero power operation.

An Atomics International reactor vesnel taaterial specimen uns itmerted in

!b 6 core recition for irradictius on Augut.t 5.

2. ht/.C'10t OPE *Xf10:;L heat up init Oniated.

August 1$ (1133nc and venting of the primary t.jstem ves completed and On Aucunt 17, a hot Icah test of the primary syr. tera von perforced at 2%0 pig to tect t.be sepairs on the reactor vesse] jnr>truuentatien port.

both S:;ECThe period f rov Aurunt 17 thru August 22 was used for attirtup troining for t radncM and I?cstinghou$1c customer t rcinees. A t ot al of twenty -rW: full rtartup. and fifty-nine recour.r,ler, i.cre en>n. 'c. coupletion of the ornrtups, (catiol rd drop tit. a were c.casured as a continuing chech on control rad six t er,'.iali f i c a t i on.

N peri $d f rom August 25 thru /.ugust 29 unr. used for the writ ten, oral cnd coactor st ort t.p portion of the AEC operator examinations for tWaty-two Uc.stitmhout? t r ainr:en. *

3. EX1DtIME::TAL PROCPxt Background and zern power data were collected on the railed ruel Monitor Systen af ter ca31bration and checkout of the system.
4. OPtnATIO: AL TESTS .

The SKEC fire and evacuation alcrns were tested on August 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.

The monthly test of the safety injection and rceirculation system was conduct ed oa Augut.t 18.

Augur.t 1. The ponthly test cf the radiation monit oring syt. tem was cotapleted on  !

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g4 'Ihc prir.cipal items of techanical maintenance during the month included

.s . inctallf ur, a nce bat t ery in the forklift truch; repairing the safety chainn around

\d, the t.torage vell; rcpiccing a rupture disc on the caustic neutralizing pump; repairing the flu nt er on the taateup purification nyt tem piping; replacing the

@I ($pre-filterr f,- Q and abt olute filters on the courol rod rocm air handler; ,ter_ac_l;ing. aad inctalling a secLiipt on the boric neid taix Itump; juota111ng a new rupture dinc 1 N on7 he^ti.11ne ;.u..p; olling a)) purpo and motots outsid t he cont ;turr c nt veosc1; installing a fitting on the safety 2njection synten pump piessure tauge line; l{^sg lapping the ovat on the demincialin d water Julief valec; inetalling a river unter

j. Y connection in the hh'Dr comprecsor room; repairing a bcnnet leak on the main steam -

Jine drain va3ve; and installing a modified conoseal cap on reactor vescc1 f'{

inst ruteent port N-7.

The tnajor items of cicet rical and instrument tr.aint enance included repairing the tir g circuit on tl.c cour.t room liquid scintillat ion counter; c1 caring contacta i on thc"Qcloyc; checking the specific gravity of the station service bet terin; adjur t ii;;r tggI Z 4 hania.1 t ri n linh_arr_ e f the 440V_ bun tic bred;cr; inntaHipn a r.tv \'

c t:ble and detector in cource renne chnnnel A tme'1 car det ect or; c1 caning the pneumatic)

JTner, of the oteam tenerator leve) control loop; repairing the saline pump prv.r. ore

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gauce; c1 caning thc(j10M)]iquid ef fluent nonitor holdup tant; repairing the alpha '

probe for c portable rurvey ru t er; replacing the power cord on the count roon C-!! ccaler; replacing batterico in a portable rmrvey v.et er; cleaning arH Jubi t cat hs the centro) roon nultipoint terberature recorder; and c1 caning the instrument air ~~

apicnoid valvg_tAthe & chin inlet valve, llIC-27V.

6. Cin3;1ST1Q -

The primary coolant system was in a cold rhutdown condition until Auguut 15.

On Aunt.at 15. hydra::ine vas added during the illling and venting and the oxygen concentrr.tf on reduced to 0.03 5 pro. licatup was completed on August 3 7 and the t yr.t en maintained in c hot, pressurized condition for the remainder of the it.onth.

Analyses of the pritaary coolant sampics are cumnarf red in the following tabic

Minimum daximun pil at 25 C . 5.80 6.70 Conductivity, umhos 3.95 18.6 i Boron, ppo "

618 753 l Chlorides, ppn *

<0 005. <0.005 0xygen, ppm <0.005 <0.005 Lithfum, ppa - 0.15 0.18

! Crud, ppb 44 .

150 l Grosa BetvGauma (15 Min. Degassed) ue/cc 2.06x10~2 6.41x10-2 l

Tritiam, uc/cc 4.53x10-3 4.90x10-3 1

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! Analysis of the component coo]ing water is an follows1 i p11 Conductivity Cr04, p,>m Activity, ue/cc 8.79- 891 355 4.27x20-5 Analysin of the RUST water and storage well vater in as follount RUST Storafe_ydl,,

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, Conductivity, umhoa 5.30 5.85 Boron. ppm 1628 1750 Chlorides, ppm <0.005 10.005 Activity-Ecta Gamma ue/cc 5.17x10'4 7.77x10-4 i

Tritium, ve/cc 9. 4 3x10-3 9.76s10'3 i

7. _RADI A..D._O.:.s__RD W.STE D. I SPOSAL

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cont aint. cut ven ul. The following maxsmum radiation readinp were takent  !

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CtA building Waste Drum (baling machine) 1.25 mren/hr beta-camma Churging Pump (contact with chamber) 22.5 mrenn/hr beta-garm Sampic hoo.n (door of sampic panel)' 2.9 mrom/hr bet a-commn Chemical 1.ab Hot Sink (1" from drain) 4.1 mrem /hr beta-gamma 5

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Evaporator (under bottom) 10.5 mrem /hr beta-gamma

! Evaporator (contact outside upper Icyci) 5 mren/hr beta-camma Drum Storage Area (at HRA fence) . 3.2 mrem /hr beta-gannna C.V.

Primary Compartment (general upper IcVel) 100 mrem /hr beta-gacena Primary Co:rpartment (contact }!.C. pump volute) 350 mrem /hr beta-gamma Primary Compartment (S.G. bottom) 260 mrem /hr beta-gamma Primary Compartrant -(pressurizer bottom) 110 mrem /hr beta-gamma Primary Compartment _(general lower icvel) 70 mrem /hr beta-gamma Primary Compartment (Non negen. HX) 55 mrem /hr beta-gamma Primary Compartment (Regen. IlX) .

340 mrem /hr-beta-gamma Auxiliary Equipment compartment (S.C.11.X.) 9 mrem /hr beta-camma Auxiliary Equipment Compsrtment (D.T. top)

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, Auxiliary Equipment Cocipartment (D.T. bottom) 80 mrom/hr beta-gamma l' Auxiliary Equipment Compartment (genern1 lover 3cyci) 3 mrem /hr beta-camma

-Reactor N k (vater. level-at grating) 50 mren./hr bete-gamma  ;

Reactor L ek (instrument ports) 250 mrem /hr beta-gamma L

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75 .: rem /br beta-gnr.na tearter De ct (traint h ve:" 50 in.w/hr be t a-gowa hetictor th ek (i.torap well railint) 100 inter /hr beta-gntre Letdoun Valve Cont amination ourveying concir.ted of routine plant site surveyn, rurveyr, of 1:.iteritilo r H pred, tools, equirn nt and the containuent ver.ccl. The cican crean vere within the " Clean Area" lirits. The controlled arcac vere generally within the

" Clean An a" J init s. The centro 11ed tirea was citaned frt quently to hecp and/or to return it to the " Clean Area" limito. The exclusion areat. were cicaned periodically to :inir-lu the ataount of snearnble cont atnination. The following cc.ntamination IcVels were obrerved:

Contaminntion tendin _g Locrtion Cf.i Du(1 dine Charging it7 Chember 11720 d/n/rnear bet a-pcma

<10 d/n/cw ar alpha Charging l'or p Chan.ber 202 J/n/s.ncar bet n r,an na Charrin. Um r3oor Sarple toon Sinh 20900 d/n/r.near bet a-camma S a p l e to." Sinh <10 d/r/crorr n.1pha Sanple tonn r) oar 112 d/m/encar bete-gnma Ch e r.i c e ) Lab 1ot Sinh 6(290 d/n/rmear het a-camna Cheraica.1 Lab Hot Sinh (10 d/n/i,meur alpha IDE Purtp Roon Floor 490 d/n/ stear beta-gan:na Shipp'nn tov.i Floor <103 d/n/onear beta-gam a l

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Operating Deck 1874 d/m/r.mear beta-gamma Operating Deck <10 d/w/succr a3pha i Ecactor Deck (hecd) 45600 d/c/unear beta-gamma '

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<10 d/in/stnear a]pha Reactor Dech (grating) 37500 d/m/ciccar bet a-gamma Reactor Dech (grating) <10 d/m/stnear alpha Prinary Conpartment (grating) 6521 d/m/omaar beta-catma Primary Conpartment (grating) * <10 d/m/cmear alpha l 1

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7. RADIt.Tj o;; A*:D '.'AA7r. DI SPOS!.L (Con tinut.d)

Liquid and gasecun ef fluents f rom the SNEC t,ite for the month of August, 1969 were an follows:

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Effluent Activity Activity /setivity by Thire 11onth Year to Date Last Tvelve 11onths Liquid 0.000146 0.004571 0.006996 Tritium 0.128700 0.773151 3.130972 Air, Xe 0.000053 0.270099 2.558279 Ai r , 1-131 0.000000 0.000000 0.000143 Air , !!.r.P. 0.000000 0.002700 0.025502 1:o barrels of wast e ucro drummed f or temporary storage. !!o drums vere chipped from the rite.

Radiation expor,ute for al) SI:tC personnel as incar.ured by flin badgen f or the r.enth of July, 1969, ucre a maximu:a of 372 turem with an average of 29.0 urom.

Radiation exposure for*all visiting personnel as meanured by film badges for the c.anth of July,1969, were a maxitaum of 0 mrem with an average of 0 r.reu.

The average radiation cxposure for all personnel n's taeasured by film badgcc for the tnonth of July,1969, uns 20.18 mrem.

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