ML20207D947
| ML20207D947 | |
| Person / Time | |
|---|---|
| Issue date: | 04/26/1999 |
| From: | Shirley Ann Jackson, The Chairman NRC COMMISSION (OCM) |
| To: | Travers W NRC OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR OPERATIONS (EDO) |
| References | |
| 990426, SECY-99-099-C, SECY-99-99-C, NUDOCS 9906040116 | |
| Download: ML20207D947 (1) | |
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Wiiliam D. Travers Executive Director for Operations i
SUBJECT:
TRANSMITTAL OF THE STAFF'S SAFETY EVALUATION OF DOE'S TOPICAL REPORT ON THE TRITIUM PRODUCTION CORE PURPOSE:
This paper transmits to the Commission the NRC staffs evaluation of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) topical report on the tritium production core (TPC).
BACKGROUND:
The staff has been providing review and consultation services to assist DOE under the provisions d the memorandum of understanding between the NRC and DOE dated May 22, 1996.
DOE has developed an attemative design for bumable absorber rods using lithium-6 in place of I
boron-10 to control ree.ctivity in the core and to also produce tritium.. DOE expects that approximately 3300 tritium-producing bumable absorber rods (TPBARs) would be included in l
each core reload of a TPC.
DOE has prepared a topical report addressing how the inclusion of a full-core load of TPBARs in a reactor core affects nuclear plant systems, safety and components analyses, and performance l
of a representative commercial light-water reactor (CLWR). DOE intended that its topical report O
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