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Cold Vacuum Drying Facility Technical Safety Requirements.

DE2003804468

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Krahn, D. E.
Page Count	281
Abstract	The Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs) for the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility define acceptable conditions, safe boundaries, bases thereof, and management or administrative controls required to ensure safe operation during receipt of multi-canister overpacks (MCOs) containing spent nuclear fuel. removal of free water from the MCOs using the cold vacuum drying process, and inerting and testing of the MCOs before transport to the Canister Storage Building. Controls required for public safety, significant defense in depth, significant worker safety, and for maintaining radiological and toxicological consequences below risk evaluation guidelines are included.
Keywords	Radioactive waste facilities Vacuum systems Drying Safety analysis Spent fuels Canisters Storage facilities Radioactive waste management Instrumentation Helium Waste transportation
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Fluor Hanford, Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200315

Cold Vacuum Drying Facility Technical Safety Requirements.

Cold Vacuum Drying Facility Technical Safety Requirements.
DE2003804468

Publication Date	2000
Personal Author	Krahn, D. E.
Page Count	281
Abstract	The Technical Safety Requirements (TSRs) for the Cold Vacuum Drying Facility define acceptable conditions, safe boundaries, bases thereof, and management or administrative controls required to ensure safe operation during receipt of multi-canister overpacks (MCOs) containing spent nuclear fuel. removal of free water from the MCOs using the cold vacuum drying process, and inerting and testing of the MCOs before transport to the Canister Storage Building. Controls required for public safety, significant defense in depth, significant worker safety, and for maintaining radiological and toxicological consequences below risk evaluation guidelines are included.
Keywords	Radioactive waste facilities Vacuum systems Drying Safety analysis Spent fuels Canisters Storage facilities Radioactive waste management Instrumentation Helium Waste transportation
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Fluor Hanford, Richland, WA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200315