RE: OOPS!

[glen.vickers@EXELONCORP.COM]

What type of reactor is this?  It doesn't sound like a PWR or BWR.  HTGR?



Glen Vickers

glen.vickers@exeloncorp.com



> -----Original Message-----

> From:	Susan Gawarecki [SMTP:loc@ICX.NET]

> Sent:	Monday, July 09, 2001 2:48 PM

> To:	RADSAFE

> Subject:	OOPS!

> 

> Britain Nuclear Accident Probed

> 

> LONDON (AP) via NewsEdge Corporation  - 

> Spent fuel rods were accidentally dropped onto the reactor floor of a

> nuclear power plant in Scotland last week, its operator said Sunday.

> 

> British Nuclear Fuels stressed that the ``low-level'' incident during

> refueling Thursday in Chapelcross plant's Reactor No. 3 posed minimal

> danger.

> 

> The reactor has been shut down while the company determines how to

> retrieve the 24 uranium rods, a spokesman said.

> 

> The government's watchdog agency, the Nuclear Installations

> Inspectorate, has launched an investigation.

> 

> The BNFL spokesman said the rods dropped about 2 feet to the floor

> during the remote-operated refueling operation.

> 

> A large cylindrical basket holding the irradiated fuel elements appeared

> to come loose as it was being lowered to a cooling pond, he said.

> 

> Emergency workers were called in and carbon dioxide was sprayed

> over the basket to ensure it did not catch fire.

> 

> ``At no time was there any increase in radiation within the area and no

> personnel were affected,'' he said. ``There is also no indication that

> the fuel has been damaged.''

> 

> Refueling has been suspended at all reactors in Chapelcross, just a few

> miles from Scotland's border with England, and at another British plant

> that uses an identical system.

> 

> The spokesman said it was unclear how long it would take to recover the

> rods and complete the refueling.

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