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Re: OOPS!
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> From: glen.vickers@EXELONCORP.COM
> Reply-To: glen.vickers@EXELONCORP.COM
> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 15:36:27 -0500
> To: loc@ICX.NET, radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu
> Subject: RE: OOPS!
>
> 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.
>> --
>> .....................................................
>> Susan L. Gawarecki, Ph.D., Executive Director
>> Oak Ridge Reservation Local Oversight Committee
>> -----
>> A schedule of meetings on DOE issues is posted on our Web site
>> http://www.local-oversight.org/meetings.html - E-mail loc@icx.net
>> .....................................................
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