Plant/Facility
|
Reactor Internals
|
Reactor Vessel
|
BGRR (Brookhaven) |
Mechanical; dry unbolting and cutting.
|
Graphite chamber. Dry mechanical
segmentation. Began using robotics. Finished with a Brokk. |
Big
Rock Point
67MWe BWR |
Mechanical; saws.
Nut and bolt removal.
(Lacking detailed information).
|
Removed whole.
Mechanical cutting (turning), Diamond Wire, and MDM used to cut vessel
piping (done dry). |
Connecticut
Yankee
(Haddam Neck)
590MWe PWR
|
Abrasive Water Jet (underwater).
MDM (underwater). |
Removed whole. |
Crystal
River 3
860MW PWR |
See other sheet
since decommissioning has not started. |
n/a. |
CVTR (Parr)
19MWe PHWR |
Mechanical; dry cutting and unbolting.
Few internals. |
Vessel was a thin wall "Moderator Tank".
Segmented dry with mechanical cutting.
|
EBWR
(Argonne)
100MWe BWR
|
Mostly Thermal (underwater and dry).
|
Mechanical; turning (dry),
Milling (dry).
Abrasive Water Jet (dry).
Thermal (dry). |
Elk
River
24MWe BWR |
Size
reduced by underwater plasma torch and explosives. Disposed of in
waste liners. |
Size
reduced by underwater plasma torch and disposed of in waste liners. |
Fermi
1
94MWe Sodium |
Mechanical cutting of internals
done dry. |
Believe removed whole (awaiting
a source to quote). |
Fort St. Vrain
(Pre-stressed Concrete RV [PCRV]) |
Long Handle Tools (underwater),
Some MDM |
Diamond Wire (dry),
Underwater divers using hand tools, Oxilance (dry). |
Hallam
75MWe Sodium
|
Possibly in the RV. |
Entombed. |
Humboldt
Bay-3
63MWe BWR |
Remote Mechanical complete. |
Remote Mechanical dry segmentation almost
complete. |
Kewaunee
574MWe PWR |
See other sheet
since decommissioning has not started. |
n/a. |
La Crosse
(LACBWR)
50MWe BWR |
Internals shipped inside RV. |
Removed whole 2007 (small RV). |
Maine
Yankee
860MWe PWR |
Abrasive Water Jet (underwater) and Mechanical
(underwater) |
Removed whole. |
Millstone
1
952MWe BWR |
Mechanical (underwater). |
Still in place. |
NS Savannah
(nuclear ship) |
We assume the internals will
remain in the vessel. |
We believe it will be removed
whole (NRC web page has 2031). |
Omega
West
|
Mechanical (dry). Remote disassembly and
limited cutting using Plasma Arc and mechanical shears for size reduction. |
Vessel was removed using remote tools (Track
Hoe w/hammer & shear, BROKK w/hammer & shear as bioshield was demolished). |
Pathfinder
59MWe BWR |
Possibly in the RV. |
Disposed of intact. |
Plum
Brook 1 (NASA)
60MWt PWR |
Mechanical; nut and bolt remote
removal, milling (dry; high dose). Thermal; limited use outside of
RV (dry). |
Mechanical; milling, turning,
and drilling (dry). Semi-remote.
Thermal; lower sections of RV (dry). Hands-on. |
Plum
Brook MUR (NASA)
Swimming pool |
Swimming pool Rx. Mechanical; nut and bolt
removal (dry; low dose).
|
N/A (swimming pool type Rx). |
Piqua
45MWt oil cooled |
Possibly in the RV. |
Entombed. |
Rancho
Seco
913MWe PWR |
Mechanical; sawing (underwater)
with rotary and reciprocating blades. Diamond wire cut for RV Head.
|
Abrasive
Water Jet (dry) for size reduction. The owner self performed the cutting. |
San
Onofre 1 (SONGS-1) |
Abrasive Water Jet (underwater).
MDM (underwater). |
Removed whole and stored on-site.
|
San
Onofre 2/3 (SONGS-2 & 3) |
The RVH of U2 was shipped off
site Dec 2013. RVI segmentation planned 2015-2019. |
As of 9/23/14, "it is
likely" (SCE) that the RV's will be segmented. |
Saxton
23MWt |
Believe grouted intact in Reactor Vessel
(RV). |
Removed whole to Barnwell. |
Shippingport
60MWe breeder |
Thermal (underwater). Grouted inside Reactor
Vessel (RV) |
Removed whole. |
Shoreham
820MWe BWR |
Thermal (underwater). |
Mechanical; turning (dry).
Thermal; (dry). |
Sturgis (barge)
MH-1A |
Possibly remaining in the RV. |
Expect disposed of whole per
USACE. |
Santa
Susana - Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE)
6.5MWe |
Size
reduced by explosives and underwater plasma torch. Disposed of in
waste liners. |
Size
reduced by underwater plasma torch and disposed of in waste liners. |
Three
Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2)
792MWe PWR |
Thermal (underwater).
Possibly Abrasive Water Jet had limited "test" use.
Some internals still in place. |
Still in place with no cutting. D&D to be completed with Unit-1
(2034)
|
Trojan
1150MWe PWR |
Intact in Reactor Vessel (RV). |
Removed whole. |
Waltz Will |
Removed per DP. |
Removed per DP. |
Yankee
Rowe
167MWe PWR |
Thermal (underwater). |
Removed whole. |
Zion-1
& -2
1085MWe PWR |
Mechanical (underwater) is complete (Oct
2014) both units. |
Thermal Cutting in process on the first
RV (U2). |