FUEL AND BLANKET DESIGN DOCUMENTS COMPLETE AND UP-TO-DATE VERY AGGRESSIVE CDE LEAD TEST IN FFTF CURRENTLY AT 75% OF CDE EXPOSURE; OUT EOC8 FOR PIN TRANSIENT TESTS AT BURNUP OF 130 MWd/kgM HT9 DUCTS IN FFTF PERFORM EXTREMELY WELL NO GROWTH AND LOW WITHDRAWAL LOADS RBCB TESTS OF HT9 CLADDING TO START SOON IN EBR-II NEW HT9 MATERIALS DATA CONTINUE TO SUPPORT CDE APPLICATION FABRICATION ON SCHEDULE; 10 FUEL ASSEMBLIES AND 6 BLANKET ASSEMBLIES TO BE COMPLETED IN MARCH, 1986 (APPROX. 300 kg/yr MOX) HEDL 8801-165.16 HEDL. ATTACHMENT 5 FUELS AND MATERIALS FMEF MISSION • Provide Fuel for FFTF and for Special Tests to be • Provide State-of-the-Art Safeguards and Security for • Perform Fuel Supply Missions for Other Plants as ADDITIONAL CAPABILITIES • Category Nuclear Facility, Only One of its kind in Extensive Shielded Facilities with a variety of Potential • Reprocessing Technology Development • Integral Reprocessing and Refabrication of Alternate • Isotope Separation • Decontamination and Repair of Equipment SCHEDULE/STATUS • Construction Completed August, 1984 • Systems Startup and Testing 80% Complete • Plutonium Storage Readiness September, 1986 Fuel Assembly Fabrication/Storage Readiness April, 1988 |