HEDL

ATTACHMENT 6

SECURE AUTOMATED
FABRICATION (SAF) LINE

SAF

MISSION

• Fabrication of Standard and Experimental Fuel Pins
for FFTF

• Demonstration of Remote/Automated Fuel Fabrication
Technology Needed to Support Future Plants

• Transfer of Automation Technology to U.S. Industry

Perform Fuel Supply Mission for Other Plants as Required by DOE

• Only U.S. Facility for Large-Scale MOX Fuel Fabrication

SCHEDULE/STATUS

• SAF Line Construction Complete September, 1986

• UO2/MOX Readiness August, 1988

Test Pin Line Operational October, 1988

• Start MOX Testing December, 1988

Start Full-Scale Production for FFTF Series III Fuel
September, 1989

• MOST ADVANCED FUELS PROCESS WORLD-WIDE

· HIGH INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE POTENTIAL

POTENTIAL FOR FABRICATING CORE COMPONENTS FOR FOREIGN
REACTORS

AUTOMATION TECHNOLOGY BROUGHT TO STATE MOST USEFUL TO
U.S. INDUSTRY

DEVELOPMENT OF FUEL FABRICATION TECHNOLOGY SUPPORTING
FUTURE ADVANCED REACTOR SYSTEMS