For the last few refueling outages, Surry has a new strategy on cleaning up the RCS involving more effective crud burst and cleanup which is designed to lower source term.  It has been very successful.  

Adina LaFrance

Nuclear Analysis & Fuel
Reactor Engineer
Surry Power Station
Email: Adina.K.LaFrance@Dom.com
Phone: 757-365-2658
Pager #: 4290



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[Pwrrm] Tramp or background Reduction






Hello all,


at Cook Unit 1, we experienced 7 fuel defects in the previous fuel cycle, so our 'tramp' or 'background' levels are a little higher than we have seen in recent history.


Has anyone made attempts to reduce the 'background' or 'tramp' levels at their site?


thanks,


wvf





William Ferguson
American Electric Power
Nuclear Fuels and Safety Analysis
(269) 697-5139



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