Example of technology transfer to RRP and personnel training at TRP

Shimizu, Takenori

TRP was designed 1970s to reprocess nuclear spent fuel mainly from domestic LWR and ATR Fugen. It was necessary to challenge many requirements for steady operation of plant due to mechanical troubles in head end process, acid corrosions of dissolver vessel and evaporator tubes, strict environmental restriction to release activity, and reduction of waste volume. Through these solutions, the maturity of current reprocessing technology was achieved. TRP reprocessed 1105 tons of UO with 23 tons of ATR MOX by Nov. 2006. The technologies such as U Denitration, Pu U Co conversion, HLW Vitrification and Radiation Control and so on that TRP developed are used for RRP of JNFL. TRP is continuing personnel support for RRP by sending 130 TRP engineers and training RRP engineers. Personnel training and education of TRP is conformed to ISO9000 System, and the procedure is ruled in Operational Safety Program of TRP.