DECOMMISSIONING AND DELICENSING OF THE UNIVERSITIES-RESEARCH-REACTOR

Authors
ENGLAND MR WARD A LYONS J
Citation
Mr. England et al., DECOMMISSIONING AND DELICENSING OF THE UNIVERSITIES-RESEARCH-REACTOR, Nuclear energy, 36(6), 1997, pp. 411-416
Citations number
2
Journal title
Nuclear energy → ACNP
ISSN journal
01404067
Volume
36
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
411 - 416
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-4067(1997)36:6<411:DADOTU>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The Universities Research Reactor, commissioned in 1964, was used for postgraduate training and research. In 1991 the reactor was shut down and BNFL was contracted to decommission the reactor and restore the si te to 'green field' status. This paper discusses the successful comple tion of the three decommissioning stages involved in the operation, an d also the delicensing of the site, which was the final stage of the o verall programme.