DEFUELLING OF THE UTR-300 RESEARCH REACTOR

A description is given of the movement of fuel elements from the core of the UTR-300 research reactor to the UNIFETCH flask, which is normal ly loaded under water, through a specially designed shielding arrangem ent which permits a dry transfer. The regulatory requirements and the safety case are summarised along with the predicted and measured doses to operators. The task was successfully completed to a tight time sch edule with recorded doses which were well within the allocated dose bu dget. (C) 1997 Elsevier Science S.A.