DISCUSSION

Recently built, commissioned or refurbished facilities

MR R. T. SUMERLING, UKAEA, Windscale

I was impressed by the efficiency with which

crud deposits could be removed from the fuel

pins in the facility described in Paper 35. How

was this achieved?

MR MATSUMOTO, Paper 35

The fuel assembly was dried in the cell for

about five hours during inspection and then put

back into the storage pool. The crud became

detached from the fuel elements during the next

stage of the examination without further treat

ment .

MR L. SMITH, Swiss Federal Institute for Reactor

Research

If I have understood Paper 36 correctly, all fuel loading and unloading of the reactor is via the hot cell facility. Is there any intermediate storage facility available to allow for the event of a breakdown of the hot cell system?