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“Robust” interest in Summer’s partially constructed reactors
Santee Cooper is satisfied with the response generated by its initial request for proposals to buy what remains of the Summer-2 and -3 nuclear power plant project in South Carolina. The RFP was issued in January and the application window closed May 5.
C. L. Schuske, J. D. McCarthy
Nuclear Technology | Volume 26 | Number 3 | July 1975 | Pages 254-264
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24427
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The large scale use of borosilicate glass raschig rings for the storage of plutonium nitrate and enriched uranyl nitrate solutions began at the Rocky Flats Plant (RFP) in 1959. Much has been learned since that date in the use of these rings. Some of the problems encountered with raschig rings are (a) corrosion of rings; (b) settling of the rings; (c) chipping and cracking which have led to pump and drainage problems; (d) silicious deposits on the rings in the storage of uranium solutions; (e) plutonium oxide sludge deposits on rings; and (f) the problem of completely filling conventional domed tanks. Solutions to most of these problems have been found; however, problems (a) and (e) are receiving additional attention at RFP.
