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NRC approves V.C. Summer’s second license renewal
Dominion Energy’s V.C. Summer nuclear power plant, in Jenkinsville, S.C., has been authorized to operate for 80 years, until August 2062, following the renewal of its operating license by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for a second time.
Wallace W. Schulz
Nuclear Technology | Volume 13 | Number 2 | February 1972 | Pages 159-167
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT72-A31050
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Irradiation (60Co source) tests were performed to determine effects of radiolysis of HDEHP [bis(2-ethylhexyl)phosphoric acid] solvents. (An HDEHP-TBP -kerosene extractant is used in the Hanford B Plant to extract 90Sr from Purex process high-level waste). Irradiation to 230 to 350 Wh/liter destroys only small (∼6%) amounts of HDEHP; the principal radiolytic effect is a two- to threefold decrease in strontium extraction capacity. This effect is ascribed to polymerization of HDEHP with itself and/or with H2MEHP [mono (2-ethyIhexyl)phosphoric acid], a primary radiolysis product. Dilute NaOH and Na2CO3 solutions wash H2MEHP from irradiated HDEHP extractants; however, only with solvents irradiated in the absence of any aqueous phase do such washes improve strontium extraction properties. Addition of unirradiated HDEHP to irradiated HDEHP solvents increases their ability to extract strontium; this simple procedure is used to maintain the strontium extraction capacity of the B Plant solvent at a suitable level. Performance and properties of plant solvent are in general agreement with those anticipated from 60Co irradiation tests.
