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Groundwater data pave the way for Environmental Management Disposal Facility at Oak Ridge
Results of a two-year study of groundwater levels at the site of the planned Environmental Management Disposal Facility (EMDF) in Oak Ridge, Tenn., have been released, revealing that the levels fell at a slower-than-expected rate. The collection of data on groundwater levels during two wet seasons, conducted by the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management and the contractor United Cleanup Oak Ridge, formed the core of a groundwater field demonstration study which will help inform the final design of the EMDF landfill.
Laurent Cretinon, Vivien Ballesio, Georges Wattiez, Dominique Talbourdet (EDF)
Proceedings | Nuclear Plant Instrumentation, Control, and Human-Machine Interface Technolgies (NPIC&HMIT 2019) | Orlando, FL, February 9-14, 2019 | Pages 776-786
As relays, sockets, relay boards and frames will soon reach their qualified life for the French 900 MW Fleet, EDF has to reassess this qualified life. Although several methods are proposed by the IEC 60780 standard, the only one which is applicable here consists in performing additional tests on aged equipment coming from different NPPs. The tests followed by this equipment are described as well as the results obtained. It is demonstrated that a large majority of this equipment can be safely used for 10 or 20 more years at least.