Operations Planning for Axial Repositioning of Fuel Channel Assemblies in Bruce NGS A

Abstract

The operations planning for the repositioning of fuel channel assemblies in Units 1 to 3 of the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station 'A' is presented. The restrictions and limitations of the specialized tooling, equipment and reactor components are discussed in terms of the impact on overall reactor processing strategy. The use of a shifting simulation computer program permitted the continual revision of daily plans to optimize operations based on the rate of processing for each of two shield cabinets. The procedures and methods of implementing the operations plans are finally presented.