Designation:C1062−00(Reapproved2014)StandardGuideforDesign,Fabrication,andInstallationofNuclearFuelDissolutionFacilities1ThisstandardisissuedunderthefixeddesignationC1062;thenumberimmediatelyfollowingthedesignationindicatestheyearoforiginaladoptionor,inthecaseofrevision,theyearoflastrevision.Anumberinparenthesesindicatestheyearoflastreapproval.Asuperscriptepsilon(´)indicatesaneditorialchangesincethelastrevisionorreapproval.1.Scope1.1Itistheintentofthisguidetosetforthcriteriaandproceduresforthedesign,fabricationandinstallationofnuclearfueldissolutionfacilities.Thisguideappliestoandencompassesallprocessingstepsoroperationsbeyondthefuelshearingoperation(notcovered),uptoandincludingthedissolvingaccountabilityvessel.1.2ApplicabilityandExclusions:1.2.1Operations—Thisguidedoesnotcovertheoperationofnuclearfueldissolutionfacilities.Someoperatingconsider-ationsarenotedtotheextentthattheseimpactuponorinfluencedesign.1.2.1.1DissolutionProcedures—Fuelcompositions,fuelel-ementgeometry,andfuelmanufacturingmethodsaresubjecttocontinuouschangeinresponsetothedemandsofnewreactordesignsandrequirements.Thesechangesprecludetheinclusionofdesignconsiderationsfordissolverssuitablefortheprocessingofallpossiblefueltypes.Thisguidewillonlyaddressequipmentassociatedwithdissolutioncyclesforthosefuelsthathavebeenusedmostextensivelyinreactorsasofthetimeofissue(orrevision)ofthisguide.(SeeAppendixX1.)1.2.2Processes—Thisguidecoversthedesign,fabricationandinstallationofnuclearfueldissolutionfacilitiesforfuelsofthetypecurrentlyusedinPressurizedWaterReactors(PWR).BoilingWaterReactors(BWR),PressurizedHeavyWaterReactors(PHWR)andHeavyWaterReactors(HWR)andthefueldissolutionprocessingtechnologiesdiscussedherein.However,muchoftheinformationandcriteriapresentedmaybeapplicabletotheequipmentforotherdissolutionprocessessuchasforenricheduranium-aluminumfuelsfromtypicalresearchreactors,aswellasfordissolutionprocessesforsomethoriumandplutonium-containingfuelsandothers.Theguidedoesnotaddressequipmentdesignforth...
