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Partial response to FOIA request re records concerning Soviet foreign & domestic reactors & US reactors.Apps A & B documents available in PDR.Forwards App B documents.Other records obtainable through noted sources.

Accession Number: ML20210B278

Date Released: Tuesday, October 29, 2024

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• ML20210B273 - Partial response to FOIA request re records concerning Soviet foreign & domestic reactors & US reactors.Apps A & B documents available in PDR.Forwards App B documents.Other records obtainable through noted sources. (4 page(s), 9/15/1986)
• ML20210B517 - Partially withheld comments supporting 620410 & 631119 ltrs re suitability of Hanford reactor for power production. Routine discharge of radwaste to Columbia River exceeds 10CFR20 requirements.Study to solve problem underway. (2 page(s), 5/13/1964)
• ML20210B824 - Partially withheld rept of ACRS 660310-12 meetings re GE proposal to convert Hanford reactor from Pu-only production to tritium co-product production.Approves use of dual purpose fuel. (3 page(s), 3/22/1966)
• ML20210B690 - Partially withheld rept on ACRS 641112-14 status review of Hanford reactor re nuclear safety criteria for special test loads.Proposed test load criteria acceptable.Operation of reactor at full power should precede test loadings. (3 page(s), 11/18/1964)
• ML20210B366 - Partially withheld ltr discussing Hanford reactor confinement sys.Recommends further study of short time differences between energy & fission product releases & higher degrees of confinement. (1 page(s), 11/12/1958)
• ML20210B340 - Accepts site selection for Hanford new production reactor, reviewed at 10th ACRS meeting on 581015.No significant addl potential hazard created w/other production reactors if proper design & containment used. (2 page(s), 10/21/1958)
• ML20210B303 - Partially withheld review of new production reactor & other considerations for Hanford reactor.Major safety features of proposed design listed.Recommends use of bldgs strong enough to withstand reactor pressure buildup in future designs. (2 page(s), 3/8/1958)
• ML20210B876 - Partially withheld comments on ACRS 670406-08 meetings re GE proposal to conduct test program involving operation of Hanford reactor at power levels up to 4,800 MWt for 1 month following full load w/Mark II fuel elements. (2 page(s), 4/13/1967)
• ML20210B445 - Partially withheld response to oral inquiry re transfer of Hanford reactor to non-AEC control as power generating plant.Conversion acceptable.Engineered safeguards would reduce consequences of nonsequential release accident. (3 page(s), 4/10/1962)
• ML20210B980 - Discusses SI Auerbach 790525 briefing before Commissioners re 1958 Soviet nuclear accident.Exhaustive critical analysis of Soviet literature warranted to resolve doubts about exact nature & consequence of accident.Related documentation encl. (19 page(s), 6/5/1979)
• ML20210B643 - Partially withheld rept on ACRS 641007-10 review of full power operation of Hanford reactor.Recommends operation of reactor at full power before test loadings installed & const of Phase II power-production facility. (3 page(s), 10/15/1964)
• ML20210C087 - "Rept on Unusual Event in First Unit of Armenian Nuclear Power Plant," USSR State Committee on Utilization of Atomic Energy,Moscow,1983,presented at IAEA/NEA joint meeting for assessment of incidents in nuclear power plants. (8 page(s), 12/31/1983)
• ML20210B575 - Partially withheld rept of ACRS 55th meeting on 640507-09 re status review of Hanford reactor.Proposes increase of power operation from 10% to 75%.Uncertainty remains as to control- rod effectiveness & reactivity changes w/temp. (3 page(s), 5/13/1964)
• ML20210C015 - Forwards "USSR Provisional Design Stds for Nuclear Power Plants in Seismic Regions," for info & use. (1 page(s), 1/28/1981)
• ML20210C072 - Forwards "Rept on Unusual Event in First Unit of Armenian Nuclear Power Plant," for retention & use. (1 page(s), 12/20/1983)
• ML20210B743 - Partially withheld rept on ACRS 650513-15 status review of proposed Phase II operation of Hanford reactor.Radiological consequences of severe reactor accident in Phase II would exceed dose criteria now used for licensed power reactors. (3 page(s), 5/20/1965)
• ML20210B484 - Partially withheld rept re ACRS 631107-08 review of proposal for startup & low power operation of Hanford reactor.Load & operation to max 400 MWt power level for initial testing program approved. (2 page(s), 11/19/1963)
• ML20210B944 - Repts on ACRS 680711-13 meetings re review by Douglas United Nuclear concerning effluent control project mods to reactor. Recommends implementation of mods designed to assure reactor core cooling under emergency conditions. (3 page(s), 7/19/1968)
• ML20210C052 - "USSR Provisional Design Stds for Nuclear Power Plants in Seismic Regions." (16 page(s), 12/31/1979)
• ML20210B403 - Comments on confinement concept for Hanford reactor discussed at ACRS 24th meeting on 600310-12.Complete containment would provide higher degree of offsite protection,but economically unjustifiable for location. (3 page(s), 3/14/1960)