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Volume 87

Number 4

Table of Contents
Authors(Glen R. Hayes, Joseph F. Marsden, James O. Henrie, George D. Cremeans, Richard F. Mahla, George D. Cremeans, Claudia M. Abbate, John W. Craig, T. Chris Fonner, Sidney W. Smith, James J. Byrne, Clay M. Davis, Emory D. Collins, W. Donald Box, Herschel W. Godbee, Timothy C. Scott, Pieter R. van Stolk, Mark D. Smith, David O. Campbell, Nobuyuki Tabata, Fujio Masuda, Mark Douglas Smith, Kenneth J. Hofstetter, Beverly S. Ausmus, Alan W. Marley, Douglas W. Akers, Charles V. McIsaac, James O. Henrie, Malcolm L. Russell, Richard K. McCardell, Bruce A. Pregger, Charles S. Olsen, Charles S. Olsen, Richard R. Hobbins, Beverly A. Cook, Daniel W. Golden, Ronne W. Brower, James L. Anderson, Larry J. Fackrell, Robert D. McCormick, Ken Muramatsu, Kunihisa Soda, Yasushi Nomura, James L. Anderson, Bernard R. Bandini, Anthony J. Baratta, Herbert W. Kirkland, Marc A. Nemser, William M. Laney, Patrick Dumaz, Sid Langer, Dennis Owen, Pui Kuan, James L. Anderson, E. L. Tolman, Richard L. Moore, Daniel W. Golden, E. L. Tolman, Richard R. Hobbins, Malcolm L. Russell, Charles S. Olsen, Richard K. McCardell, Anthony J. Baratta, Alireza Haghighat, Bernard R. Bandini, Michael Epstein, Hans K. Fauske, Gary L. Thinnes, Richard L. Moore, Edward A. Boucheron, John E. Kelly, Kazuichiro Hashimoto, Kunihisa Soda, Hideo Sekiya, Ariel Sharon, Laurence J. Godin, Francisco J. de Mora, Robert E. Henry, Garry R. Thomas, Adly B. Wahba, Fritz Steinhoff, Dale J. Merchant, C. W. (Swede) Hultman, Richard W. Jackson, Jon M. Rodabaugh, David K. Cowser, Jon M. Rodabaugh, Michael D. Pavelek II, Wayne Underhill, F. Lee Bozorgi, Joseph F. Boudreaux, Daniel S. Williams, John C. Rommel, Raymond L. Murray)
Preface: Three Mile Island Unit 2 Decontamination and Waste Management(Harley W. Reno)

Quality Assurance in the Removal and Transport of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Core

Glen R. Hayes, Joseph F. Marsden

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 721-728

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27664

The Effects of Hydrogen Generation on Radioactive Waste Handling Technology

James O. Henrie

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 729-736

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27665

Processing and Disposal of Radioactive Sediments at Three Mile Island Unit 2

George D. Cremeans, Richard F. Mahla

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 737-744

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27666

Final Disposition of Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident-Generated Water

George D. Cremeans

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 745-754

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27667

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Inspection of Transportation Casks

Claudia M. Abbate, John W. Craig

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 755-758

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27668

Plant Equipment Modifications Required to Place Three Mile Island Unit 2 in a Postdefueling Monitored Storage Configuration

T. Chris Fonner

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 759-771

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27669

Three Mile Island Unit 2 Postdefueling Regulatory Considerations

Sidney W. Smith, James J. Byrne

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 772-777

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27670

The Evaluation of Radionuclide Penetration of Structural Concrete Surfaces in the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor Building

Clay M. Davis

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 778-785

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27671

Analysis of Data from Leaching Concrete Samples Taken from the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor Building Basement

Emory D. Collins, W. Donald Box, Herschel W. Godbee, Timothy C. Scott

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 786-796

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27672

Design of a Filter Aid and Coagulant Addition System at Three Mile Island Unit 2

Pieter R. van Stolk, Mark D. Smith

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 797-802

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27673

Characterization Studies of Solids from Reactor Coolant System Water and Test Filter Media from Three Mile Island Unit 2

David O. Campbell

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 803-813

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27674

Utilization of Three Mile Island Unit 2 Research and Development Information in Japan

Nobuyuki Tabata, Fujio Masuda

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 814-823

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27675

Use of Deep-Bed Filtration Technology in the Cleanup of Three Mile Island Unit 2

Mark Douglas Smith

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 824-836

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27676

The Identification and Control of Microorganisms at Three Mile Island Unit 2

Kenneth J. Hofstetter, Beverly S. Ausmus+

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 837-844

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27677

Sampling and Examination Methods Used for Three Mile Island Unit 2

Alan W. Marley, Douglas W. Akers, Charles V. McIsaac

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 845-856

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Technique / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27678

Timing of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Core Degradation as Determined by Forensic Engineering

James O. Henrie

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 857-864

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27679

Three Mile Island Unit 2 Core Geometry

Malcolm L. Russell, Richard K. McCardell

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 865-874

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27680

Scanning Electron Microanalysis Techniques for Three Mile Island Unit 2 Core Samples

Bruce A. Pregger, Charles S. Olsen

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 875-883

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Material / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27681

Application of Severe Fuel Damage Experiments to Evaluating Three Mile Island Unit 2 Core Materials Behavior

Charles S. Olsen, Richard R. Hobbins, Beverly A. Cook

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 884-896

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Material / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27682

Three Mile Island Unit 2 Data Qualification and Data Bases

Daniel W. Golden, Ronne W. Brower, James L. Anderson, Larry J. Fackrell, Robert D. McCormick

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 897-906

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27683

Analysis of Hydrogen Burn in the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident with the CONTAIN1.1 Computer Code

Ken Muramatsu, Kunihisa Soda

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 907-911

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27684

Analysis of the Refill Phenomena During the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident

Yasushi Nomura, James L. Anderson

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 912-925

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27685

Potential for Recriticality of the Relocated Core

Bernard R. Bandini, Anthony J. Baratta

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 926-931

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Criticality Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27686

Drilling Operations to Remove the Lower Core Support Assembly at Three Mile Island Unit 2

Herbert W. Kirkland, Marc A. Nemser, William M. Laney

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 932-945

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27687

Three Mile Island Unit 2 Analysis Exercise: CATHARE Computations of Phases 1 and 2 of the Accident

Patrick Dumaz

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 946-955

Technical Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27688

Closing Plenary—Enhanced Reactor Safety: Lessons Learned from Three Mile Island Unit 2

Sid Langer, Dennis Owen

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 956-974

Plenary Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Fission Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27689

Thermal Interactions During the Three Mile Island Unit 2 2-B Coolant Pump Transient

Pui Kuan, James L. Anderson, E. L. Tolman

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 977-989

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27690

Three Mile Island Unit 2 Degraded Core Heatup and Cooldown Analysis

Richard L. Moore, Daniel W. Golden, E. L. Tolman

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 990-1004

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27691

Molten Material Behavior in the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident

Richard R. Hobbins, Malcolm L. Russell, Charles S. Olsen, Richard K. McCardell

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1005-1012

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27692

The Overall Source Range Monitor Response During the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident

Anthony J. Baratta, Alireza Haghighat, Bernard R. Bandini

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1013-1020

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27693

The Three Mile Island Unit 2 Core Relocation—Heat Transfer and Mechanism

Michael Epstein, Hans K. Fauske

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1021-1035

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27694

Comparison of Thermal and Mechanical Responses of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor Vessel

Gary L. Thinnes, Richard L. Moore

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1036-1049

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27695

MELCOR Analysis of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident

Edward A. Boucheron, John E. Kelly

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1050-1057

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27696

Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of the Initial Phase of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident

Kazuichiro Hashimoto, Kunihisa Soda, Hideo Sekiya

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1058-1066

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27697

Simulation of the First 174 Minutes of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident Using MAAP 3.0B

Ariel Sharon, Laurence J. Godin, Francisco J. de Mora, Robert E. Henry, Garry R. Thomas

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1067-1085

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27698

ATHLET Analysis of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Accident

Adly B. Wahba, Fritz Steinhoff

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1086-1096

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27699

Worker Exposures During the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Recovery

Dale J. Merchant

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1099-1105

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Reactor / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27700

Three Mile Island Unit 2 Reactor Vessel Head and Plenum Removal

C. W. (SWEDE) Hultman, Richard W. Jackson

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1109-1111

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27701

Three Mile Island Unit 2 Core Region Defueling

Jon M. Rodabaugh, David K. Cowser

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1112-1116

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27702

Disassembly and Defueling of the Three Mile Island Unit 2 Upper Core Support Assembly

Jon M. Rodabaugh

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1117-1121

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Radioactive Waste Management / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27703

Operations and Achievements of Remote Equipment at Three Mile Island Unit 2

Michael D. Pavelek II, Wayne Underhill, F. Lee Bozorgi, Joseph F. Boudreaux

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1122-1133

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27704

An Overview of Nuclear Criticality Safety Analyses Performed to Support Three Mile Island Unit 2 Defueling

Daniel S. Williams, John C. Rommel, Raymond L. Murray

Nuclear Technology / Volume 87 / Number 4 / December 1989 / Pages 1134-1144

Late Paper / TMI-2: Decontamination and Waste Management / Nuclear Safety / dx.doi.org/10.13182/NT89-A27705