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<strong>EPR</strong> <strong>UK</strong><br />

N° NESH-G/2008/en/0123<br />

REV. A PAGE 132 / 257<br />

FIGURE 42: FUEL ASSEMBLY REMOVED INTO UNLOADING CELL<br />

The fuel assemblies are then transferred and immersed in a cooling/rinsing enclosure, where a<br />

sipping test is performed to check the integrity of the fuel rods. The fuel assemblies are then<br />

transferred to the interim storage facility.<br />

The empty transport container is monitored for residual radioactivity and closed for transfer to<br />

the preparation station where it is cleaned, rinsed and vacuum-dried and prepared for reuse.<br />

9.3.1.1.2 Underwater Unloading Technology<br />

An underwater unloading facility has been installed and successfully operated at AREVA’s La<br />

Hague facility and similar facilities have been built elsewhere. Commissioned in 1981, this<br />

facility has a pool in which the transport container is fully immersed prior to unloading. It is<br />

important to note that all operations are completed under water. The transport container lid is<br />

opened and the transport container is prepared for unloading. The fuel assemblies are unloaded<br />

one at a time and placed into storage baskets. A submerged conveyor transfers the storage<br />

baskets from the unloading pool to one of the interim storage pools.

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