Hanford Atomic Products Department. Monthly report, June 1966 (open access)

Hanford Atomic Products Department. Monthly report, June 1966

The programmed long outage which started May 1 was concluded on June 6. During this outage, the sixth heat exchanger cell was tied in, the auxiliary steam boiler was completely overhauled, four steam generators were equipped with isolation valves, extensive replacements of the process tube resistance temperature detectors were made, the reactor was re-orificed, a leaking reactor gas seal was repaired, extensive preventive maintenance was done, and numerous smaller pieces of work were accomplished. After startup, testing of the WPPSS generating station equipment was resumed. Electric power up to 320 Mw was generated, generator trip-offs were executed, and data on the reactor plant response were taken. Both the generating station and the reactor plant behaved excellently. The sixth cell installations performed as designed. Electrical power generation is now limited to about 400 Mw by the unavailability of a step down transformer on the BPA system at Vantage. Elevation of the generated power level to the rated 800 Mw will be possible in the early autumn when transformer delivery is expected by BPA. Three scrams from relatively low power levels occurred during the June 6 startup, which may be regarded as being associated with returning the plant to service after a …
Date: July 10, 1966
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