CEI has extensive experience working with nuclear facilities, primarily in the area of remediating alkali metals from breeder-reactor systems. In addition to earlier projects, Creative Engineers has worked with the following customers in a variety of deactivation and decontamination projects.
NASA, Marshall Space Flight Center
- Design and fabrication of a skid-mounted alkali metal–purification system
- Design and construction of a customized small superheated-steam system for decontamination and deactivation of alkali metal–contaminated systems
- Training of NASA technicians in safe handling of NaK
FFTF Hanford Nuclear Facility
Projects included:
- Reaction of remaining sodium in their CRCTA vessel, a 55,000-gallon reactor mock-up
- Processing and cleanup of a fully loaded sodium cold trap and its economizer
- Processing and cleanup of remaining sodium residues in two vapor traps
- Processing and cleanup of remaining NaK from a large auxiliary cooling loop
- Design of two skid-mounted systems that the FFTF facility will use for the final sodium cleanup at Hanford
- Design, fabrication, and operation of a unique “alternating pressure/vacuum” pump for removing the last quantities of sodium from the FFTF reactor. No other company provided a viable design.
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Full draining and destruction of the contained NaK from a SNAP nuclear reactor that was taken out of service but still loaded with nuclear fuel
- Training of ORNL workers in the safe handling of NaK
Oak Ridge K-25 Facility
- Cleanup and deactivation of sodium spillage from a project conducted by a previous contractor
Argonne National Laboratory
- Cleanup of remaining lithium and NaK from several components
- Supply of nuclear-grade sodium
UKAEA, United Kingdom
- Conducted demonstration tests for processing bulk and residual quantities of NaK, converting them to sodium and potassium hydroxides
Terra Power
- Design of sodium-purification systems