Other Nuclear, DOE, and NASA Alkali-Metal Projects
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CEI has extensive experience working with nuclear facilities, primarily in the area of remediating alkali metals from breeder reactor systems. In addition to the two projects listed above, 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 when funding is resumed
- 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
UKAEA, United Kingdom
- Conducted demonstration tests for processing bulk and residual quantities of NaK, converting them to sodium and potassium hydroxides