Open AccessAcceptance Test Plan for the Sludge Pickup Adaptor
Author(s) -
A.L. Pitner
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/801894
Subject(s) - adapter (computing) , tray , pickup , suction , waste management , underwater , engineering , environmental science , mechanical engineering , computer science , electrical engineering , geology , artificial intelligence , image (mathematics) , oceanography
This test plan documents the acceptance testing of the sludge pickup adapter for potential use during PSI Phases 3 and 4 fuel cleanliness inspection activities. The adaptex is attached to the strainer tip of the vacuum wand and used to suction up residual sludge captured in a sludge collection tray. The material is vacuumed into a chamber of known volume in the sludge pickup adapter. The device serves as an aid in helping to determine whether the observed quantity of sludge is within allowable limits (1.4 cm{sup 3} per fuel assembly). This functionality test involves underwater testing in the 305 Building Cold Test Facility to verify that sludge can be successfully vacuumed from a collection tray. Ancillary activities in this acceptance test include demonstration that the sludge pickup adapter CM be successfully attached to and detached from the vacuum wand underwater