Preliminary report: examination of H8 and B8 leadscrews from Three Mile Island Unit 2 (TMI-2)

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One of the TMI-2 core examination tasks is the analysis of the control rod drive leadscrews, which were removed from the reactor head as part of the July 1982 closed-circuit television inspection of the damaged core. One leadscrew was removed from each of three different core positions: H8, from the center of the core; E9, from approximately midradius; and B8, from near the outer edge. This report presents and discusses the following: leadscrew acquisition, sample types, and analytical techniques used to analyze the various types of samples; results from the visual examination; preliminary leadscrew surface temperature estimates; chemical and radiological analyses; comparisons of temperature estimates and the chemical and radiological behavior in the plenum assembly region; and the principal observations and recommendations made on the basis of this study.

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