FUEL RELIABILITY ASSESSMENT THROUGH TADIOCHEMISTRY AND POOLSIDE EXAMINATIONS
The primary objective of this report is to provide guidance in assessing fuel reliability for decisions regarding core operation, the cause of failure, returning fuel to the core for continued irradiation and of used nuclear fuel in dry storage containers. A secondary objective is to promote clear documentation of the state (intact or damaged) of all spent fuel assemblies or bundles for subsequent operations associated with the back-end of the fuel cycle.