Work to
defuel the reactor at Vulcan is due to be completed in 2022 but beyond that, Mrs Newton refused to be drawn on what the MoD is proposing and how much it will cost the taxpayer.
As this work progressed, another problem was encountered, which was recorded as: "During
defuel of aircraft No 2 supply tank quantity indication stuck at 11kg with tank empty."
Before the birds could be put to bed, maintenance was tasked to
defuel aircraft that were to begin scheduled maintenance the following morning.
Concurrent with inactivation, the ship will be
defueled using the same proven techniques that have been used successfully to refuel and
defuel more than 350 naval nuclear-powered warships.
For example, before you fuel or
defuel a vehicle from a HEMTT tanker, connect one of the HEMTT's static cables to the vehicle being fueled.
But, without the men and women who serve this nation in the greatest maritime force in the world you might as well take our fleet, moor it to a pier, hangar the aircraft, and
defuel our tanks.
In particular, it's had to go back to the original supplier Babcock to redesign the fuel-handling system for the four reactors so it can
defuel them in accordance with the schedule and current safety standards.
The wet-wing
defuel operation is another method for delivering fuel to a forward area when the GLOCs are not open for convoy operations.
Also, we guard nuclear subs during their refuel and
defuel operations.
The units had to drive back to Rhine Ordnance Barracks,
defuel, and resubmit the hazardous-materials paperwork.
On April 19, Pyongyang notified the IAEA of its' intention to
defuel the reactor "at an early date," and it invited agency inspectors to witness the unloading operations -- but without specifying what procedures would be followed or what the inspectors would be able to see and do.