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   Geez.  1961, S1W.  Westinghouse Chemists were doing all the primary and secondary plant chemistry monitoring, and civilian lab techs from Bettis were doing radiation surveys.  They grabbed 8 of us (MM's and EN's) and Doc Rencher (Westinghouse) gave us a crash course on chemistry, contamination, and fishing for brown trout in the Madison up in Yellowstone.  The ELT was born.  Of course radiation and chemistry in that old teakettle was a horse of a different color.On the boat, a SCRAM meant an immediate full round of primary plant chemistry to check for possible damage.  We also kept daily samples on the steam generators for chlorides, phosphates, and pH.  Mixed up Silver Nitrate for LLER turbidity checks and got a lot of black spots as reward.  As time went on, the tests all got more frequent and more stringent.   I can remember the RPM (Reactor Plant Manual) being a single 4" thick volume.  When I left the 619 in '74 it was already up to 6 volumes.  If it didn't work right, write a procedure and fix the "root cause".

As an aside, remember that new SSBN that lost her reduction gear when the watch shifted to an empty lube oil strainer?  The NR fix was, of course, to put a sign over the Strainers "Ensure Strainer is filled before placing online"  And of course that sign became invisible after about 4 LLER watches.

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	Geez. 1961, S1W. Westinghouse Chemists were doing all the primary and secondary plant chemistry monitoring, and civilian lab techs from Bettis were doing radiation surveys. They grabbed 8 of us (MM's and EN's) and Doc Rencher (Westinghouse) gave us a crash course on chemistry, contamination, and fishing for brown trout in the Madison up in Yellowstone. The ELT was born. Of course radiation and chemistry in that old teakettle was a horse of a different color. On the boat, a SCRAM meant an immediate full round of primary plant chemistry to check for possible damage. We also kept daily samples on the steam generators for chlorides, phosphates, and pH. Mixed up Silver Nitrate for LLER turbidity checks and got a lot of black spots as reward. As time went on, the tests all got more frequent and more stringent. I can remember the RPM (Reactor Plant Manual) being a single 4" thick volume. When I left the 619 in '74 it was already up to 6 volumes. If it didn't work right, write a procedure and fix the "root cause". As an aside, remember that new SSBN that lost her reduction gear when the watch shifted to an empty lube oil strainer? The NR fix was, of course, to put a sign over the Strainers "Ensure Strainer is filled before placing online" And of course that sign became invisible after about 4 LLER watches.
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