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Author: United States. Congress Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781981231713 Category : Languages : en Pages : 80
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Plutonium disposition and the MOX Project : hearing before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, hearing held October 7, 2015.
Author: United States. Congress Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN: 9781981231713 Category : Languages : en Pages : 80
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Plutonium disposition and the MOX Project : hearing before the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourteenth Congress, first session, hearing held October 7, 2015.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Strategic Forces Subcommittee Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 120
Author: Publisher: ISBN: Category : Plutonium Languages : en Pages : 51
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NNSA, a separately organized agency within DOE, manages the Plutonium Disposition program to dispose of surplus weapons-grade plutonium by burning it as MOX fuel, a mixture of plutonium and uranium oxides, in specially modified commercial nuclear reactors. In 2012, DOE forecasted cost increases of close to $3 billion over the previous estimates for the program's two construction projects, the MOX facility and the WSB for disposing of waste from the MOX facility. GAO was asked to review these cost increases and the life-cycle cost estimate. This report examines: (1) drivers NNSA identified for the cost increases; (2) the extent to which NNSA analyzed underlying causes of the cost increases; (3) steps NNSA took to hold construction contractors accountable for their role, if any, in the cost increases; and (4) the extent to which NNSA's most recent estimates met cost- and schedule-estimating best practices. GAO reviewed NNSA's draft life-cycle cost estimate and contractor estimates of the MOX project's cost and WSB schedule, compared the estimates with cost- and schedule-estimating best practices, and interviewed DOE and NNSA officials. GAO is recommending, among other things, that DOE conduct a root cause analysis of the Plutonium Disposition program's cost increases and ensure that future estimates of the program's life-cycle cost and cost and schedule for the program's construction projects meet all best practices for reliable estimates.
Author: Gene Aloise Publisher: DIANE Publishing ISBN: 1437931375 Category : Technology & Engineering Languages : en Pages : 70
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The end of the Cold War left the U.S. with a surplus of weapons-grade plutonium, which poses proliferation and safety risks. Much of this material is found in a key nuclear weapon component known as a pit. The DoE plans to dispose of at least 34 metric tons of plutonium by fabricating it into mixed oxide (MOX) fuel for domestic nuclear reactors. To do so, two facilities are being constructed -- a MOX Fuel Fabrication Facility and a Waste Solidification Building. This report assessed the: (1) cost and schedule status of the construction projects; (2) status of NNSA's plans for pit disassembly and conversion; (3) status of NNSA's plans to obtain customers for MOX fuel; and (4) actions to provide independent nuclear safety oversight. Charts and tables.
Author: Alan Kuperman Publisher: ISBN: 9781732907706 Category : Languages : en Pages :
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Plutonium is a controversial fuel for three reasons: it can be used to make nuclear weapons, causes cancer, and is extremely costly to produce. Yet, relatively little information has been publicly available regarding the main use of this fuel around the world, in traditional ("light water") nuclear power reactors. This book offers the first comprehensive global study of plutonium "mixed oxide" (MOX) fuel in those reactors. Field research was conducted in all seven countries that have commercially manufactured or used such MOX: Belgium, France, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The chapters explain why five of the countries have decided to phase out MOX, due to concerns about security, economics, safety, the environment, and public acceptance. This volume should inform ongoing decision-making - in China, Japan, South Korea, the United States, and beyond - about whether to recycle plutonium for energy.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Publisher: ISBN: Category : Science Languages : en Pages : 44
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Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Strategic Forces Subcommittee
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Strategic Forces Subcommittee
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Author: Gene Aloise
Author: Alan Kuperman
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Author: Vanessa L. Gonzalez