Author: Eugene D. ClaytonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criticality (Nuclear engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Nuclear Safety in Chemical and Metallurgical Processing of Plutonium
Author: Eugene D. ClaytonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criticality (Nuclear engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
NUCLEAR SAFETY IN CHEMICAL AND METALLURGICAL PROCESSING OF PLUTONIUM.
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A review was made of those types of criticality problems encountered in a typical plutonium processing and metal fabrication plant. A brief discussion is given of some of those criticality data which are of general interest in nuclear safety application, and of some of those data of limited application, but which are of special interest to specific processes. Curves are presented, based on multigroup diffusion theory, which show the estimated critical mass and infinite cylinder diameters for homogeneous PuO/sub 2/-water mixtures and the critical mass for Pu-- Al alloy. Applied methods of criticality control in plutonium processing and fuel element fabrication are reviewed. A list of typical administrative procedures, which have been used in effecting criticality control, is given. The proposed general program of studies for the new Hanford Plutonium Critical Mass Laboratory, which is being undertaken to obtain needed criticallty data for Pu solutions and precipitates of plutonium, is discussed. (auth).
Nuclear Safety in Chemical and Metallurgical Preocessing of Plutonium
Author: E. D. ClaytonSafe Handling and Storage of Plutonium
Author: International Atomic Energy AgencyPublisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
This Safety Report updates IAEA Safety Series No. 39, Safe Handling of Plutonium (1974), and provides an overview of modern practices for handling and storing separated plutonium. It provides descriptions of plutonium and its properties, and of the biological effects on humans of plutonium. The principles underlying the safe design and operation of plutonium handling/storage facilities and the licensing of such facilities are also covered.
Nuclear Safety in Chemical and Metallurgical Processing of Plutonium
Author: Eugene D. ClaytonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criticality (Nuclear engineering)
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Nuclear Safety
Author: Modernizing the Nuclear Security Enterprise
Author: U.s. Government Accountability OfficePublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781974234042
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
" Plutonium-a man-made element produced by irradiating uranium in nuclear reactors-is vital to the nuclear weapons stockpile. Much of the nation's current plutonium research capabilities are housed in aging facilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico. These facilities pose safety hazards. The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has decided to construct a multibillion dollar Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Nuclear Facility (CMRR) to modernize the laboratory's capabilities to analyze and store plutonium. GAO was asked to examine (1) the cost and schedule estimates to construct CMRR and the extent to which its most recent estimates reflect best practices, (2) options NNSA considered to ensure that needed plutonium research activities could continue, and (3) the extent to which NNSA's plans reflected changes in stockpile requirements and other plutonium research needs. GAO reviewed NNSA and contractor project design documents and visited Los Alamos and another plutonium facility at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. "
The Chemistry, Purification and Metallurgy of Plutonium
Author: Charles Allen ThomasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Metallurgy
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
The Metal Plutonium
Author: Arthur Shatter CoffinberryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Safety Issues Associated with Plutonium Involvement in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Author: Theodore A. ParishPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401145911
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
The "VOLGA" conferences, hosted in odd-numbered years by the Department of Theoretical and Experimental Reactor Physics of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), are some of the most prestigious technical meetings held in Russia. Traditionally, these conferences present the opportunity for reactor physicists from around the world to gather at MEPhI's holiday camp on the banks of the Volga river (near Tver) to exchange ideas and explore innovative concepts related to nuclear power development. In 1997, NATO became involved in the "VOLGA" meetings for the first time by co-sponsoring "VOLGA97" as an advanced research workshop. This workshop broke with tradition a bit in that the venue was moved from MEPhI's holiday camp to a location nearer Moscow. The workshop program was effectively organized in order to cover a broad range of topics relating to the theme of the meeting. Generally, the papers concerned safety related questions associated with utilizing both weapons-grade and reactor-grade plutonium in the nuclear fuel cycle, including facility requirements, licensing issues, proliferation risks, and a variety of advanced concepts for alternative fuel cycles. The program contained a total of ninety-nine papers presented in five days of sessions.