Packaging of Plutonium Metal and Oxide in the ARIES Project
The objective of the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System (ARIES) Project is to demonstrate technology to dismantle plutonium pits from excess nuclear weapons, convert the plutonium to a metal ingot or an oxide powder, package the metal or oxide, and verify the contents of the package by nondestructive assay. The packaged weapons plutonium will be converted to mixed-oxide reactor fuel or immobilized in ceramic forms suitable for geologic storage. The packaging of the material must therefore be suitable for storage until the material is further processes. A set of containers for plutonium metal and oxide has been developed to meet the needs of the ARIES process and the Department of Energy requirements for long-term storage. The package has been developed and qualified with the participation of private companies.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 759826
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-98-4207; TRN: US0004360
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: NATO Advanced Research Workshop: Environmental Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament, Krakow (PL), 11/09/1998--11/13/1998; Other Information: PBD: 9 Nov 1998
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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