Density of Plutonium Turnings Generated from Machining Activities

Technical Report · Thu Oct 20 00:00:00 EDT 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1330083· OSTI ID:1330083

Gonzales, John Robert ^[1]; Vigil, Duane M. ^[1]; Jachimowski, Thomas A. ^[1]; Archuleta, Alonso ^[1]; Arellano, Gerald Joseph ^[1]; Melton, Vince Lee ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

The purpose of this project was to determine the density of plutonium (Pu) turnings generated from the range of machining activities, using both surrogate material and machined Pu turnings. Verify that 500 grams (g) of plutonium will fit in a one quart container using a surrogate equivalent volume and that 100 grams of Pu will fit in a one quart Savy container.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC52-06NA25396
• OSTI ID: 1330083
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-16-28017; TRN: US1700430
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
PLUTONIUM
DENSITY
MACHINING
CONTAINERS
Turnings Experiment