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Title: Packaging of plutonium metal and oxide in the ARIES project

Abstract

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 processed. 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.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
290844
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-98-1850; CONF-980906-
ON: DE99000673; TRN: 99:002438
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 3. American Nuclear Society (ANS) topical meeting on DOE spent nuclear fuel and fissile materials management, Charleston, SC (United States), 8-11 Sep 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; PACKAGING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT; PLUTONIUM RECYCLE; CONTAINERS; STORAGE; DESIGN; FABRICATION; LEAK TESTING

Citation Formats

Rofer, C K, Martinez, D A, and Trujillo, V L. Packaging of plutonium metal and oxide in the ARIES project. United States: N. p., 1998. Web.
Rofer, C K, Martinez, D A, & Trujillo, V L. Packaging of plutonium metal and oxide in the ARIES project. United States.
Rofer, C K, Martinez, D A, and Trujillo, V L. 1998. "Packaging of plutonium metal and oxide in the ARIES project". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/290844.
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abstractNote = {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 processed. 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.},
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year = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
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