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Title: Analysis of Enriched Uranyl Nitrate in Nested Annular Tank Array

Abstract

Two series of experiments were performed at the Rocky Flats Critical Mass Laboratory during the 1980s using highly enriched (93%) uranyl nitrate solution in annular tanks. [1, 2] Tanks were of typical sizes found in nuclear production plants. Experiments looked at tanks of varying radii in a co-located set of nested tanks, a 1 by 2 array, and a 1 by 3 array. The co-located set of tanks had been analyzed previously [3] as a benchmark for inclusion within the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments. [4] The current study represents the benchmark analysis of the 1 by 3 array of a series of nested annular tanks. Of the seventeen configurations performed in this set of experiments, twelve were evaluated and nine were judged as acceptable benchmarks.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
DOE - NE
OSTI Identifier:
961916
Report Number(s):
INL/CON-09-15217
TRN: US0903508
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC07-99ID-13727
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 2009 ANS Annual Meeting,Atlanta, Georgia, USA,06/14/2009,06/18/2009
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING; BENCHMARKS; CRITICAL MASS; CRITICALITY; MANUALS; PRODUCTION; SAFETY; TANKS; URANYL NITRATES; Annular Tanks; Benchmark; Critical Experiment; Highly Enriched Uranium; Uranyl Nitrate

Citation Formats

Bess, John D, and Cleaver, James D. Analysis of Enriched Uranyl Nitrate in Nested Annular Tank Array. United States: N. p., 2009. Web.
Bess, John D, & Cleaver, James D. Analysis of Enriched Uranyl Nitrate in Nested Annular Tank Array. United States.
Bess, John D, and Cleaver, James D. 2009. "Analysis of Enriched Uranyl Nitrate in Nested Annular Tank Array". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/961916.
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title = {Analysis of Enriched Uranyl Nitrate in Nested Annular Tank Array},
author = {Bess, John D and Cleaver, James D},
abstractNote = {Two series of experiments were performed at the Rocky Flats Critical Mass Laboratory during the 1980s using highly enriched (93%) uranyl nitrate solution in annular tanks. [1, 2] Tanks were of typical sizes found in nuclear production plants. Experiments looked at tanks of varying radii in a co-located set of nested tanks, a 1 by 2 array, and a 1 by 3 array. The co-located set of tanks had been analyzed previously [3] as a benchmark for inclusion within the International Handbook of Evaluated Criticality Safety Benchmark Experiments. [4] The current study represents the benchmark analysis of the 1 by 3 array of a series of nested annular tanks. Of the seventeen configurations performed in this set of experiments, twelve were evaluated and nine were judged as acceptable benchmarks.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/961916}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
month = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009}
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