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.
- Authors:
- 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.
@article{osti_961916,
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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year = {Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 2009},
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