A Criticality Safety Assessment of Uranium Compound Storage at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. Summary Report

Conference · Sun Jun 02 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:10124352

Reed, D. A. ^[1]; Butcher, D. D. ^[1]; Krawczyk, T. L. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Highly enriched uranium recovery operations at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant require storage of compounds generated by the processes. These fissile compounds are stored in process containers of various dimensions, depending on the compound. The process containers are stored on racks grouped together to form major storage arrays. This study assesses the sensitivity of a generic array model to the various process container loadings and additional parameters of relevance to criticality safety, and demonstrates the adequate safety margin of the storage arrays.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OS21400
• OSTI ID: 10124352
• Report Number(s): Y/DD-514-Extd.Abst.; CONF-910603-23-Extd.Abst.; ON: DE92008034
• Resource Relation: Conference: Annual Meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), Orlando, FL (United States), 2-6 Jun 1991; Other Information: PBD: 2 Jan 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM
CRITICALITY
STORAGE
SENSITIVITY
SAFETY
WATER
CONTAINERS
FISSILE MATERIALS
MODERATORS
NEUTRON REFLECTORS
COMPUTER CODES
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Highly Enriched Uranium Recovery Operations
Fissile Compounds
420203
050900
HANDLING EQUIPMENT AND PROCEDURES
TRANSPORT, HANDLING, AND STORAGE