Safety Analysis – 200 Area, Savannah River Plant: Separations Area Operations. Building 221-H, B-Line, Scrap Recovery Facility (Supplement 2A, Revision 1)

Technical Report · Mon Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10138543· OSTI ID:10138543

The now HB-Line is located on top of the 221-H Building on the fifth and sixth levels and is designed to replace the aging existing HB-Line production facility. The new HB-Line consists of three separate facilities: the Scrap Recovery Facility, Neptunium Facility, and Plutonium Oxide Facility. The Scrap Recovery Facility is designed to routinely generate nitrate solutions of ²³⁵_U/²³⁹Pu and Pu-238 from scrap for purification by anion exchange or by solvent extraction in the canyon. The new facility incorporates improvements in: 1) engineered controls for nuclear criticality, 2) cabinet integrity and engineered barriers to contain contamination and minimize personnel exposure to airborne contamination, 3) shielding and remote operations to decrease radiation exposure, and 4) equipment and ventilation design to provide flexibility and improved process performance.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Lab.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035; AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 10138543
• Report Number(s): DPSTSA--200-10-2-Suppl.2A-Rev.1-Del.V; ON: DE93009746
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
CRITICALITY
DESIGN
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
FUELS PRODUCTION AND PROPERTIES
HB-Line
NEPTUNIUM
NUCLEAR FUELS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
PERSONNEL
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
Purification
RADIATION DOSES
RADIATION MONITORING
RISK ASSESSMENT
Risk
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SCRAP
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
SPENT FUELS REPROCESSING