Technical recommendations in the design and operation of a plutonium fuel fabrication facility to facilitate decontamination and decommissioning
Abstract
Sequoyah Fuels Corporation (formerly Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation) is in the process of decontaminating and decommissioning the Cimarron Plutonium Facility. This facility was designed to produce mixed oxide (Pu-U)O{sub 2} fuel using the co-precipitation process. This report is intended to address three topics: (1) identify problem areas which were revealed during the first phase of the decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) effort which could have been minimized by use of different design criteria; (2) provide recommendations which would have minimized Pu hold-up or made non-destructive assay (NDA) for inventory more accurate and less difficult; and (3) identify the limitations of the current NDA equipment being used at the Cimarron Plutonium Facility. The major problem areas uncovered to date and possible resolutions are identified.
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Sequoyah Fuels Corp., Oklahoma City, OK (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 10151415
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RL/10382-2
ON: DE94011965; TRN: 94:005625
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-83RL10382
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: [1994]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CIMARRON PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION PLANT; DECONTAMINATION; DECOMMISSIONING; PLUTONIUM; MATERIAL BALANCE; GLOVEBOXES; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL UNACCOUNTED FOR; 055001; 052001; TECHNICAL ASPECTS; WASTE PROCESSING
Citation Formats
. Technical recommendations in the design and operation of a plutonium fuel fabrication facility to facilitate decontamination and decommissioning. United States: N. p., 1994.
Web. doi:10.2172/10151415.
. Technical recommendations in the design and operation of a plutonium fuel fabrication facility to facilitate decontamination and decommissioning. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10151415
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"Technical recommendations in the design and operation of a plutonium fuel fabrication facility to facilitate decontamination and decommissioning". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10151415. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10151415.
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title = {Technical recommendations in the design and operation of a plutonium fuel fabrication facility to facilitate decontamination and decommissioning},
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abstractNote = {Sequoyah Fuels Corporation (formerly Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation) is in the process of decontaminating and decommissioning the Cimarron Plutonium Facility. This facility was designed to produce mixed oxide (Pu-U)O{sub 2} fuel using the co-precipitation process. This report is intended to address three topics: (1) identify problem areas which were revealed during the first phase of the decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) effort which could have been minimized by use of different design criteria; (2) provide recommendations which would have minimized Pu hold-up or made non-destructive assay (NDA) for inventory more accurate and less difficult; and (3) identify the limitations of the current NDA equipment being used at the Cimarron Plutonium Facility. The major problem areas uncovered to date and possible resolutions are identified.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10151415},
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place = {United States},
year = {1994},
month = {5}
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