Packaging Plan for Mark-18A Plutonium Oxide

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2023

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1993684· OSTI ID:1993684

Skidmore, Brad ^[1]; Armstrong, Chris ^[2]; Cannon, Matthew ^[1]; Eldridge, Harris ^[2]; Hylton, Tom ^[1]; Robinson, Sharon ^[1]; Taylor-Pashow, Kathryn ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
2. Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)

Mark-18A (Mk-18A) targets were irradiated at the Savannah River Site and have been in wet storage at the site since the 1970s. The Mk-18A Target Material Recovery Program has been established to recover the ²⁴⁴Pu and heavy curium (≥50% ²⁴⁶Cm and ²⁴⁸Cm) in the targets at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and ship the materials to Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Radiochemical Engineering Development Center for programmatic use. Two products will be recovered from the Mk- 18A targets for shipment from SRNL to ORNL: a plutonium oxide stream and an oxide material that will contain the americium, curium, and lanthanides. This document presents the plan for packaging of the plutonium oxide material for shipment and storage at ORNL.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-00OR22725
• OSTI ID: 1993684
• Report Number(s): ORNL/SPR--2023/2945
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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