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Zirconium Sludge Criticality Calculations in Large Process Tanks

Conference ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/2377193· OSTI ID:2377193
 [1];  [2]
  1. Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), Aiken, SC (United States)
  2. Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States); Savannah River Nuclear Solutions (SRNS), Aiken, SC (United States)
The Savannah River Site’s H-Canyon facility has been tasked with accelerating the disposition of used research reactor fuels. • Future missions will involve dissolution of “Non-Aluminum” clad fuels – not easily dissolved – Nitric acid is not capable of dissolving stainless steel, Zirconium, and Hastelloy, clad fuels by itself • The electrolytic dissolver has been (re) selected as a disposition path for these fuels. 2
Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-08SR22470
OSTI ID:
2377193
Report Number(s):
SRNS-STI-2024-00250
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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