Calculations of Subcritical Limits in ANSI/ANS-8.1 [Slides]
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
ANSI/ANS-8.1 standard “Nuclear Criticality Safety in Operations with Fissionable Materials Outside of Reactors” provides subcritical limit (SCL) values for several single- and multiple-parameter limits for fissile nuclides, including, uniform aqueous solutions and metals containing nuclides of 233U, 235U, and 239Pu, uranium-water lattices, homogeneous uranium-water mixtures of dry/damp oxides, uniform aqueous solutions of low-enriched uranium, and uniform aqueous mixtures of Pu(NO3)4 containing 240Pu
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 3007761
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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