Tank farm nuclear criticality review
The technical basis for the nuclear criticality safety of stored wastes at the Hanford Site Tank Farm Complex was reviewed by a team of senior technical personnel whose expertise covered all appropriate aspects of fissile materials chemistry and physics. The team concluded that the detailed and documented nucleonics-related studies underlying the waste tanks criticality safety basis were sound. The team concluded that, under current plutonium inventories and operating conditions, a nuclear criticality accident is incredible in any of the Hanford single-shell tanks (SST), double-shell tanks (DST), or double-contained receiver tanks (DCRTS) on the Hanford Site.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-96RL13200
- OSTI ID:
- 327419
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-SD-WM-TI--725; ON: DE98058372; BR: EW3120071
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Resolution of the Nuclear Criticality Safety Issue for the Hanford Site High-Level Waste Tanks
TECHNICAL BASIS FOR VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS IN TANK FARMS OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS DOCUMENTS
Criticality safety assessment of tank 241-C-106 remediation
Conference
·
Sat Mar 01 23:00:00 EST 1997
·
OSTI ID:325635
TECHNICAL BASIS FOR VENTILATION REQUIREMENTS IN TANK FARMS OPERATING SPECIFICATIONS DOCUMENTS
Technical Report
·
Mon Jun 23 00:00:00 EDT 2003
·
OSTI ID:812324
Criticality safety assessment of tank 241-C-106 remediation
Technical Report
·
Fri Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 1996
·
OSTI ID:657843