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American National Standard ANSI/ANS-8.12-1987: Criticality control of plutonium-uranium mixtures

Conference ·
OSTI ID:442436
 [1];  [2]
  1. Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
The first version of this standard, which only included subcritical limits on homogeneous PuO{sub 2}-UO{sub 2} fuel mixtures, was approved July 17, 1978. The current version was revised to include limits on heterogeneous systems as well. This paper provides additional information on the limits, which cover 3 to 30% PuO{sub 2} in PuO{sub 2}+UO{sub 2} in water.
Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
442436
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--96-2292; CONF-961103--22; ON: DE96014042
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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