Skeletons in the closet: Implementation of the packaging program at LANL
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
In May 1994, the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB) issued recommendation 94-1 to the secretary of energy indicating the need for improved remediation efforts within the defense nuclear facilities complex. The primary concern was for the safety of the workers, the public, and the environment as a result of improperly stabilized and packaged fissile materials. The DNFSB recommended that an integrated plan be formulated to convert the identified materials to forms or conditions suitable for safe interim storage. In addition, the DNFSB recommended that plutonium metal and oxides (>50 wt% plutonium) be stabilized and packaged in accordance with the criteria stated in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) storage standard (DOE-STD-3013). In response to the recommendations, DOE requested input from all defense-related sites, and as a result, individual site integrated stabilization and management plans (SISMPs) were established.
- OSTI ID:
- 552431
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-971125--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 77; ISSN 0003-018X; ISSN TANSAO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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