White paper on possible inclusion of mixed plutonium-uranium oxides in DOE-STD-3013-96

Technical Report · Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/573281· OSTI ID:573281

Haschke, J M ^[1]; Venetz, T; Szempruch, R ^[2]; McClard, J W ^[3]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Babcock and Wilcox Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
3. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)

This report assesses stabilization issues concerning mixed plutonium-uranium oxides containing < 50 wt% Pu. It recommends that these materials be stored under a revision to DOE-STD-3013-96 ``Criteria for Preparing and Packaging Plutonium Metals and Oxides for Long-Term Storage,`` which addresses long-term storage of materials > 50 mass % Pu. Possible consequences of uranium substitution on thermal stabilization, specific surface areas, moisture readsorption behavior, loss-on-ignition analysis, and criticality safety of the oxide are examined and discussed.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 573281
• Report Number(s): LA-13236-MS; ON: DE98003070; TRN: 98:009160
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Nov 1997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
URANIUM OXIDES
STANDARDS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
STABILIZATION
SAFETY ANALYSIS
CRITICALITY
MIXED OXIDE FUELS
REDUCTION