Plutonium research in the DNFSB 94-1 core technology program

Journal Article · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1998 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:644245

Eller, P G; Avens, L R ^[1]; Roberson, G D ^[2]

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
2. Dept. of Energy, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Recommendation 94-1 of the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB) addresses legacy actinide materials left in the US nuclear defense program pipeline when the production mission ended in 1989. The DNFSB recommended that a research program be established to fill any gaps in the information base needed for choosing among the alternate processes...for safe interim storage and the longer term disposition (of legacy actinide materials). The US Department of Energy (DOE) Implementation Plan instituted a core technology program to augment the knowledge base about general chemical and physical processing and storage behavior and to assure safe interim nuclear material storage, until disposition policies are formulated. The 94-1 core technology program, led by Los Alamos National Laboratory, focuses on plutonium and complements a complex wide applied 94-1 research and development (R and D) program. This paper summarizes the core technology program`s first 3 yr and possible future directions.

• OSTI ID: 644245
• Report Number(s): CONF-980606--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 78; ISSN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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