Plutonium stabilization and storage research in the DNFSB 94-1 core technology program

Conference · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:658187

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

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1. Los Alamos National Lab., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Nuclear Materials Technology Div.
2. Dept. of Energy Albuquerque Operations Office, NM (United States). Nuclear Materials Stewardship Office

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 Department of Energy (DOE) Implementation Plan responding to this recommendation 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 Core Technology program focuses on plutonium, in concert with a complex-wide applied R/D program administered by Los Alamos National Laboratory. This paper will summarize the Core Technology program`s first two years, describe the research program for FY98, and project the overall direction of the program in the future.

• 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: 658187
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--98-77; CONF-980606--; ON: DE98005274
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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