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Prediction of dose and field mapping around a shielded plutonium fuel fabrication glovebox

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6894709
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Westinghouse Hanford Company, as the Department of Energy's (DOE) prime contractor for the operation of the Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory (HEDL), is responsible for the development of the Secure Automated Fabrication (SAF) Line which is to be installed in the recently constructed Fuels and Materials Examination Facility (FMEF). The SAF Line will fabricate mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel pins for the Fast Flux Test Facility (FFTF) at an annual throughput rate of six (6) metric tons (MT) of MOX. The SAF Line will also demonstrate the automated manufacture of fuel pins on a production-scale. This paper describes some of the techniques used to reduce personnel exposure on the SAF Line, as well as the prediction and field mapping of doses from a shielded fuel fabrication glovebox. Tables are also presented from which exposure rate estimates can be made for plutonium recovered from fuels having different isotopic compositions as a result of varied burnup.

Research Organization:
Hanford Engineering Development Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76FF02170
OSTI ID:
6894709
Report Number(s):
HEDL-SA-3088-FP; CONF-840627-9; ON: DE84016626
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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