Glovebox waste accountability improvements

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:6904861

Gupta, P K

Fissile glovebox waste is a large contributor to the annual accountability uncertainty in FB-Line of the Savannah River Plant. Installation of a glovebox facility has been proposed to significantly improve this accountability. Proposed facilities include a robot for waste sorting, high pressure Freon* spray cleaning system to remove plutonium particles form non-combustible waste, an incinerator to recover Pu in form of a low fired ash, a bagless drum transfer system, and the required assay monitoring instrumentation to eliminate sources of accountability error. This paper summarizes the provisions that are planned to improve assay of FB-Line waste forms, reduce waste volume and minimize personnel radiation exposure. 1 ref., 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Newark, DE (USA). Engineering Dept.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6904861
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-88-161; CONF-880846-2; ON: DE88015684
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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42 ENGINEERING
420205 -- Engineering-- Transport & Storage Facilities-- (1980-)
420900* -- Engineering-- Waste Processing Plants & Equipment-- (-1989)
ACCOUNTABILITY
ACTINIDES
ELEMENTS
EQUIPMENT
GLOVEBOXES
INCINERATORS
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MODIFICATIONS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLUTONIUM
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
ROBOTS
SAFETY
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES