TRUPACT-II Residue Pipe Payload Container

Conference · Mon Jun 12 04:00:00 EDT 1995

OSTI ID:71678

Geinitz, Rick ^[1]; Gregory, Phil ^[2]

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1. Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS), Golden, CO (United States)
2. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States). Waste Isolation Div.

This paper summarizes the project to develop, test and certify a new payload container for the TRUPACT-II, a Type B packaging for the shipment of transuranic waste. The new payload container will provide segregation of plutonium waste materials within the TRUPACT-II. This segregation of fissile contents will support a new criticality safety analysis that may allow an increase in the TRUPACT-II Pu-239 Fissile Gram Equivalent (FGE) limit from 325 grams to 2800 grams. The need for this project was brought about by the end of the Cold War and the resulting shift in value of plutonium residues from providing recoverable Defense Program material to being considered disposable waste. This paper will not cover many of the details of the project but will instead aim to provide a general picture of all the project activities.

• Research Organization: Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS), Golden, CO (United States); Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (United States). Waste Isolation Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: AC34-90RF62349
• OSTI ID: 71678
• Report Number(s): RFP--4999; CONF-9506150--3; ON: DE95012986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
42 ENGINEERING
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
CONTAINERS
CRITICALITY
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
PACKAGING
PLUTONIUM
Packaging
TESTING
TRANSPORT
Transuranic Waste