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Criticality Control in Shipments of Fissile Materials

Conference ·
OSTI ID:752895
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  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
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This paper describes a procedure for finite-array criticality analysis to ensure criticality safety of shipments of fissile materials in US DOE-certified packages. After the procedure has been performed, one can obtain the minimum transport index and determine the maximum number of fissile packages allowable in a shipment that meets the 10 CFR 71 criticality safety requirements.

Research Organization:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
DOE Contract Number:
W-31109-ENG-38
OSTI ID:
752895
Report Number(s):
ANL/ET/CP-101348
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS
CONTAINERS
CRITICALITY
Certificate of Compliance (COC)
FISSILE MATERIALS
Finite-Array Criticality Analysis
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
SAFETY ANALYSIS
Safety Analysis Report for Packaging (SARP)
Safety Evaluation Report (SER)
TRANSPORT
Transport Index (TI)