Plutonium immobilization program - Cold pour Phase 1 test results

Technical Report · Fri Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/754458· OSTI ID:754458

Hamilton, L

The Plutonium Immobilization Project will disposition excess weapons grade plutonium. It uses the can-in-canister approach that involves placing plutonium-ceramic pucks in sealed cans that are then placed into Defense Waste Processing Facility canisters. These canisters are subsequently filled with high-level radioactive waste glass. This process puts the plutonium in a stable form and makes it unattractive for reuse. A cold (non-radioactive) glass pour program was performed to develop and verify the baseline design for the canister and internal hardware. This paper describes the Phase 1 scoping test results.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-96SR18500
• OSTI ID: 754458
• Report Number(s): WSRC-TR-2000-00019/Rev.1; TRN: US0002538
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 28 Apr 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PLUTONIUM
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
CONTAINERS
LOADING
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
VITRIFICATION
GLASS