Plutonium Immobilization Project -- Robotic canister loading

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

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/754463· OSTI ID:754463

Hamilton, L

The Plutonium Immobilization Program (PIP) is a joint venture between the Savannah River Site, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. When operational in 2008, the PIP will fulfill the nation's nonproliferation commitment by placing surplus weapons-grade plutonium in a permanently stable ceramic form.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-96SR18500
• OSTI ID: 754463
• Report Number(s): WSRC-TR-99-00487-Rev.1; TRN: US0002156
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 28 Apr 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
PLUTONIUM
CONTAINERS
LOADING
WASTE FORMS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
NON-PROLIFERATION POLICY