PROGRESS IN REDUCING THE NUCLEAR THREAT: UNITED STATES PLUTONIUM CONSOLIDATION AND DISPOSITION

Title: PROGRESS IN REDUCING THE NUCLEAR THREAT: UNITED STATES PLUTONIUM CONSOLIDATION AND DISPOSITION

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Following the end of the Cold War, the United States identified 61.5 metric tons (MT) of plutonium and larger quantities of enriched uranium that are permanently excess to use in nuclear weapons programs. The Department of Energy (DOE) also began shutting down, stabilizing, and removing inventories from production facilities that were no longer needed to support weapons programs and non-weapons activities. The storage of 'Category I' nuclear materials at Rocky Flats, Sandia National Laboratories, and several smaller sites has been terminated to reduce costs and safeguards risks. De-inventory continues at the Hanford site and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Consolidation of inventories works in concert with the permanent disposition of excess inventories, including several tonnes of plutonium that have already been disposed to waste repositories and the preparation for transfers to the planned Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility (for the bulk of the excess plutonium) and alternative disposition methods for material that cannot be used readily in the MOX fuel cycle. This report describes status of plutonium consolidation and disposition activities and their impacts on continuing operations, particularly at the Savannah River Site.

Authors:: Allender, J; Koenig, R; Davies, S

Publication Date:: 2009-06-01

Research Org.:: SRS

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 958682

Report Number(s):: NNP-OPD-2009-00019
TRN: US1000305

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC09-08SR22470

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: INMM

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE; ENRICHED URANIUM; FABRICATION; FUEL CYCLE; INVENTORIES; METRICS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; OXIDES; PLUTONIUM; PRODUCTION; SAFEGUARDS; STORAGE; WASTES; WEAPONS

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                    Allender, J, Koenig, R, and Davies, S. PROGRESS IN REDUCING THE NUCLEAR THREAT: UNITED STATES PLUTONIUM CONSOLIDATION AND DISPOSITION.  United States: N. p., 2009. 
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                    Allender, J, Koenig, R, & Davies, S. PROGRESS IN REDUCING THE NUCLEAR THREAT: UNITED STATES PLUTONIUM CONSOLIDATION AND DISPOSITION.  United States.

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        "PROGRESS IN REDUCING THE NUCLEAR THREAT: UNITED STATES PLUTONIUM CONSOLIDATION AND DISPOSITION".  United States.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/958682.

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