Determination of the quantity and locations of the plutonium retained in the Cimarron fuel plant systems
In late 1975, Sequoyah Fuels Corporation (SFC) announced its intention to suspend operations of its Cimarron Plutonium Fuel Fabrication Facility and to place the Facility in a standby status pending development of further activities. SFC, using non-destructive assay (NDA) measurement techniques, measured the residual plutonium held-up in the plant process equipment to establish a standby inventory hold-up baseline. The NRC`s Office of Inspection and Enforcement assembled a team of various government experts that independently measured the plutonium hold-up, using NDA techniques. In 1979, SFC elected to decontaminate the plutonium operation for purposes of decommissioning the site and terminating the NRC license. Care was taken throughout the decontamination program to accurately measure the plutonium content and identify the origin of over 28,000 individual packages of contaminated equipment removed from the plant. The final measurement data for these smaller packages were compared wit h the results of the 1976 baseline measurement program. This report compares the results of the 1976 baseline inventory data and the NRC team`s data with the final measurement data obtained during the decontamination and decommissioning effort.
- Research Organization:
- Sequoyah Fuels Corp., Oklahoma City, OK (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-83RL10382
- OSTI ID:
- 10151428
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RL/10382-5; ON: DE94011968; TRN: US200223%%596
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Supercedes report DE94011968; PBD: [1994]; PBD: 1 May 1994
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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