Metal Poisons in Waste Tanks (U)

Conference · Mon Oct 14 00:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/636037· OSTI ID:404794

Williamson, T G ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Company, AIKEN, SC (United States)

Many of the storage tanks with waste from processing fissile materials contain, along with the fissile material, metals which may serve as nuclear criticality poisons. It would be advantageous to the criticality evaluation of these wastes if it can be demonstrated that the poisons remain with the fissile materials and if an always safe poison-to-fissile ratio can be established. The first task, demonstrating that the materials stay together, is the job of the chemist, the second, demonstrating an always safe ratio, is the job of the physicist. The latter task is the object of this paper

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 404794
• Report Number(s): EPD-CTG-960046; CONF-961103-22; ON: DE97060047; TRN: 97:001216
• Resource Relation: Conference: Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the European Nuclear Society (ENS), Washington, DC (United States), 10-14 Nov 1996; Other Information: PBD: 14 Oct 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
FISSILE MATERIALS
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
CRITICALITY
NUCLEAR POISONS
SAFETY
TANKS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
OXYGEN
SODIUM
CHROMIUM
MANGANESE
IRON
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT