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Title: Vitrification of plutonium at Rocky Flats the argument for a pilot plant

Conference ·
OSTI ID:420644
 [1]
  1. Rocky Mountain Peace Center, Boulder, CO (United States)

Current plans for stabilizing and storing the plutonium at Rocky Flats Plant fail to put the material in a form suitable for disposition and resistant to proliferation. Vitrification should be considered as an alternate technology. The vitrification should begin with a small-scale pilot plant.

Research Organization:
US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
420644
Report Number(s):
CONF-951259-; ON: DE96011798; TRN: 97:002127
Resource Relation:
Conference: Plutonium stabilization and immobilization workshop, Washington, DC (United States), 12-14 Dec 1995; Other Information: PBD: May 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of US Department of Energy Plutonium Stabilization and Immobilization Workshop, December 12-14, 1995: Final proceedings; PB: 474 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English