Caustic Precipitation of Plutonium Using Gadolinium as the Neutron Poison for Disposition to High Level Waste
Abstract
Nuclear Materials Management Division (NMMD) has proposed that up to 100 kg of the plutonium (Pu) solutions stored in H-Canyon be precipitated with a nuclear poison and dispositioned to H-Area Tank Farm. The use of gadolinium (Gd) as the poison would greatly reduce the number of additional glass logs resulting from this disposition. This report summarizes the characteristics of the precipitation process and addresses criticality concerns in the Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluation. No problems were found with the nature of the precipitate or the neutralization process.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 799405
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-TR-2002-00198
TRN: US0205229
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-96SR18500
- Resource Type:
- Technical Report
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 24 Jun 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; CRITICALITY; EVALUATION; GADOLINIUM; GLASS; NEUTRONS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR POISONS; PLUTONIUM; PRECIPITATION; SAFETY; STORAGE FACILITIES; WASTES
Citation Formats
Bronikowski, M G. Caustic Precipitation of Plutonium Using Gadolinium as the Neutron Poison for Disposition to High Level Waste. United States: N. p., 2002.
Web. doi:10.2172/799405.
Bronikowski, M G. Caustic Precipitation of Plutonium Using Gadolinium as the Neutron Poison for Disposition to High Level Waste. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/799405
Bronikowski, M G. 2002.
"Caustic Precipitation of Plutonium Using Gadolinium as the Neutron Poison for Disposition to High Level Waste". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/799405. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/799405.
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author = {Bronikowski, M G},
abstractNote = {Nuclear Materials Management Division (NMMD) has proposed that up to 100 kg of the plutonium (Pu) solutions stored in H-Canyon be precipitated with a nuclear poison and dispositioned to H-Area Tank Farm. The use of gadolinium (Gd) as the poison would greatly reduce the number of additional glass logs resulting from this disposition. This report summarizes the characteristics of the precipitation process and addresses criticality concerns in the Nuclear Criticality Safety Evaluation. No problems were found with the nature of the precipitate or the neutralization process.},
doi = {10.2172/799405},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/799405},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2002},
month = {Mon Jun 24 00:00:00 EDT 2002}
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