Plutonium Immobilization Can Loading Conceptual Design

Technical Report · Thu May 13 00:00:00 EDT 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/8591· OSTI ID:8591

Kriikku, E

'The Plutonium Immobilization Facility will encapsulate plutonium in ceramic pucks and seal the pucks inside welded cans. Remote equipment will place these cans in magazines and the magazines in a Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) canister. The DWPF will fill the canister with glass for permanent storage. This report discusses the Plutonium Immobilization can loading conceptual design and includes a process block diagram, process description, preliminary equipment specifications, and several can loading issues. This report identifies loading pucks into cans and backfilling cans with helium as the top priority can loading development areas.'

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-96SR18500
• OSTI ID: 8591
• Report Number(s): WSRC-TR-98-00229; ON: DE00008591
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
Plutonium
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