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Title: Fifty-Five Gallon Drum Standard Study

Conference ·
OSTI ID:952597
 [1];  [2]
  1. Fluor Government Group, Richland, WA (United States)
  2. TRS Staffing Solutions, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)

Fifty-five gallon drums are routinely used within the U.S. for the storage and eventual disposal of fissionable materials as Transuranic or low-level waste. To support these operations, criticality safety evaluations are required. A questionnaire was developed and sent to selected Endusers at Hanford, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge and the Savannah River Site to solicit current practices. This questionnaire was used to gather information on the kinds of fissionable materials packaged into drums, the models used in performing criticality safety evaluations in support of operations involving these drums, and the limits and controls established for the handling and storage of these drums. The completed questionnaires were reviewed and clarifications solicited through individual communications with each Enduser to obtain more complete and consistent responses. All five sites have similar drum operations involving thousands to tens of thousands of fissionable material waste drums. The primary sources for these drums are legacy (prior operations) and decontamination and decommissioning wastes at all sites except Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The results from this survey and our review are discussed in this paper.

Research Organization:
Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States); Fluor Government Group, Richland, WA (United States); TRS Staffing Solutions, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-08RL14788
OSTI ID:
952597
Report Number(s):
CHPRC-00198-FP Rev 0; TRN: US0902549
Resource Relation:
Conference: Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting Nuclear Criticality Safety Program , Richland, WA (United States), 13-17 Sep 2009
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English