Published 1991
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Journal article
A criticality safety assessment of uranium compound storage at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant
Creators
- 1. Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Description
Highly enriched uranium recovery operations at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant require storage of compounds generated by the processes. These fissile compounds are stored in process containers of various dimensions, depending on the compound. The process containers are stored on rocks grouped together to form major storage arrays. This study assesses the sensitivity of a generic array model to the various process container loadings and additional parameters relevant to criticality safety and demonstrates the adequate safety margin of the storage arrays
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
- Journal Volume
- 63
- Series
- Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.
- Journal Page Range
- 214-215
- ISSN
- 0003-018X
- CODEN
- TANSA
Conference
- Title
- Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS).
- Dates
- 2-6 Jun 1991.
- Place
- Orlando, FL (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 23036282
- Subject category
- S42: ENGINEERING; S42: ENGINEERING;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCURACY; COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS; COMPUTER CODES; CONTAINERS; CRITICALITY; FISSILE MATERIALS; HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM; MATERIALS HANDLING; MODERATORS; MULTIPLICATION FACTORS; NEUTRON REFLECTORS; NUCLEAR DATA COLLECTIONS; ORNL; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY; STORAGE; WATER; Y-12 PLANT
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM; EVALUATION; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; URANIUM; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-910603--.