Published March 13, 2000
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Plutonium immobilization -- Can loading. Revision 1
Description
The Savannah River Site (SRS) will immobilize excess plutonium in the proposed Plutonium Immobilization Project (PIP). The PIP adds the excess plutonium to ceramic pucks, loads the pucks into cans, and places the cans into DWPF canisters. This paper discusses the PIP process steps, the can loading conceptual design, can loading equipment design, and can loading work completed
Availability note (English)
Available from PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/752505-5mdV5e/webviewable/Additional details
Identifiers
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- [vp.]
- Report number
- WSRC-TR--2000-00036/Rev.1
Conference
- Title
- 2000 ANS Annual Meeting and Embedded Topical Meetings
- Dates
- 4-8 Jun 2000
- Place
- San Diego, CA (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 32032832
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference, Non-conventional Literature
- Descriptors DEI
- CONTAINERS; DESIGN; LOADING; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; WASTE FORMS
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES
Optional Information
- Contract/Grant/Project number
- AC09-96SR18500
- Notes
- This record replaces 31024830
- Funding organization
- US Department of Energy (United States)