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The feasibility of TRIGA reactor interrogation of 55-gallon drums for milligrams of fissile material
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The Rocky Flats Plant, in processing plutonium-bearing wastes, generates large numbers of 55-gallon drums of low-specific activity (LSA) waste. Verification that plutonium contents are less than LSA levels is most desirable. Present Department of Transportation regulations define 0.1 μ Ci per gram of waste as the maximum allowable plutonium concentration in LSA waste. This concentration in a 55-gallon drum corresponds to 1 to 10 mg of plutonium with the typical isotopic composition processed at Rocky Flats. This work clearly demonstrates that a reactor-produced neutron beam can be used for positive identification of LSA waste
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- 2. TRIGA owners' conference. Papers and abstracts
- Imprint Pagination
- 178 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 4.44-4.48
- Report number
- INIS-US--09N0217
Conference
- Title
- 2. TRIGA owners' conference
- Dates
- 21-22 Feb 1972
- Place
- College Station, TX (United States)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
- INIS RN
- 40035035
- Subject category
- S21: SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- FISSILE MATERIALS; ISOTOPE RATIO; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; NEUTRON BEAMS; PLUTONIUM; REGULATIONS; ROCKY FLATS PLANT; TRIGA TYPE REACTORS; US DOT
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDES; BEAMS; DIMENSIONLESS NUMBERS; ELEMENTS; ENRICHED URANIUM REACTORS; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; HYDRIDE MODERATED REACTORS; LAWS; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEON BEAMS; PARTICLE BEAMS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; REACTORS; RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS; SOLID HOMOGENEOUS REACTORS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTES; WATER COOLED REACTORS; WATER MODERATED REACTORS
Optional Information
- Secondary number(s)
- T--739