Published September 1975
| Version v1
Report
Restricted
Explosion and fire in A-Line facility of the Savannah River Plant
Description
During routine operations to reduce uranyl nitrate hexahydrate to uranium trioxide, an excessive amount of organic solution entered denitrator pots and ignited. Damage from the resulting explosion and fire amounted to about dollars 300,000. No spread of contamination or serious injuries occurred. The facility has been restored to production with process modifications to prevent recurrence
Availability note (English)
MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS.
Files
Restricted
The record is publicly accessible, but files are restricted to users with access.
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 4 p.
- Report number
- DPSPU--75-30-13
Conference
- Title
- ERDA safety conference.
- Dates
- 2 Oct 1975.
- Place
- Batavia, Illinois, United States of America (USA).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 7254962
- Subject category
- S11: NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- CONTAMINATION; FIRES; PRODUCTION; REPROCESSING; SAFETY; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; SPENT FUELS; URANIUM TRIOXIDE; URANYL NITRATES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; CHALCOGENIDES; ENERGY SOURCES; FUELS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUCLEAR FUELS; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; REACTOR MATERIALS; SEPARATION PROCESSES; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM OXIDES; URANYL COMPOUNDS; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Available from NTIS. $3.50.
- Secondary number(s)
- CONF-751084--1.