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American National Standard ANSI/ANS-8.15-1983: Nuclear criticality control of special actinide elements

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  • 2. Galaxy Computer Services, Inc. (United States)
  • 3. CTR Technical Services (United States)

Description

The American National Standard, 'Nuclear Criticality Safety in Operations with Fissionable Materials Outside Reactors' ANSI/ANS-8.1- 1983 provides guidance for the nuclides [sup 233]U, [sup 235]U, and [sup 239]Pu These three nuclides are of primary interest in out-of-reactor criticality safety since they are the most commonly encountered in the vast majority of operations. However, some operations can involve nuclides other than 'U, 'U, and 'Pu in sufficient quantities that their effect on criticality safety could be of concern. The American National Standard, 'Nuclear Criticality Control of Special Actinide Elements' ANSI/ANS-8.'15-1983 (Ref 2), provides guidance for fifteen such nuclides

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
5 p.
Report number
LA-UR--96-2291

Conference

Title
Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and the European Nuclear Society (ENS).
Dates
10-14 Nov 1996.
Place
Washington, DC (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
28057124
Subject category
S42: ENGINEERING; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ACTINIDES; AMERICIUM OXIDES; AMERICIUM 241; AMERICIUM 242; AMERICIUM 243; CALIFORNIUM 249; CALIFORNIUM 251; CRITICALITY; CURIUM OXIDES; CURIUM 243; CURIUM 244; CURIUM 245; CURIUM 247; FISSILE MATERIALS; NEPTUNIUM OXIDES; NEPTUNIUM 237; NEUTRON REFLECTORS; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; OPERATION; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; PLUTONIUM 238; PLUTONIUM 239; PLUTONIUM 240; PLUTONIUM 241; PLUTONIUM 242; SAFETY; STANDARDS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; AMERICIUM COMPOUNDS; AMERICIUM ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES; CHALCOGENIDES; CURIUM COMPOUNDS; CURIUM ISOTOPES; ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; FISSIONABLE MATERIALS; HEAVY ION DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; HEAVY NUCLEI; HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; NANOSEC LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NEPTUNIUM COMPOUNDS; NEPTUNIUM ISOTOPES; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ODD-ODD NUCLEI; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIOISOTOPES; SILICON 32 DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSPLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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