Published April 1998 | Version v1
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Plutonium stabilization and storage research in the DNFSB 94-1 core technology program

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab., Albuquerque, NM (United States). Nuclear Materials Technology Div.
  • 2. Dept. of Energy Albuquerque Operations Office, NM (United States). Nuclear Materials Stewardship Office

Description

Recommendation 94-1 of the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB) addresses legacy actinide materials left in the US nuclear defense program pipeline when the production mission ended in 1989. The Department of Energy (DOE) Implementation Plan responding to this recommendation instituted a Core Technology program to augment the knowledge base about general chemical and physical processing and storage behavior and to assure safe interim nuclear material storage, until disposition policies are formulated. The Core Technology program focuses on plutonium, in concert with a complex-wide applied R/D program administered by Los Alamos National Laboratory. This paper will summarize the Core Technology program's first two years, describe the research program for FY98, and project the overall direction of the program in the future

Availability note (English)

Available from INIS in electronic form; ALSO AVAILABLE FROM OSTI AS DE98005274; NTIS; US GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE DEP.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
6 p.
Report number
LA-UR--98-77

Conference

Title
Annual meeting of the American Nuclear Society
Dates
7-12 Jun 1998
Place
Nashville, TN (United States)

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
30009421
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S42: ENGINEERING; S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
HANFORD RESERVATION; LANL; PLUTONIUM; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; ROCKY FLATS PLANT; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; STABILIZATION
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ELEMENTS; MANAGEMENT; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; STORAGE; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTE STORAGE

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-7405-ENG-36
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
Secondary number(s)
CONF-980606--