Criteria for Preparing and Packaging Plutonium Metals and Oxides for Long-Term Storage
Author(s) -
Safety
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
osti oai (u.s. department of energy office of scientific and technical information)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/432799
Subject(s) - plutonium , certification , radioactive waste , term (time) , nuclear engineering , environmental science , computer science , process engineering , reliability engineering , waste management , engineering , radiochemistry , physics , chemistry , quantum mechanics , political science , law
This Standard provides criteria for packaging of plutonium metals and stabilized oxides for storage periods of at least 50 years. To meet the criteria, plutonium-bearing materials must be in stable forms and be packaged in containers designed to maintain their integrity both under normal storage conditions and during anticipated handling accidents
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