Open AccessInitial report on characterization of excess highly enriched uranium
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/434387
Subject(s) - plutonium , fissile material , disposition , enriched uranium , schedule , environmental science , operations research , computer science , risk analysis (engineering) , uranium , business , engineering , radiochemistry , chemistry , nuclear physics , physics , psychology , social psychology , neutron , operating system
DOE`s Office of Fissile Materials Disposition assigned to this Y-12 division the task of preparing a report on the 174.4 metric tons of excess highly enriched U. Characterization included identification by category, gathering existing data (assay), defining the likely needed processing steps for prepping for transfer to a blending site, and developing a range of preliminary cost estimates for those steps. Focus is on making commercial reactor fuel as a final disposition path