Open AccessCSER 99-001: PFP LAB Dentirating calciner
Author(s) -
E.M. Miller,
K.D. Dobbin
Publication year - 1999
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/781515
Subject(s) - glovebox , fissile material , plutonium , criticality , nitric acid , mox fuel , waste management , radiochemistry , environmental science , chemistry , nuclear engineering , engineering , nuclear physics , neutron , physics , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
A criticality safety evaluation report was prepared for the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP) laboratory denigrating calciner, located in Glovebox 188-1, that converts Pu(NO{sub 3}){sub 4} solutions to the high fired stable oxide PuO{sub 2}. Fissile mass limits and volume limits are set for the glovebox for testing operations and training operators using only nitric acid feed to a plutonium oxide bed in the calciner