Open AccessCSER-98-002: Criticality analysis for the storage of special nuclear material sources and standards in the WRAP facility
Author(s) -
H.J. Goldberg
Publication year - 1999
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/782259
Subject(s) - certification , quality assurance , criticality , national laboratory , plan (archaeology) , radioactive waste , nuclear material , engineering , transuranium element , waste management , operations management , nuclear physics , physics , external quality assessment , archaeology , engineering physics , political science , law , history
The Waste Receiving and Processing (WRAP) Facility will store uranium and transuranic (TRU) sources and standards for certification that WRAP meets the requirements of the Quality Assurance Program Plan (QAPP) for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). In addition, WRAP must meet internal requirements for testing and validation of measuring instruments for nondestructive assay (NDA). In order to be certified for WIPP, WRAP will participate in the NDA Performance Demonstration Program (PDP). This program is a blind test of the NDA capabilities for TRU waste. It is intended to ensure that the NDA capabilities of this facility satisfy the requirements of the quality assurance program plan for the WIPP. The PDP standards have been provided by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for this program. These standards will be used in the WRAP facility