Open AccessCriticality Safety Evaluation of Hanford Site High Level Waste Storage Tanks
Author(s) -
Christine A. Rogers
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/801334
Subject(s) - criticality , fissile material , hanford site , waste management , storage tank , radioactive waste , high level waste , environmental science , nuclear criticality safety , engineering , nuclear engineering , nuclear physics , physics , neutron
This criticality safety evaluation covers operations for waste in underground storage tanks at the high-level waste tank farms on the Hanford site. This evaluation provides the bases for criticality safety limits and controls to govern receipt, transfer, and long-term storage of tank waste. Justification is provided that a nuclear criticality accident cannot occur for tank farms operations, based on current fissile material and operating conditions