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Appendix B

1 .0 P U R P O S E

This appendix provides the operational descriptions and material quantities upon which the

example calculations in Chapter 7 are based. The examples included in this document were

originally developed for the purpose of demonstrating a hazard analysis process and,

subsequently, for basic hazard analysis training. The operations and material quantities

described do not specifically correspond to any actual facility and should not be directly

compared to actual operations. The example is a composite whose various features are based

on historical and current plutonium processes and operations throughout the DOE weapons

complex. Numerical values based on actual operations have been altered, and specific

operational and design inadequacies have been included for the purpose of example. The use

of this material as a basis for example calculations is considered preferable to independently

documenting calculations for existing facilities.

This appendix presents facility descriptions followed by basic hazard identification tables for

the operations described. The descriptions are at a level sufficient to identify accident

scenarios and perform source term calculations.

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