Stabilization, Packaging, and Storage of Plutonium-Bearing Materials

• Stabilization, Packaging, and Storage of Plutonium-Bearing Materials
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• Abstract
• Table of Contents
• Table of Contents - Continued
• Foreword
• Foreword - Continued
• Scope
• References
• Definitions
• Stabilization, Packaging and Storage Criteria
• Engineered Materials
• Containers the "Packaging"
• Container Construction
• Other Criteria
• Mass of Contained Materials
• Storage - Surveillance of Stored Packages for Safety
• Surveillance Parameters
• Data base content elements
• Quality Assurance
• Appendix A: Technical Bases for Stabilization, Packaging and Storage of Plutonium-Bearing Materials
• The Mis Program
• Residues
• Purpose
• Stabilized Materials
• Plutonium Metals
• Oxides
• Eliminate organic materials
• Reduce the water content to less than 0.5 wt% and similarly reduce equivalent
• Reduce the water content to less than 0.5 wt% and similarly reduce equivalent - Continued
• Reduce the water content to less than 0.5 wt% and similarly reduce equivalent - Continued
• Reduce the water content to less than 0.5 wt% and similarly reduce equivalent - Continued
• Reduce the water content to less than 0.5 wt% and similarly reduce equivalent - Continued
• Minimize potential for water readsorption above the 0.5 wt% threshold
• Stabilize any other potential gas-producing constituents
• The standard accepts two approaches to verification that materials have been
• Stabilization at 950C and appropriate handling prior to packaging ensure
• Qualification of the stabilization and packaging process would permit materials
• Engineered Materials
• Container Design Concept
• Paragraph 6, Pressure Safety Requirements, of Attachment 1 to DOE O 440.1
• Container Construction
• Other Criteria
• Summary
• Contained Materials
• Table A-1. Calculated Temperatures (C) in a 9975 Package
• Plutonium metal phase changes
• Metallurgical interactions
• Packaging Process
• Packaging Process - Continued
• Storage - Surveillance of Stored Packages for Safety
• Surveillance Program
• Surveillance Program - Continued
• Inspections
• Documentation
• Quality Assurance
• Appendix B: Derivation of Pressure Equation
• Geometry Consideration
• Evolved Gases
• Decay Helium
• Decay Helium - Continued
• Aggregate Equation
• Determining the Free Gas Volume
• Packing Fraction Method
• Estimated Temperatures
• Table B-3. Values of Parameters used to Calculate Pressure
• General Behavior of Pressure Equation Example of Statistical Method
• Minimum Required Free Gas Volume per Kilogram
• Plutonium Radioactive Decay and Heat Generation
• Table B-5. Decay Energy for Relevant Nuclides
• Table B - 6. Isotopic Mix and Heat Generation Rates in Various Grades of Plutonium
• Figure B-5. Heat generation rate as a function of time for three grades of plutonium
• Appendix C: References
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• Appendix C: References - Continued
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• Concluding Material
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