{sup 242}Pu CRITICAL MASS [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1999.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: 125 Kilobytes pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Los Alamos National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Large amounts of ²⁴²Pu (0.3 to 0.8 mg/g UO₂) are present in spent nuclear reactor fuel with more being produced on a daily basis. For stabilization and reprocessing of spent fuel, criticality safety data are needed to ensure that ²⁴²Pu is handled safely. The calculated bare critical mass of ²⁴²Pu is 85.80 ± 3.46 kg at a density of 19.86 g/cm³. This critical mass was derived based upon calculations of critical experiments that used up to 24 kg ²⁴²Pu. The previous critical mass derivation should be reasonably accurate until such time that integral data can be obtained.

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E 1.99:la-ur-99-3509
la-ur-99-3509

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Published through SciTech Connect.
06/01/1999.
"la-ur-99-3509"
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