Criticality Safety Evaluation for TRU Waste In Storage at the RWMC [electronic resource].

Published:: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Environmental Management, 1994.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: 185 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy. Office of Environmental Management, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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Summary:

Stored containers (drums, boxes, and bins) of transuranic waste at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) facility located at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) were evaluated based on inherent neutron absorption characteristics of the waste materials. It was demonstrated that these properties are sufficient to preclude a criticality accident at the actual fissile levels present in the waste stored at the RWMC. Based on the database information available, the results reported herein confirm that the waste drums, boxes, and bins currently stored at the RWMC will remain safely subcritical if rearranged, restacked, or otherwise handled. Acceptance criteria for receiving future drum shipments were established based on fully infinite systems.

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E 1.99:egg-nre-10754
egg-nre-10754

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Published through SciTech Connect.
04/01/1994.
"egg-nre-10754"
J. B. Briggs; M. E. Shaw; C. A. Atkinson; G. J. Briscoe.

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Topical;

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AC07-76ID01570

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