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A brief history of the PUREX and UO{sub 3} facilities [electronic resource].

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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1993.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
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70 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators
Westinghouse Electric Corporation, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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Summary
The Plutonium-Uranium Extraction (PUREX) Plant, conceived during the early Cold War years, was a vehicle to increase significantly US nuclear weapons production capacity. The original PUREX Plant was a concrete rectangle 1,005 feet long and 61.5 feet wide. The shielding capacity of the concrete was designed so that personnel in non-regulated service areas would not receive radiation in excess of 0.1 millirem per hour. This report discusses the design of the PUREX Plant, the production chronology, projects and equipment changes, equipment decontamination and reuse, waste management, and contamination events that have occurred during the operation of the plant. Additionally, the development and history of the Uranium Trioxide Plant are also covered.
Report Numbers
E 1.99:whc-mr--0437
whc-mr--0437
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Note
Published through SciTech Connect.
11/01/1993.
"whc-mr--0437"
"DE94004825"
Gerber, M.S.
Type of Report and Period Covered Note
Final; 11/01/1993 - 11/01/1993
Funding Information
AC06-87RL10930
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