TRU waste from the Superblock Metadata

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Title

  • Main Title TRU waste from the Superblock

Creator

  • Author: Coburn, T. T.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

  • Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs.
    Contributor Type: Organization
    Contributor Info: USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (United States)

Publisher

  • Name: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Place of Publication: California
    Additional Info: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 1997-05-27

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: This data analysis is to show that weapons grade plutonium is of uniform composition to the standards set by the Waste-Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Transuranic Waste Characterization Quality Assurance Program Plan (TRUW Characterization QAPP, Rev. 2, DOE, Carlsbad Area Office, November 15, 1996). The major portion of Superblock transuranic (TRU) waste is glove-box trash contaminated with weapons grade plutonium. This waste originates in the Building 332 (B332) radioactive-materials area (RMA). Because each plutonium batch brought into the B332 RMA is well characterized with regard to nature and quantity of transuranic nuclides present, waste also will be well characterized without further analytical work, provided the batches are quite similar. A sample data set was created by examining the 41 incoming samples analyzed by Ken Raschke (using a {gamma}-ray spectrometer) for isotopic distribution and by Ted Midtaune (using a calorimeter) for mass of radionuclides. The 41 samples were from separate batches analyzed May 1993 through January 1997. All available weapons grade plutonium data in Midtaune's files were used. Alloys having greater than 50% transuranic material were included. The intention of this study is to use this sample data set to judge ''similarity.''
  • Physical Description: 31 pages

Subject

  • Keyword: Data Analysis
  • Keyword: Isotopes
  • Keyword: Alpha-Bearing Wastes
  • Keyword: Wipp
  • Keyword: Radioactive Materials
  • Keyword: Wastes
  • Keyword: Radioisotopes
  • Keyword: Pilot Plants
  • Keyword: Alloys
  • Keyword: Quality Assurance
  • STI Subject Categories: 12 Management Of Radioactive And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities
  • Keyword: Distribution
  • Keyword: Plutonium
  • Keyword: Weapons

Source

  • Other Information: Supercedes report DE98053183; PBD: 27 May 1997

Collection

  • Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
    Code: OSTI

Institution

  • Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
    Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

  • Report

Format

  • Text

Identifier

  • Other: DE98053183
  • Report No.: UCRL-ID--127458
  • Grant Number: W-7405-Eng-48
  • DOI: 10.2172/16591
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 16591
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc620847

Note

  • Display Note: INIS; OSTI as DE00016591
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