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Integrated development and testing plan for the plutonium immobilization project

Description: This integrated plan for the DOE Office of Fissile Materials Disposition (MD) describes the technology development and major project activities necessary to support the deployment of the immobilization approach for disposition of surplus weapons-usable plutonium. The plan describes details of the development and testing (D&T) tasks needed to provide technical data for design and operation of a plutonium immobilization plant based on the ceramic can-in-canister technology (''Immobilization F… more
Date: July 1, 1998
Creator: Kan, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plutonium Immobilization Project, Project Office Quality Assurance Program Description Revision 1

Description: ''The quality assurance activity involves the establishment and implementation of the Quality Assurance Program and the development of a Quality Assurance Plan and Procedures. Quality Assurance provides the plans, procedures and controls that are required for repository acceptance and the immobilization plant licensing and design activities.'' The Plutonium Immobilization Project (PIP) has a policy that all development, testing and operational activities be planned and performed in accordance w… more
Date: April 30, 1998
Creator: Kan, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Plutonium disposition via immobilization in ceramic or glass

Description: The management of surplus weapons plutonium is an important and urgent task with profound environmental, national, and international security implications. In the aftermath of the Cold War, Presidential Policy Directive 13, and various analyses by renown scientific, technical, and international policy organizations have brought about a focused effort within the Department of Energy to identify and implement paths for the long term disposition of surplus weapons- usable plutonium. The central go… more
Date: March 5, 1997
Creator: Gray, L. W.; Kan, T.; Shaw, H. F. & Armantrout, A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Status of immobilization for disposition of surplus fissile materials

Description: An international team was assembled for the purpose of selecting suitable immobilization forms and processing technologies for the Fissile Materials Deposition Program Office. As a reference point, the team used the NAS study but did not limit their recommendations to those of the NAS. As a result, two basic forms were selected and the processing alternatives to provide those two forms were defined. Environmental data have been supplied to support a preliminary environmental impact statement fo… more
Date: May 10, 1996
Creator: Gray, L.W. & Kan, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immobilization as a route to surplus fissile materials disposition. Revision 1

Description: The safe management of surplus weapons plutonium is a very important and urgent task with profound environmental, national and international security implications. In the aftermath of the Cold War, Presidential Police Directive 13 and various analysis by renown scientific, technical and international policy organizations have brought about a focused effort within the Department of Energy to identify and implement paths forward for the long term disposition of surplus weapons usable plutonium. T… more
Date: March 15, 1996
Creator: Gray, L.W.; Kan, T. & McKibben, J.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Glass and ceramic immobilization alternatives and the use of new facilities

Description: The Department of Energy (DOE) is examining options for placing weapons-usable surplus nuclear materials (principally plutonium [Pu] and highly enriched uranium [U]) in a form or condition that is substantially and inherently more difficult to use in weapons either by the Host Country or by a subnational group. The two most promising alternatives for achieving these aims are: fabrication and use as fuel, without reprocessing, in existing or modified nuclear reactors; or vitrification in combina… more
Date: December 31, 1995
Creator: Kan, T. & Sullivan, K.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immobilization needs and technology programs

Description: In the aftermath of the Cold War, the US and Russia agreed to large reductions in nuclear weapons. To aid in the selection of long-term management options, DOE has undertaken a multifaceted study to select options for storage and disposition of plutonium in keeping with US policy that plutonium must be subjected to the highest standards of safety, security, and accountability. One alternative being considered is immobilization. To arrive at a suitable immobilization form, we first reviewed publ… more
Date: December 11, 1995
Creator: Gray, L.W.; Kan, T.; Shaw, H. & Armantrout, G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Disposition of surplus fissile materials via immobilization

Description: In the Cold War aftermath, the US and Russia have agreed to large reductions in nuclear weapons. To aid in the selection of long-term management options, the USDOE has undertaken a multifaceted study to select options for storage and disposition of surplus plutonium (Pu). One disposition alternative being considered is immobilization. Immobilization is a process in which surplus Pu would be embedded in a suitable material to produce an appropriate form for ultimate disposal. To arrive at an app… more
Date: July 23, 1995
Creator: Gray, L. W.; Kan, T.; Sutcliffe, W. G.; McKibben, J. M. & Danker, W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Safety aspects with regard to plutonium vitrification techniques

Description: Substantial inventories of excess plutonium are expected to result from dismantling US and Russian nuclear weapons. Disposition of this material should be a high priority in both countries. Various disposition options are under consideration. One option is to vitrify the plutonium with the addition of {sup 137}Cs or high-level waste to act as a deterrent to proliferation. The primary safety problem associated with vitrification of plutonium is to avoid criticality in form fabrication and in the… more
Date: May 11, 1995
Creator: Gray, L.W. & Kan, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Immobilization as a route to surplus fissile materials disposition

Description: In the aftermath of the Cold War, the US and Russia have agreed to large reductions in nuclear weapons. To aid in the selection of long-term management options, DOE has undertaken a multifaceted study to select options for storage and disposition of plutonium (Pu) in keeping with the national policy that Pu must be subjected to the highest standards of safety, security, and accountability. One alternative being considered is immobilization. To arrive at a suitable immobilization form, the autho… more
Date: April 27, 1995
Creator: Gray, L.W. & Kan, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Treatment technology analysis for mixed waste containers and debris

Description: A team was assembled to develop technology needs and strategies for treatment of mixed waste debris and empty containers in the Department of Energy (DOE) complex, and to determine the advantages and disadvantages of applying the Debris and Empty Container Rules to these wastes. These rules issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) apply only to the hazardous component of mixed debris. Hazardous debris that is subjected to regulations under the Atomic Energy Act because of its radioac… more
Date: March 1, 1994
Creator: Gehrke, R. J.; Brown, C. H.; Langton, C. A.; Askew, N. M.; Kan, T. & Schwinkendorf, W. E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Thyratron characteristics under high di/dt and high-repetition-rate operation

Description: Power conditioning systems for high peak and average power, high repetition rate discharge excited lasers involve operation of modulator components in unconventional regimes. Reliable operation of switches and energy storage elements under high voltage and high di/dt conditions is a pacing item for laser development at the present time. To test and evaluate these components a Modulator Component Test Facility (MCTF) was constructed. The MCTF consists of a command charge system, energy storage c… more
Date: May 11, 1981
Creator: Ball, D.; Hill, J. & Kan, T.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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