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原文传递 Transportation of pyrochemical salts from Rocky Flats to Los Alamos

题名：	Transportation of pyrochemical salts from Rocky Flats to Los Alamos
作者：	Schreiber, S.B.;
关键词：	05 NUCLEAR FUELS ;42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; LAND TRANSPORT; CONTAINERS; EVALUATION; CALCIUM CHLORIDES; SODIUM CHLORIDES; POTASSIUM CHLORIDES; PLUTONIUM
摘要：	Radioactive legacy wastes or residues are currently being stored on numerous Sites around the former Department of Energy`s (DOE) Nuclear Weapons Complex. Since most of the operating facilities were shut down and have not operated since before the declared end to the Cold War in 1993, the historical method for treating these residues no longer exists. The risk associated with continued storage of these residues will dramatically increase with time. Thus, the DOE was directed by the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board in its Recommendation 94-1 to address and stabilize these residues and established an eight year time frame for doing so. There are only two options available to respond to this requirement: (1) restart existing facilities to treat and package the residues for disposal or (2) transport the residues to another operating facility within the Complex where they can be treated and packaged for disposal. This paper focuses on one such residue type, pyrochemical salts, produced at one Complex site, the Rocky Flats Plant located northwest of Denver, Colorado. One option for treating the salts is their shipment to Los Alamos, New Mexico, for handling at the Plutonium Facility. The safe transportation of these salts can be accomplished at present with several shipping containers including a DOT 6M, a DOE 9968, Type A or Type B quantity 55-gallon drum overpacks, or even the TRUPACT II. The tradeoffs between each container is examined with the conclusion that none of the available shipping containers is fully satisfactory. Thus, the advantageous aspects of each container must be utilized in an integrated and efficient way to effectively manage the risk involved. 1 fig.
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报告类型：	科技报告