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Chlorine Worth Study in Support of PF-4 Operations [Slides]

Abstract

The primary concern of this study is if experiments can be designed/conducted to provide technical justification to NCS in order to increase mass limits. This goal is in direct support of 30 pits per year mission, one of the top priorities for NNSA. The accelerated timeline is as follows: Initial tasking, June 2020; preliminary design completion (CED-1 equivalent), November 2020; final design completion (CED-2 equivalent), March 2021; part receipt and inspection completion (CED-3a equivalent), October 2021; experiment execution (CED-3b equivalent), December 2021; experiment documentation write-up completion (start CED-4a equivalent), January 2022; and ICSBEP target (CED-4a equivalent), Fall 2022.

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Cutler, Theresa, Grove, Travis, Hutchinson, Jesson, Amundson, Kelsey, Wynne, Nick, Smith, Travis. 2022-02-16. Chlorine Worth Study in Support of PF-4 Operations [Slides]. https://doi.org/10.2172/1887526

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Chlorine Worth Study in Support of PF-4 Operations [Slides]

Aqueous Chloride Operations at PF-4 are important because they recover Pu from other processes, reduce waste sent to WIPP, and increase throughput for Am production. Aqueous Chloride Operations have very conservative mass limits (~520 grams Pu) and significant amounts of Chlorine but calculations not crediting Cl-35 neutron absorption accounting for Cl-35 absorption leads to higher mass limits. Can experiments be designed/conducted to provide technical justification to NCS in order to increase mass limits?

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