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Redesign of Nuclear Material Storage Container with Additive Manufacturing

Edgar, Jackson [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]·Kessler, Jacob [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]·Moyer, Jack [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]·Pahgn, Josh [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]·Phillips, Ryder [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]·Serenil, Isiah [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]·Hanneman, Andrew Lewis [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)]·Landsberger, Sheldon [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]
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The goal of this project is to reduce worker dose and improve criticality safety by improving nuclear material storage containers. The current method of medium to long term (up to 15 years) storage of small amounts of nuclear material is to store it in a stainless-steel flat tube with a copper crush gasket. These containers use 10 bolts to fasten the lid, and the crush gasket must be replaced after every use. Stainless-steel acts as a gamma shield, but there is not any material to account for neutron dose. A redesign of this container should prioritize reducing radiation doses to handlers of the container by reducing the amount of time handlers are exposed to the container and introducing material with effective neutron and gamma shielding mechanics.

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Edgar, Jackson [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)], Kessler, Jacob [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)], Moyer, Jack [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)], Pahgn, Josh [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)], Phillips, Ryder [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)], Serenil, Isiah [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)], Hanneman, Andrew Lewis [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)], Landsberger, Sheldon [Univ. of Texas, Austin, TX (United States)]. 2026-07-14. Redesign of Nuclear Material Storage Container with Additive Manufacturing. https://doi.org/10.2172/3380405

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