Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
Intended to provide our own search engines and external engines with highly rich, chapter-representative searchable text on the opening pages of each chapter.
Because it is UNCORRECTED material, please consider the following text as a useful but insufficient proxy for the authoritative book pages.
Do not use for reproduction, copying, pasting, or reading; exclusively for search engines.
OCR for page R10
AN EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROMETALLURGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF EXCESS WEAPONS PLUTONIUM
CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1
1
INTRODUCTION
9
2
BACKGROUND
11
CISAC Findings
13
Efforts of the Fissile Materials Disposition Program
15
3
MODIFICATIONS OF THE SPENT FUEL PROCESSING FLOW SHEET
17
Plutonium Disposition Flow Sheet Option
19
Modified Flow Sheet: Conclusions
21
Modified Flow Sheet: Recommendations
21
4
WASTE FORMS AND CHARACTERISTICS
22
Expected Waste Forms
22
Zeolite Waste Form
22
Cladding Metal Waste Form
25
Waste Forms: Conclusions and Recommendations
26
5
OTHER ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS: PROLIFERATION, TIME LINE, COST, AND POLICY
27
6
CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
29
APPENDICES
31
A Committee Meetings
33
B Argonne National Laboratory Responses to Questions Submitted on November 3, 1995, by the Committee
39
C Argonne National Laboratory Responses to Questions Submitted on December 4, 1995, by the Committee
54
D The ANL Electrorefiner
59
E Abbreviations Used in This Report
60
OCR for page R11
AN EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROMETALLURGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF EXCESS WEAPONS PLUTONIUM
This page in the original is blank.