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Direct waste transfer process quickens at Savannah River Site
The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management’s liquid waste contractor at the Savannah River Site this month marked the first direct transfer of decontaminated waste from the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) to the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF). This is a new step in optimizing waste processing, according to the DOE.
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Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 160 | Number 1 | September 2008 | Pages 144-147
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE160-144TN
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The spontaneous fission branching ratios (B) of even-Z, 90 Z 100, nuclei were found to be correlated to log B = 1.6247 × Z - 1.0361(2Z - N) - 114.66. Based on this correlation, it is predicted that the isotopes 226Ra and 228Th are spontaneous fission isotopes.