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Argonne to investigate Pu chemistry to aid Hanford cleanup
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are investigating the details of plutonium chemistry with the goal of aiding the cleanup of the Hanford Site in Washington state. For more than 40 years, reactors located at Hanford produced plutonium for America’s defense program, resulting in millions of gallons of liquid radioactive and chemical waste.
Gerald Klotzkin, Richard W. Swanson, Lawrence J. Harrison, Charles C. McPheeters
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 57 | Number 3 | July 1975 | Pages 218-221
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE75-A26753
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A method of Monte Carlo fitting is described that was used at the transient reactor test facility (TREAT) to calculate the ratio of energy deposition within an experimental fuel pin in a containment loop to the energy deposition at the peak power position in the reactor. The results of the Monte Carlo fitting are compared to experiment and to results of a direct Monte Carlo calculation, with good agreement.
