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GAO report describes cleanup progress at Moab Mill Site
A new report released by the U.S. Government Accountability Office states that the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (EM) has disposed of more than 16 million tons of radioactive and hazardous waste from the Moab Mill Site. While cleanup continues at the Cold War–era uranium ore processing site in southeastern Utah, a plan for the next phase of groundwater remediation is still needed, according to the GAO.
Deanne Dickinson
Nuclear Technology | Volume 26 | Number 3 | July 1975 | Pages 265-277
Technical Paper | Chemical Processing | doi.org/10.13182/NT75-A24428
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Monte Carlo calculations for pipe intersections containing highly enriched, concentrated uranyl nitrate solution and reflected by a concrete room provide safe pipe diameters for a range of room sizes. The pipe-wall material (steel, aluminum, or Plexiglas) has a small effect on keff for 0.125-in.-thick pipes. Replacing the uranyl nitrate solution by uranyl fluoride results in a large increase in keff, and using plutonium nitrate (3% 240Pu) lowers keff Reflector savings curves for water and for concrete around an infinite cylinder of uranyl nitrate solution show that thick concrete is a much better reflector than an equal thickness of water. The calculational data are summarized in the form of a table and a set of rules for the use of the table in the calculation of safe dimensions for a system of intersecting pipes. This method is also applicable to plutonium systems if the plutonium contains at least 3 wt% 240Pu and no 241Pu.