Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Plutonium Processing in the Nuclear Weapons Complex
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781568065687
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Describes the methods and facilities for DOE's processing of plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. DOE no longer produces plutonium but processes and recycles the plutonium from retired nuclear weapons and the plutonium that remains as scrap or residue from plutonium processing. It has used two basic processes: aqueous and pyrochemical, at four processing sites, although only one site is currently operating. Photos, drawings and charts.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9781568065687
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Describes the methods and facilities for DOE's processing of plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. DOE no longer produces plutonium but processes and recycles the plutonium from retired nuclear weapons and the plutonium that remains as scrap or residue from plutonium processing. It has used two basic processes: aqueous and pyrochemical, at four processing sites, although only one site is currently operating. Photos, drawings and charts.
Nuclear Materials
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Nuclear Materials
Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781718966260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nuclear Materials: Plutonium Processing in the Nuclear Weapons Complex
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781718966260
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Nuclear Materials: Plutonium Processing in the Nuclear Weapons Complex
Nuclear Materials: Plutonium Processing in the Nuclear Weapons Complex
Author: General accounting office washington dc resources community and economic development div
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
The Department of Energy (DOE) processes plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. This fact sheet responds to your September 6, 1991, request, that we describe the methods and facilities for DOE'S plutonium processing. Plutonium, which is used to make nuclear weapons, does not exist in nature and has to be produced. However, DOE no longer produces plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. Instead, DOE processes and recycles the plutonium from retired nuclear weapons and the plutonium that remains as scrap or residue from plutonium processing. In summary, DOE recovers plutonium through two basic process: aqueous and pyrochemical at four processing sites: Rocky Flats, Savannah River, Hanford, and Los Alamos. However, because of environmental and safety concerns and reductions in nuclear weapons, DOE has closed or may close most of the processing facilities. Only Los Alamos' processing facilities are currently operating.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 39
Book Description
The Department of Energy (DOE) processes plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. This fact sheet responds to your September 6, 1991, request, that we describe the methods and facilities for DOE'S plutonium processing. Plutonium, which is used to make nuclear weapons, does not exist in nature and has to be produced. However, DOE no longer produces plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. Instead, DOE processes and recycles the plutonium from retired nuclear weapons and the plutonium that remains as scrap or residue from plutonium processing. In summary, DOE recovers plutonium through two basic process: aqueous and pyrochemical at four processing sites: Rocky Flats, Savannah River, Hanford, and Los Alamos. However, because of environmental and safety concerns and reductions in nuclear weapons, DOE has closed or may close most of the processing facilities. Only Los Alamos' processing facilities are currently operating.
Nuclear Materials
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 37
Book Description
The Nuclear Weapons Complex
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309041791
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. The book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the nuclear weapons complex and addresses pressing environmental concerns. In addition, the book examines the future of the complex and offers suggestions for its modernization. Several explanatory appendixes provide useful background information on the functioning of the complex, criticality safety, plutonium chemistry, and weapons physics.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309041791
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 157
Book Description
In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. The book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the nuclear weapons complex and addresses pressing environmental concerns. In addition, the book examines the future of the complex and offers suggestions for its modernization. Several explanatory appendixes provide useful background information on the functioning of the complex, criticality safety, plutonium chemistry, and weapons physics.
Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom
Author: DIANE Publishing Company
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788116360
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Describes environmental, safety, and health problems throughout the nuclear weapons complex and what the U.S. Dept. of Energy is doing to address them. Covers: building nuclear warheads: the process; wastes and other byproducts of the cold war (spent nuclear fuel, plutonium residues, radioactive waste, transuranic waste, hazardous waste, etc.); contamination and cleanup; an international perspective; transition to new missions; and looking to the future. Over 100 b/w photos. Extensive glossary and bibliography.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788116360
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
Describes environmental, safety, and health problems throughout the nuclear weapons complex and what the U.S. Dept. of Energy is doing to address them. Covers: building nuclear warheads: the process; wastes and other byproducts of the cold war (spent nuclear fuel, plutonium residues, radioactive waste, transuranic waste, hazardous waste, etc.); contamination and cleanup; an international perspective; transition to new missions; and looking to the future. Over 100 b/w photos. Extensive glossary and bibliography.
Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Complex Cleanup
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental policy
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Dismantling the Bomb and Managing the Nuclear Materials
Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment
Publisher: Congress
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Publisher: Congress
ISBN:
Category : Health & Fitness
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description