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An Evaluation of the Electrometallurgical Approach for Treatment of Excess Weapons Plutonium (1996) / Chapter Skim
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A Committee Meetings
Pages 33-38

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... Magwood, Department of Energy · Yoon I Chang, Argonne National Laboratory 10:00 Briefings by ANL personnel: Status of ANL Program on Development of Electrometallurgical Technology for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment · General Perspective on Status of Program (Y.I.
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... 1 1:00 Discussion of Key Issues, cont'd · Potential Obstacles in the Electrometallurgical Technology · Possible Reasons for Considering the Electrometallurgical Technology · Waste form Suitability · Zeolite Chemistry 12:00 Lunch 1:00 Discussion of Key Issues, cont'd 3:00 Development of Specific Project Plan · Preliminary Writing assignments · Timetable · Next Meeting · Drafting Plutonium Disposition Report · Review and Production of Report 5:00 Adjourn FIRST MEETING, OCTOBER 4-5, 1995 Washington, D.C. MEETING SUMMARY Executive Session (Oct.
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From page 35...
... Magwood explained that the committee's report on the possible use of electrometallurgical treatment for excess weapons plutonium will be important input to a programmatic environmental impact statement that the DOE Of fice of Fissile Materials Disposition expects to issue in draft form in early 1996. He emphasized that his office does not intend to interfere with DOE's implementation of CISAC's recommendations for disposal of excess weapons Pu, which did not include the use of electrometallurgical processing.
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... SECOND MEETING, DECEMBER 4-5, 1995 Washington, D.C. AGENDA Monetary, December 4 Executive Session 8:00 Breakfast 8:30 General discussion of draft materials; respective chapter leaders to moderate discussion 11:00 Identify follow-up questions for ANL 12:00 Send questions to ANL by fax Open Session 12:15 Videoconference with ANL staff Executive Session 1 :00 Lunch 2:00 Begin writing sessions 36
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... . Executive Session Following the videoconference, the committee broke into small groups to assemble material for the several chapters of the report.
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... In response to a question of how this schedule related to plutonium disposition, Magwood suggested that while it is important that electrometallurgical treatment technology be fully evaluated as an option for Pu disposition, he recognizes that the development schedule for this technology might find it to be more applicable for disposition of a variety of small quantities of plutonium scraps (with differing extents of chemical contamination) or as a backup to other technologies than for the more immediate problem of disposition of pits.
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Key Terms

  • waste form
  • fissile materials
  • surplus fissile
  • electrometallurgical treatment
  • doe spent

  • executive session
  • plutonium disposition
  • materials disposition
  • electrometallurgical technology
  • conditioning facility

  • process equipment
  • excess weapons
  • impact statement
  • fuel conditioning
  • spent nuclear

  • waste forms
  • argonne national
  • fuel treatment
  • weapons plutonium
  • control institute

  • work dealing
  • fissile material
  • technology demonstration
  • robert neuhold
  • demonstration project

  • spent fuels
  • james laidler
  • charles mcpheeters
  • electrometallurgical process
  • program activities


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