Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant

R. L. Earrar, Jr., and E. J. Barber, Some Considerations in the Handling of Fluorine and the Chlorine Fluorides, report K/ET-252, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge, Term., 1979. 

In 1985, owiag to the declining demand by the nuclear power industry for enriched uranium, the Oak Ridge gaseous diffusion plant was taken out of operation and, subsequently, was shut down. The U.S. gaseous diffusion plants at Portsmouth, Ohio and Paducah, Kentucky remain ia operation and have a separative capacity of 19.6 million SWU (separative work unit) per year which as of this writing is not fully utilized. 

Cragle DL, Hollis DR, Newport TH, et al. 1984. A retrospective cohort study among workers occupationally exposed to metallic nickel powder at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant. In Sunderman FW Jr, Aitio A, Berlin A, eds. Nickel in the human environment. lARC scientific publication no. 53. Lyon, France International Agency for Research on Cancer 57-64. 

Goldbold JH, Tompkins EA. 1979. A long-term mortality study of workers occupationally exposed to metallic nickel at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant. J Occup Med 21 799-806. 

Gas flow method. The above methods have a common characteristic. That is, they do not discriminate between the active pores and the "passive" pores. For separation applications, only the "active" pores arc most relevant. A nondestructive technique for inferring the pore size distribution of a membrane is the gas flow method. Having been developed and tested at Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [Fain. 1989], it departs greatly from the above methods in that the pore size distribution is based on gas flow... 

The fluorination of U Og and UO with fluorine gas has been studied in pilot plant facilities at Argonne National Laboratories (11), the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (12), and by Russian investigators (13). 

DeMarcus, W.C. (1956) The Problem of Knudsen Flow. Report K-1302. Parts I-VI, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge,TN, 1956/1957. 

H. F. Henry et al., "Criticality Data and Nuclear Safety Guide Applicable to the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant, K 1019, 5th Rev. (May 1959). 

DIXON CALLIHAN et al., Critical Mass Studies, Part V," K-643, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (1950). 

WARD W. ENGLE, JR., A User s Manual for ANISN. K-1693, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (1967). 

The grid arrangement, shown in Fig. 1, is fliat of a boral fuel basket designed and fabricated at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant for shipment of BONUS fuel assemblies in the 30-ton ATCOR cask. Internal cavity dimensions are 36 in. diam x 116 in. The basket holds 12 superheater or 24 boiler fuel assemblies. Maximum desi loading is 26.2 kg for the boiler fuel, 2.7% U enriched, or 24.6 kg U for the superheater fuel 3.95% U enriched. 

G. E. WHITESIDES and N. F. CROSS, KENO-A Multigroiqt Monte Carlo Criticality Pn ram, CTC-5, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant to be published. 

R. W. SCHEDE, "Preliminary Report on a High Sensitivity Gamma Probe for Use with the Samson Survey Meter, K-757, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (1951). 

R. H. STEVENS and R. C. SMITH, "A Portable Neutron Counter for Determining Weights of Deposits of Uranium-Fluorine Compounds, K-1586, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (1964). 

G. B. seaborn, "An Improved Fast Neutron Monitor, K-1642, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (1965). 

H. F. HENRY, J. R. KNIGHT, and C E. NEWLAN, General Application of Theory of Neutron Interaction, K-1309, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Nov. IS, 1956). 

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