OSTI Document ID	244644
Local PDF	osti/244644.pdf
Title	Lessons learned from early criticality accidents
Creators/ Authors	Malenfant, R.E.
Publication Date	1996 Jun 01
Description/ Abstract	Four accidents involving the approach to criticality occurred during the period July, 1945, through May, 1996. These have been described in the format of the OPERATING EXPERIENCE WEEKLY SUMMARY which is distributed by the Office of Nuclear and Facility Safety. Although the lessons learned have been incorporated in standards, codes, and formal procedures during the last fifty years, this is their first presentation in this format. It is particularly appropriate that they be presented in the forum of the Nuclear Criticality Technology Safety Project Workshop closest to the fiftieth anniversary of the last of the four accidents, and that which was most instrumental in demonstrating the need to incorporate lessons learned.
OSTI ID	244644
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Other ID Numbers	ON: DE96011268
Document Type	Conference
Research Organization	Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Sponsor Organization	USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Numbers	W-7405-ENG-36
Conference	Nuclear criticality technology safety project workshop, Gaithersburg, MD (United States), 14-15 May 1996
Bibliographic Source	LANL
Country	United States
Language	English
Pages/Size	21 p.
System Entry Date	1996 Jul 05
Subject Category Code	22 NUCLEAR REACTOR TECHNOLOGY ;57 HEALTH AND SAFETY
Descriptors	REACTOR ACCIDENTS; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; ZERO POWER REACTORS; REACTOR SAFETY; EXCURSIONS; RADIATION DOSES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; DEATH; RADIATION PROTECTION; RECOMMENDATIONS; MITIGATION; REMOTE CONTROL; INTERLOCKS; REACTOR OPERATION
Format	Other: PL:
Availability	INIS; OSTI as DE96011268
Notes	PBD: [1996]
Reference Numbers	SCA: 220900;220600;570100; PA: EDB-96:098595;INS-96:014604;NTS-96:017210; SN: 96001600101; TVI: 96R13; TRN: AHC29613%%119