OSTI Document ID 491217
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Title Plutonium pit manufacturing unit process separation options for rapid reconstitution, a joint position paper of Lawrence Livemore National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory
Creator/Author Hart, M.M.[Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)]; Wood, W.T.; Olivas, J.D.[Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)]
Publication Date 1996 Sep 06
Report Number(s) line line docnumall
DOE Contract No. W-7405-ENG-48
Resource/
Doc Type
Technical Report
Resource Relation PBD: 6 Sep 1996
Research
Organization
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Sponsoring
Organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
Subject 45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE ;05 NUCLEAR FUELS ; PLUTONIUM; MANUFACTURING; NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Description/
Abstract
This document addressed technical issues regarding the manufacturing processes involved in making plutonium pits. It addresses acceptable approaches from a technical standpoint as to how the manufacturing processes can be separated and distributed among different manufacturing sites. Site selections, costs, and intra-site transfers are not addressed in this document.
Country of
Publication
United States
Language English
Format 14 p. ; PDFN ; PL:
Availability OSTI as DE97053104
OSTI Identifier OSTI ID: 491217 ; DE97053104
System Entry Date 2001 May 05