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Complete Document [pdf file: 30.7 Mb]
Cover Page [pdf file: 49 Kb]
Acknowledgements [pdf file: 68 Kb]
Table of Contents [pdf file: 647 Kb]
Executive Summary [pdf file: 539 Kb] Hanford Recycled Uranium Project Background Hanford's Role in Recycled Uranium Data Examination Significant Information
Section 1 [pdf file: 647 Kb]
1.0	Hanford Uranium Mass Balance Project
1.1	Project Overview
1.2	Purpose and Scope
1.3	Project Implementation Strategy
1.4	Assumptions
	Section 1 References
Section 2 [pdf file: 5.6 Mb]
2.0	Hanford Site Historical Overview
2.1	Site Description
2.2	Key Uranium Processing Facilities
	2.2.1	T-Plant
		2.2.1.1	Plant Description
		2.2.1.2	T-Plant Material Flowsheet
		2.2.1.3	Feed Specifications
		2.2.1.4	Product Specifications
		2.2.1.5	Operating History
		2.2.1.6	Current Status
	2.2.2	B-Plant
		2.2.2.1	Plant Description
		2.2.2.2	Material Flowsheet
		2.2.2.3	Feed Specifications
		2.2.2.4	Product Specifications
		2.2.2.5	Operating History
		2.2.2.6	Current Status
	2.2.3	U-Plant
		2.2.3.1	Plant Description
		2.2.3.2	Material Flowsheet
		2.2.3.3	Feed Specifications
		2.2.3.4	Product Specifications
		2.2.3.5	Operating History
		2.2.3.6	Current Status
	2.2.4	UO3 Plant
		2.2.4.1	Plant Description
		2.2.4.2	Material Flowsheet
		2.2.4.3	Feed Specifications
		2.2.4.4	Product Specifications
		2.2.4.5	Operating History
		2.2.4.6	Current Status
	2.2.5	REDOX Plant
		2.2.5.1	Plant Description
		2.2.5.2	Material Flowsheet
		2.2.5.3	Feed Specifications
		2.2.5.4	Product Specifications
		2.2.5.5	Operating History
		2.2.5.6	Current Status
	2.2.6	PUREX Plant
		2.2.6.1	Plant Description
		2.2.6.2	Material Flowsheet
		2.2.6.3	Feed Specifications
		2.2.6.4	Product Specifications
		2.2.6.5	Operating History
		2.2.6.6	Current Status
	2.2.7	Fuel Fabrication Complex
		2.2.7.1	Facility Description
		2.2.7.2	Material Flowsheet
		2.2.7.3	Feed Specifications
		2.2.7.4	Product Specifications
		2.2.7.5	Operating History
		2.2.7.6	Current Status
	2.2.8	Other Uranium Handling Facilities
		2.2.8.1	308 Building Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication
		2.2.8.2	306 Building
		2.2.8.3	234-5Z Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP)
		2.2.8.4	321 Building
		2.2.8.5	303-M Uranium Oxide Facility
2.3	Activity Summary
	Section 2 References
Section 3 [pdf file: 5 Mb]
3.0	Recycled Uranium
3.1	Uranium Recycling Description
	3.1.1	Hanford Key Interfaces for Recycled Uranium
	3.1.2	Beginning of Hanford In-Scope Recycled Uranium Transactions
		3.1.2.1	Key Hanford Historical Dates for Recycled Uranium
		3.2.1.1	Production Channel Material Transactions
			3.1.2.2.1	Shipments
			3.1.2.2.2	Receipts
	3.1.3	Out of Scope Uranium Transactions
		3.1.3.1	Hanford Production Channel
		3.1.3.2	Out-of-Scope Research and Development Programs
		3.1.3.3	Recycled Uranium Timeframe Summary
	3.1.4	Data Presentation - Isolation of Specific Timeframes
	3.1.5	Hanford Historical Timeline References
	3.1.6	Key Dates/Assumptions for Uranium Transactions
		3.1.6.1	Beginning Shipment of Recycled Depleted Uranium Trioxide (UO3)
		3.1.6.2	Initial Shipments of Recycled Low-Enriched Uranium Trioxide (UO3)
3.2	Recycle Uranium Receipts
	3.2.1	Uranium Forms Received from Offsite
	3.2.2	Initial Recycled Uranium Receipts into Hanford
	3.2.3	Receipts Prior to July 1952 (Out of Scope)
	3.2.4	Beginning Receipts of Recycled Uranium at Hanford
	3.2.5	Quantities of Recycled Uranium Received from July 1952 - March 30, 1999
	3.2.6	Hanford Receipts of Recycled Uranium from Paducah
	3.2.7	Hanford Receipts of Recycled Uranium from Fernald and RMI (Ashtabula)
	3.2.8	Hanford Receipts of Recycled Uranium from Oak Ridge
3.3	Recycled Uranium Shipments
	3.3.1	Recycled Uranium Streams Shipped Offsite
	3.3.2	Uranium Shipments from 300 Area Fuel Fabrication Facilities
	3.3.3	Hanford Shipments of Recovered Uranium and Trioxide Product
		3.3.3.1	UO3 Finished Product
		3.3.3.2	Introduction of Fission Products
	3.3.4	Out-of-Scope Research and Development Spent Fuel
	3.3.5	Post Fiscal Year 1970 Shipments
	3.3.6	Shipment Packaging and Scheduling
	3.3.7	Transaction Material Control and Accountability (MC&A)
	3.3.8	Sample Exchange Program and Sample Shipments
3.4	Recycle Uranium Scrap, Waste, and Conversion
	3.4.1	Introduction
	3.4.2	Reactor Fuel Element Fabrication
		3.4.2.1	Scrap Returned to Fernald
		3.4.2.2	Liquid Effluent - Chemical Waste Containing Uranium
		3.4.2.3	Airborne Effluents
		3.4.2.4	Solid Waste
		3.4.2.5	300 Area Process Trenches
	3.4.3	Hanford Separation Plants
	3.4.4	Recovery of Uranium in the U-Plant
	3.4.5	Uranium Trioxide (UO3) Plant
	3.4.6	Summary of Uranium Discharged to Wastes at Hanford
	3.4.7	Uranium Losses Through Transmutation and Fission
3.5	Overall Recycled Uranium Site Material Balance
	Section 3 References
Section 4 [pdf file: 3.4 Mb]
4.0	Contaminants in Recycled Uranium
4.1	UO3 Process Specifications
	4.1.1	Feed Specifications
	4.1.2	Product Specifications
	4.1.3	Proposed Specifications
	4.1.4	Non-Radiological Contaminants
4.2	Recycle UO3 Processing
	4.2.1	Processing Issues
	4.2.2	Typical Hanford Responses
4.3	Analytical Laboratories
	4.3.1	UO3 Product Sampling and Subsampling
	4.3.2	Analytical Procedures
	4.3.3	Analytical Methods and Errors
	4.3.4	Quality Assurance
		4.3.4.1	Quality Assurance Program
		4.3.4.2	In-House Standards Program
4.4	UO3 Analyses
	4.4.1	Impurity Concentrates in UNH
	4.4.2	Analyses Performed and Results
	4.4.3	Storage/Shipment of UO3
	4.4.4	Storage of UO3 at Hanford
	4.4.5	UO3 Processed In/After 1984 Restart of PUREX/UO3 Plants
4.5	Neptunium-237
	4.5.1	Neptunium Concentration in Recycled Uranium
	4.5.2	Neptunium-237 (237Np) Formation
	4.5.3	Predicted vs. Actual 237Np Production
	4.5.4	Enhancing Production of Neptunium
4.6	Technetium-99 Analytical Results
	4.6.1	Technetium-99 Concentration in Recycled Uranium
	4.6.2	Hanford Technetium Measurements
	4.6.3	Paducah Measurements of Technetium-99 in Recycled Uranium from Hanford
	4.6.4	Fernald Measurements of Technetium-99 in Recycled Uranium from Hanford
4.7	Uranium Isotopic Composition
	4.7.1	Natural Uranium
	4.7.2	Normal Uranium
	4.7.3	Low Enriched Uranium (LEU)
	4.7.4	Typical Recovered LEU Uranium Oxide
4.8	Contaminants in Uranium Metal
	4.8.1	Non-Radiological Composition
	4.8.2	Metallographic Testing
	4.8.3	Radiological Contaminants
	4.8.4	Direct Blending
	Section 4 References
Section 5 [pdf file: 243 Kb]
5.0	Current Inventory of Recycled Uranium
5.1	Project Hanford Management Contractor (PHMC) Current Inventory of Recycled Uranium
5.2	Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) Current Inventory of Recycled Uranium
Section 6 [pdf file: 1.7 Mb]
6.0	Discussion and Conclusions
6.1	Recycled Uranium Shipped and Received
	6.1.1	Operating History
	6.1.2	Recycled Uranium Specifications
	6.1.3	Recycled Uranium Shipments and Receipts
	6.1.4	Current Inventory
	6.1.5	Shipper/Receiver Differences
	6.1.6	Inventory Difference
6.2	Typical Impurities and Isotopic Composition
	6.2.1	Plutonium
	6.2.2	Neptunium and Technitium
6.3	Activity Assessment and Occupational Potential Exposure
6.4	Data Validation
	6.4.1	Recycled Uranium Shipped from Hanford
	6.4.2	Recycled Uranium Shipped with UO3from Hanford
	6.4.3	Discussion of Pu Differences Between K-25 and Hanford
	Section 6 References
Appendix A [pdf file: 688 Kb] Acronyms and Glossary of Terms
Appendix B [pdf file: 7 Mb] Section 3 - Supplemental Information
Appendix C [pdf file: 1.2 Mb] Section 4 - Supplemental Information
Appendix D [pdf file: 506 Kb] Section 5 - Supplemental Information
Appendix E [pdf file: 735 Kb] Description of Research Strategies Used in Study
Appendix F [pdf file: 543 Kb] Supplemental Information on Hanford Fuel Fabrication
Appendix G [pdf file: 763 Kb] Supplemental Information on the UO3 Plant
Appendix H [pdf file: 1.2 Mb] Timeframe of Events at Hanford
Appendix I [pdf file: 2.1 Mb] Estimates of Annual Recycled Uranium Constituents Shipped Offsite