Waste Management - Depleted Uranium
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U.S.
DOE Depleted Uranium Inventory by Site and Form 
(DOE - EM)
Cylinders of Depleted UF6 at the K-25 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee: image (44k) 
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Aerial views of cylinder yards at enrichment plants: Paducah, Tennessee ·
Portsmouth, Ohio
- Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Alternative Strategies for the Long-Term Management and Use of Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride , U.S. Department of Energy, DOE/EIS-0269, April 1999
- Environmental Assessment and FONSI: Refurbishment and Construction of Uranium Hexafluoride Cylinder Storage Yards at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah, Kentucky , U.S. DOE, EA-1118; 1996
- Integrity of Uranium Hexafluoride Cylinders ,
Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Ed.), Technical Report,
DNFSB/TECH-4, May 5, 1995
- Recommendation 95-1 of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety
Board: Improved Safety of Cylinders Containing Depleted
Uranium , May 5, 1995
- DNFSB Recommendation 95-1 Documentation [Improved Safety of Cylinders Containing Depleted Uranium]
- SAFETY
PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE CYLINDERS -
DEVIATIONS IN COUPLING WELDS , U.S. DOE Safety
Information Letter 92-11, December 1992
- Awareness of Dynamic Loading Hazards to Storage Containers , April 30, 1996
- IDENTIFICATION OF CERTAIN URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE CYLINDERS THAT DO NOT COMPLY WITH ANSI N14.1 FABRICATION STANDARDS , NRC INFORMATION NOTICE 97-20, April 17, 1997
- FAILURE OF PACKING NUTS ON ONE-INCH URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE CYLINDER VALVES , NRC INFORMATION NOTICE NO. 97-24,
May 8, 1997
- Correlation of heat transfer in a cylinder containing uranium hexafluoride engulfed in a fire , by Anderson, J.C., ORNL/ENG/TM--52, 1994, 36 p.
- Review of corrosion in 10- and 14-ton mild steel depleted UF6 storage cylinders , by Lykins, M.L., POEF-TS--02, 1995, 20 p.
- Estimation of time to rupture in a fire using 6FIRE, a lumped parameter UF6 cylinder transient heat transfer/stress analysis model , by Williams, W.R.; Anderson, J.C., 1995, 21 p.
- Prediction of external corrosion for UF6 cylinders: Results of an empirical method , by Lyon, B.F., ORNL/TM--13012, 1995, 71 p.
- Prediction of external corrosion for steel cylinders at the Paducah Gaseous
Diffusion Plant: Application of an empirical method , by Lyon, B.F., ORNL/TM--13192, 1996, 76 p.
- Natural phenomena evaluations of the K-25 site UF6 cylinder storage yards , by Fricke, K.E., K/D--6564, 1996, 58 p.
- Chemical reactions of UF6 with water on ingress to damaged model 48X 10 ton cylinder , by Rothman, A.B., 1996, 9 p.
- FIREPLUME model for plume dispersion from fires: Application to uranium hexafluoride cylinder fires , by Brown, D.F.; Dunn, W.E.; Policastro, A.J., et al., ANL/EAD/TM--69, 1997, 97 p.
- Releases of UF6 to the atmosphere after a potential fire in a cylinder storage yard , by Lombardi, D.A.; Williams, W.R.; Anderson, J.C., 1997, 17p.
- Prediction of external corrosion for steel storage cylinders , by Lyon, B.F., ORNL/TM--13359, 1997, 54p.
- Investigation of Breached Depleted UF6 Cylinders , by E.J. Barber, T.R. Butler, J.H. DeVan, et al, ORNL/TM-11988, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, September 1991, 146 pp.
> See also Uranium Hexafluoride Hazards
- Depleted Uranium - Technical Brief , EPA-402-R-06-011, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, December 2006 (509k PDF
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- Management of Depleted Uranium, A Joint Report by the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency and the International Atomic Energy Agency, 2001
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- Ultimate disposition of depleted uranium.
U.S. DOE (Ed.), K-ETO-44, Washington, D.C. 1990, 65 p.
- Use of reprocessed uranium and of depleted
uranium. NUKEM-FuE-91013, 1991
- Wingender,H J; Becker,H J; Doran,J: Study on
depleted uranium (tails) and on uranium residues from
reprocessing with respect to quantities, characteristics,
storage, possible disposal routes and radiation
exposure. European Commission (Ed.), EUR 15032, ISBN
92-826-6478-3, Luxembourg 1994, 95 p.
- Hertzler,T J; Nishimoto,D D; Otis,M D : Depleted
uranium disposal options evaluation. U.S. DOE (Ed.),
EGG/MS-11297, Washington, D.C. 1994, 78 p.
- Hertzler,T J; Nishimoto,D D : Depleted uranium
management alternatives. U.S. DOE (Ed.), EGG/MS-11416,
Washington, D.C. 1994, 80 p.
- Zoller,J N;Rosen,R S;Holliday,M A : Depleted Uranium
Hexafluoride Management Program. The technology assessment
report for the long-term management of depleted uranium
hexafluoride. Volume 1. U.S. DOE (Ed.), UCRL-AR-120372-
VOL.1, Washington, D.C. 1995, 600 p.
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- Zoller,J N; Rosen,R S; Holliday,M A : Depleted
Uranium Hexafluoride Management Program. The technology
assessment report for the long-term management of depleted
uranium hexafluoride. Volume 2. U.S. DOE (Ed.), UCRL-
AR-120372-VOL.2, Washington, D.C. 1995, 400 p.
- Zoller, J N; Dubrin, J W; Rahm-Crites, L; et al.: Engineering analysis report for the long-term management of depleted uranium hexafluoride, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, UCRL-AR-124080-VOL-1-REV-2, 957 p., 1997
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- Zoller, J N; Dubrin, J W; Rahm-Crites, L; et al.: Engineering analysis report for the long-term management of depleted uranium hexafluoride, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, UCRL-AR-124080-VOL-2-REV-2, 1176 p., 1997
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- Elayat, H; Zoller, J; Szytel, L: Cost analysis report for the long term management of depleted uranium hexafluoride, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, UCRL-AR-127650, 131 p., 1997
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