ANSI/ANS 8.12, Nuclear Criticality Control and Safety of Plutonium- Uranium Fuel Mixtures Outside Reactors.:Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.

摘要

The ANSI/ANS 8.12 Standard was published in 1978. This standard is applicable with plutonium oxide fuel mixtures outside nuclear reactors, except the assembly of these materials under controlled conditions, such as in critical experiments. During late 1990s and turn of the 20th century, substantial effort was done by the ANS 8.12 Standard Working Group to reexamine the technical data presented in the standard. Calculations performed showed good agreement with the values published in the standard. This effort culminated in the reaffirmation of the standard on 3/20/2002.