Design-Only Conceptural Design Report Plutonium Immobilization Plant

摘要

This document provides the basis for the procurement of design and engineering services for a Plutonium Immobilization Plant (PIP). The PIP would convert non-pit surplus plutonium metals to an oxide. The converted plutonium oxide, as well as other surplus plutonium oxide from DOE sites, would be converted into a ceramic material that is placed in metal cans. The cans would be loaded into magazines that are placed into a framework inside a Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) canister. High-level waste (HLW) glass would then be poured into the canister at the DWPF to form a radiation barrier in the final product. The immobilized plutonium waste form (IPWF)--the cans of plutonium ceramic inside a HLW canister filled with HLW glass--is stored in the Glass Waste Storage Building (GWSB), along with the high-level waste canisters, pending geologic disposal.