SUMMATION

Year
1964
Author(s)
S.C.T. McDowell - Institute of Nuclear Materials Management
Abstract
I would like to summarize those areas of interest to nuclear materials management which our panel speakers have touched on today. 1. DNMM (Jones) a. Chemical and isotopic standards of uranium and plutonium — NBS (1) uranium chemical standard — U^Og (2) uranium isotopic standard — series of sixteen standards ranging from 0. 5 to 93% U-235 available from NBS (3) plutonium chemical standard - plutonium metal - half gram samples (4) plutonium isotopic standard — plutonium sulfate tetrahydrate b. Acceptance of 0.711% U-235 value for natural uranium c. Selected Measurement Methods Publication - \"Selected Measurement Methods for Plutonium and Uranium in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle\" - TID-7029 2. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (McDowell) a. Provisional Definitions of Commonly Used Terms in Nuclear Materials Management b. Proposed Standard Scrap Grades for Uranium c. SS Materials Color Code d. Industrial Accountability Procedures 3. Atomic Industrial Forum (Wiggin) a. Procedures for Minimizing Shipper-Receiver Differences in the Recovery of Uranium from Unirradiated Reactor Fuel Scrap 4. American Standards Association (Duff &t O'Leary) a. Color code, nomenclature, standard nuclear glossary, accountability, reactor safety standards, waste disposal. b. Subcommittee N5.3 — Standard accountability practices for irradiated source and special nuclear materials during the various stages of nuclear reprocessing. c. Letter from J. A. Hunter, Chairman, N2. 4 Committee — ASA is preparing a revision of the Nl. 1 \"Glossary of Terms in Nuclear Science and Technology\" and which represents the U. S. of the nuclear glossary activities of the International Standards Organization TC 85/SC 1.