Report on analytical activities in potentially hazardous materials mitigation measures at the Plutonium Conversion Development Facility; 2014.4 2015.12

Horigome, Kazushi ; Suzuki, Hisanori ; Suzuki, Yoshimasa ; Ishibashi, Atsushi; Taguchi, Shigeo ; Inada, Satoshi; Kuno, Takehiko ; Surugaya, Naoki 

In order to mitigate potential hazards of storage plutonium in solution such as hydrogen generation, conversion of plutonium solution into MOX powder has been carried out since 2014 in the Plutonium Conversion Development Facility. With respect to the samples taken from the conversion process, about 3500 items of plutonium/uranium solutions and MOX powders have been analyzed for the operation control in the related analytical laboratories at the Tokai Reprocessing Plant. This paper describes the reports on analytical activities and related maintenance works in the analytical laboratories conducted from April 2014 to December 2015.