Criticality safety evaluation of multiple units in Tokai Reprocessing Plant

Shirai, Nobutoshi; Taguchi, Katsuya; Iitsuka, Shoji; ; *; Sudo, Toshiyuki

JNC TN8410 99-055, 69 Pages, 1999/09

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As a part of the safety confirmation work of Tokai Reprocessing Plant, an assessment of the basic data for criticality safety and shielding design has already been reported. In that report, two plutonium solution storage cells were evaluated to be safe enough from a viewpoint of multiple unit criticality safety. In this report, additionai evaluation of multiple unit criticality safety was made for the main plant and the UO storage which were designed in 1960's and constructed in 1970's. The evaluated cells and rooms are enriched uranium dissolution cell, adjustment and feeding cell, two second extraction cycle cells, third uranium cycle cell, uranium concentration and denitration rooms, third plutonium cycle cell, plutonium concentration cell, two plutonium solution storage cells, rework cell, and UO storage room. As a result, it was confirmed that these cells and rooms were safe enough from a viewpoint of multiple unit criticality safety.