The current-revision of the Process Optimization Program contains two empirical plutonium-exposure expressions. One relates total Pu conversion to exposure and the other, Pu-240 buildup to exposure. The former was incorporated to save computer time and the latter to provide product quality data....

The Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL)/Analytical Chemistry Laboratory (ACL) and the Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC)/Process Analytical Laboratory (PAL) provide analytical support services to various environmental restoration and waste management projects/programs at Hanford. In response to a...