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The objective of the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System (ARIES) project is to demonstrate technology to dismantle plutonium pits from excess nuclear weapons, convert the plutonium to a metal ingot or an oxide powder, package the metal or oxide, and verity the contents of the package by non-destructive assay. The packaged weapons plutonium will be converted to mixed-oxide reactor fuel or immobilised in ceramic forms suitable for geologic storage. The packaging of the material must therefore be suitable for storage until the material is further processed. A set of containers for plutonium metal and oxide has been developed to meet the needs of the ARIES process and the United States Department of Energy requirements for long-term storage. This package has been developed and qualified with the participation of private companies.
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Rofer, C.K., Martinez, D.A., Trujillo, V.L. (2000). Packaging of Plutonium Metal and Oxide in the Aries Project. In: Baca, T.E., Florkowski, T. (eds) The Environmental Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament. NATO Science Series, vol 29. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4104-8_15
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