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LA-13638 Approved for public releas
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A Review of Criticality Accidents 2
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PREFACE This document is the second
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Tom Jones was invaluable in generat
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C. OBSERVATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED
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FIGURES 1. Chronology of process cr
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51. MSKS and assembly involved in t
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A REVIEW OF CRITICALITY ACCIDENTS A
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3 Black Sea Baltic Sea Obninsk Norw
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North Atlantic Ocean Irish Sea Wind
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1. Mayak Production Association, 15
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time of the accident. However, the
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determined by a radiation control p
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consequences of this accident, the
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Figure 10. Drum in which the 1958 Y
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The entire plutonium process area h
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7. Mayak Production Association, 5
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During the next shift, radiation sa
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9. Siberian Chemical Combine, 14 Ju
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The accident investigation determin
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10. Hanford Works, 7 April 1962 18,
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heater and stirrer were turned off
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vessel 64-A was added. The dissolut
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additional reflection afforded by t
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15. Electrostal Machine Building Pl
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16. Mayak Production Association, 1
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ased on a radiation survey, that th
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0.5 m 0.5 m 0.5 m 0.5 m 3.0 m 1.4 m
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The investigation identified severa
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19. Idaho Chemical Processing Plant
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20. Siberian Chemical Combine, 13 D
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To Glovebox 6 7 8 6 From Glovebox 6
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on a 0.4 m square pitch grid. The b
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competing reactivity effects proved
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Figure 35. The precipitation vessel
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B. PHYSICAL AND NEUTRONIC CHARACTER
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Material Fissile Mass: Fissile mass
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235 U Spherical Critical Mass (kg)
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Table 10. Accident Fission Energy R
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• Accidents in shielded facilitie
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• Senior management should be awa
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Table 11. Reactor and Critical Expe
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3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2
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5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 3
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eflector of 236 kg when he noticed
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3. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
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At the equatorial plane, the two ha
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Figure 48. The Los Alamos Scientifi
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Figure 50. Burst rod and several se
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