Change Notice to Department of Energy Handbook 1081-2014, Primer on Spontaneous Heating and Pyrophoricity

Department of Energy Washington, DC 20585 February 20, 2018 MEMORANDUM FOR JEFFREY D. FEIT PROGRAM MANAGER DOE TECHNICAL STANDARDS PROGRAM OFFICE OF QUALITY ASSURANCE AND NUCLEAR SAFETY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS FROM: GARRETT A. SMITH DIRECTOR OFFICE OF NUCLEAR SAFETY OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, SAFETY AND SECURITY SUBJECT: Change Notice to Department of Energy Handbook 1081 2014, Primer on Spontaneous Heating and Pyrophoricity This memorandum forwards “Change Notice Number 1” (CN1) for DOE Handbook 1081- 2014, in accordance with DOE Technical Standards Program Procedures No. 7, “Maintenance of DOE Technical Standards” (DOE-TSPP-7, September 2013) Section 4.2. This CN1 addresses a typographical error in the section on Pyrophoricity of plutonium that appears in the text on page 29 (second paragraph). In that sentence the word “greater” is being removed and replaced with “less” because it was pointed out that the existing text is in error. Corrected sentence is: “Pieces of plutonium characterized as having a minimum thickness greater-than of 1.00 mm (0.04 in) and a specific surface area greater less than 1 cm? /g (71 in? /Ib) requires temperatures in excess of 400 °C (752° F) to ignite. An electronic file in MS Word format is included with this memorandum. If there are any questions, please contact Mr. James Bisker in the Office of Nuclear Safety Basis and Facility Design (AU-31) at (301) 903-6542, or by e-mail at Jim.Bisker@hq.doe.gov. Attachment ® Printed with soy ink on recycled paper