Published 1979
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Journal article
Evaluation of portal monitors for the detection of nuclear materials
Description
Portal monitors (PM) provide one of the most effective detection mechanisms at access portals of nuclear facilities. They are especially useful against covert theft of special nuclear materials (SNM). This paper reports the results of a study of generic PMs that demonstrated that properly designed PMs can be very effective in detecting plutonium, particularly when radiation from fission product impurities in recycled plutonium are taken into account. 3 refs
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Journal Title
- Nucl. Mater. Manage.
- Journal Volume
- 8
- Series
- Nucl. Mater. Manage.
- Journal Page Range
- 128-138
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 12582623
- Subject category
- S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION;
- Descriptors DEI
- GAMMA RADIATION; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEAR MATERIALS DIVERSION; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; PHYSICAL PROTECTION DEVICES; PLUTONIUM 239; RADIATION MONITORING; SAFEGUARDS; SECURITY; URANIUM 233
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MONITORING; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; RADIATIONS; RADIOISOTOPES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES