Published 1995 | Version v1
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A neutron counting systems for plutonium inventory monitoring

Creators

  • 1. AEA Technology, Didcot (United Kingdom). Harwell Instruments

Description

A nine detector passive neutron counting system for use at the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Safety Engineering Research Facility (NUCEF) of the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) at Tokai-Mura, Japan is described. The Instrumentation, which is due to undergo commissioning trials in November 1995, has been provided for three main areas of the NUCEF Fuel Preparation System for Criticality Safety Experiments. Following a description of the design and hardware, some details of the works acceptance tests carried out at Harwell Laboratory are presented

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Inst. of Nuclear Materials Management.
Imprint Place
Northbrook, IL (United States)
Imprint Title
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management 36. annual meeting: Proceedings. Volume 24
Imprint Pagination
1347 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 394-399.

Conference

Title
36. annual meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management.
Dates
9-12 Jul 1995.
Place
Palm Desert, CA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27052281
Subject category
S98: NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DESIGN; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FUEL CYCLE CENTERS; GLOVEBOXES; HE-3 COUNTERS; INVENTORIES; JAPAN; NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION MONITORING; SAFETY ENGINEERING
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; ASIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELEMENTS; EQUIPMENT; LABORATORY EQUIPMENT; MANAGEMENT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; MONITORING; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TESTING; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS

Optional Information

Secondary number(s)
CONF-950787--.