Performance validation of commercially available mobile waste-assay systems: Preliminary report
Creators
- 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
Description
Prior to disposal, nuclear waste must be accurately characterized to identify and quantify the radioactive content to reduce the radioactive hazard to the public. Validation of the waste-assay systems' performance is critical for establishing the credibility of the assay results for storage and disposal purposes. Canberra Nuclear has evaluated regulations worldwide and identified standard, modular, neutron- and gamma-waste-assay systems that can be used to characterize a large portion of existing and newly generated transuranic (TRU) and low-level waste. Before making claims of guaranteeing any system's performance for specific waste types, the standardized systems' performance be evaluated. 7 figs., 11 tabs
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Title
- Proceedings for the nondestructive assay and nondestructive examination waste characterization conference. No. 5
- Imprint Pagination
- 521 p.
- Journal Page Range
- p. 73-91.
- Report number
- CONF-970126--
Conference
- Title
- 5. nondestructive assay/nondestructive examination waste characterization conference.
- Dates
- 14-16 Jan 1997.
- Place
- Salt Lake City, UT (United States).
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 29021824
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- GAMMA DETECTION; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; HE-3 COUNTERS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOASSAY
- Descriptors DEC
- DETECTION; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; TESTING; WASTES