Published March 1977
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Accuracy required for plutonium accountancy in monitoring solid waste streams
Description
A systematic approach is described for defining the accuracy required in measuring Pu-contaminated solid waste streams and for the selection of the optimal monitor. The proposed method is based on comparing the inaccuracy of waste measurements with the uncertainty in the material unaccounted for resulting from plutonium inventory-taking. Results from measurements of waste streams in plutonium reprocessing and fabrication plants are demonstrated and discussed. The measurements were performed with a variable dead-time counter which detects the spontaneous fission neutrons of 240 Pu
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Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 20 p.
- Report number
- EUR--5661
INIS
- Country of Publication
- European Commission (EC), Brussels (Belgium)
- Country of Input or Organization
- European Commission (EC), Brussels (Belgium)
- INIS RN
- 9376609
- Subject category
- S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
- Descriptors DEI
- ACCOUNTING; ACCURACY; FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; HE-3 COUNTERS; MEASURING METHODS; NEUTRON DETECTION; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM 240; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION MONITORS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SOLID WASTES
- Descriptors DEC
- ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ACTINIDES; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; ELEMENTS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; MONITORING; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOISOTOPES; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES