Published 1993 | Version v1
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Safeguards instrumentation for continuous unattended monitoring in plutonium fuel fabrication plants

Creators

  • 1. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
  • 2. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)

Description

Nondestructive assay (NDA) systems have been developed for use in an automated mixed oxide fabrication facility. Unique features have been developed for the NDA systems to accommodate robotic sample handling and remote operation. In addition, the systems have been designed to obtain International Atomic Energy Agency inspection data without the need for an inspector at the facility at the time of the measurements. The equipment is being designed to operate continuously in an unattended mode with data storage for periods of up to one month. The design, performance characteristics, and authentication of the NDA systems are described. The data related to reliability, precision, and accuracy are presented

Availability note (English)

MF available from INIS under the Report Number; OSTI as DE93014480; NTIS; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
7 p.
Report number
LA-UR--93-1860

Conference

Title
international conference and technology exhibition.
Acronym
Global '93
Dates
12-17 Sep 1993.
Place
Seattle, WA (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
24070011
Subject category
S22: GENERAL STUDIES OF NUCLEAR REACTORS; S46: INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
COINCIDENCE SPECTROMETRY; DESIGN; FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS; HE-3 COUNTERS; LANL; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORS; PLUTONIUM; PLUTONIUM OXIDES; RADIATION MONITORING; SAFEGUARDS
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; ACTINIDES; CHALCOGENIDES; COINCIDENCE METHODS; COUNTING TECHNIQUES; ELEMENTS; METALS; MONITORING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NEUTRON DETECTORS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; OXIDES; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS; PROPORTIONAL COUNTERS; RADIATION DETECTORS; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract W-7405-ENG-36
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).
Secondary number(s)
CONF-9309151--2.