Published 1993 | Version v1
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Low-level Pu and Am drum waste assay with Monte Carlo modeling

Creators

  • 1. EG and G Rocky Flats, Golden, CO (United States)

Description

The photon emission from a 208 liter drum containing trace amounts of plutonium and americium forming low-level radioactive waste homogeneously embedded in concrete is computer modeled using the Monte Carlo Neutron Photon (MCNP) code. The modeling includes a high performance germanium detector at various points on the drum surface. A pulse-height detector tally measures the energy deposited in the germanium crystal. The photon emission drum count rate is predicted for the Ge detector by MCNP using a gaussian energy broadening. Small gram amounts of Pu and Am in the drum determine the exposure rate in mrem/hr/gram which is predicted using MCNP

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Institute of Nuclear Materials Management.
Imprint Place
Northbrook, IL (United States)
Imprint Title
Nuclear materials management. 34th Annual meeting proceedings: Volume 22
Imprint Pagination
1190 p.
Journal Page Range
p. 1073-1077.

Conference

Title
34. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management.
Dates
18-21 Jul 1993.
Place
Scottsdale, AZ (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
26067431
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
AMERICIUM; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; CONTAINERS; DOSE RATES; DOSIMETRY; EXPOSURE RATEMETERS; HIGH-PURITY GE DETECTORS; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; M CODES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; PHOTON EMISSION; PLUTONIUM; PORTLAND CEMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RESPONSE FUNCTIONS; ROCKY FLATS PLANT
Descriptors DEC
ACTINIDES; BUILDING MATERIALS; CEMENTS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPUTER CODES; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; FUNCTIONS; GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; METALS; MONITORING; MONITORS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION MONITORS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS; SIMULATION; TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES

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Secondary number(s)
CONF-930749--.