Preliminary investigation of a criticality monitoring technique for a transuranic waste incinerator

This report contains a detailed investigation of the feasibility of using photo induced fission to monitor the amount of transuranic material present in the waste streams flowing into and out of a proposed slagging pyrolysis incinerator which will be used to convert these wastes into a glassy-like slag. In addition to the feasibility study, areas of R and D necessary to confirm the viability of the proposed technique are identified; as well as other R and D efforts which will be needed to implement the proposed technique. A suggested timetable and estimated costs for such R and D are given