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Dayem, H.A.; Baker, A.L.; Cobb, D.D.; Hakkila, E.A.; Ostenak, C.A.
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)1984
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)1984
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[en] Near-real-time nuclear materials accounting was demonstrated in a series of experiments at the Allied-General Nuclear Services (AGNS) Barnwell Nuclear Fuels Plant. For each experiment, the second and third plutonium cycles were operated continuously for 1 wk processing uranium solutions. Process data were collected in near-real time by the AGNS computerized nuclear materials control and accounting system and were analyzed for uranium removals using decision analysis techniques. Although the measurement system primarily consisted of process-monitoring measurements that were not optimized for near-real-time accounting, the results of uranium-removal tests showed that removals and unexpected losses from the process area can be detected. Los Alamos used process-grade measurements to close hourly materials balances. Loss-detection sensitivities for 1 day of between 4 and 18 kg of uranium, at 50% detection probability and 2.5% false-alarm probability, were calculated for selected accounting areas. Using pulsed-column inventory estimators, we calculated a total four-column inventory that was within 10% of column dump measurements. Loss-detection sensitivity could be improved by incorporating online waste stream measurements, improving laboratory measurements for process streams, and refining the pulsed-column inventory estimates
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Jan 1984; 252 p; Available from NTIS, PC A12/MF A01; 1 as DE84008004
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