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Prettyman, T.H.; Russo, P.A.; Cheung, C.C.; Christianson, A.D.; Feldman, W.C.; Gavron, A.
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)1997
Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)1997
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[en] Gamma-ray and neutron imaging technology is emerging as a useful tool for nuclear materials safeguards. Principal applications include improvement in accuracy for nondestructive assay of heterogeneous material (e.g., residues) and wide-area imaging of nuclear material in facilities (e.g., holdup). Portable gamma cameras with gamma-ray spectroscopy are available commercially and are being applied to holdup measurements. The technology has the potential to significantly reduce effort and exposure in holdup campaigns; and, with imaging, some of the limiting assumptions required for conventional holdup analysis can be relaxed, resulting in a more general analysis. Methods to analyze spectroscopic-imaging data to assay plutonium and uranium in processing equipment are being development. Results of holdup measurements using a commercial, portable gamma-cameras are presented. The authors are also developing fast neutron imaging techniques for NDA, search, and holdup. Fast neutron imaging provides a direct measurement of the source of neutrons and is relatively insensitive to surroundings when compared to thermal or epithermal neutron imaging. The technology is well-suited for in-process inventory measurements and verification of materials in interim storage, for which gamma-ray measurements may be inadequate due to self-shielding. Results of numerical simulations to predict the performance of fast-neutron telescopes for safeguards applications are presented
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1997; 14 p; 38. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials management; Phoenix, AZ (United States); 20-24 Jul 1997; CONF-970744--; CONTRACT W-7405-ENG-36; ALSO AVAILABLE FROM OSTI AS DE98001331; NTIS; INIS; US GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE DEP
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