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Kuzminski, Jozef; Nesuhoff, J.; Cratto, P.; Pfennigwerth, G.; Mikhailenko, A.; Maliutina, I.; Nations, J.
Los Alamos National Laboratory (United States). Funding organisation: US Department of Energy (United States)2009
Los Alamos National Laboratory (United States). Funding organisation: US Department of Energy (United States)2009
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[en] One of the salient features of the transition plan that the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) is presently implementing in the Former Soviet Union countries is the availability of uranium certified reference materials for calibration of nondestructive assay (NDA) measurement equipment. To address this challenge, DOE/NNSA and U.S. national laboratories have focused their cooperative efforts on establishing a reliable source for manufacturing, certifying, and supplying of such standards. The Ulba Metallurgical Plant (UMP), Kazakhstan, which processes large quantities of low-enriched uranium to produce ceramic fuel pellets for nuclear-powered reactors, is well situated to become a key supplier of low-enriched uranium certified reference materials for the country and Central Asia region. We have recently completed Phase I of a feasibility study to establish at UMP capabilities of manufacturing these standards. In this paper we will discuss details of a proposed methodology for uranium down-blending, material selection and characterization, and a proposed methodology of measurement by destructive (DA) and non-destructive (NDA) analysis to form a database for material certification by the competent State authorities in the Republic of Kazakhstan. In addition, we will discuss the prospect for manufacturing of such standards at UMP.
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1 Jan 2009; 8 p; 50. Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM); Tucson, AZ (United States); 12-16 Jul 2009; LA-UR--09-3493; AC52-06NA25396; Available from http://permalink.lanl.gov/object/tr?what=info:lanl-repo/lareport/LA-UR-09-03493; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/989789-GHqJuO/
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