Development of a portable ambient temperature radiometric assaying instrument
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
There is a strong need for portable radiometric instrumentation that can accurately confirm the presence of nuclear materials and allow isotopic analysis of radionuclides in the field. To fulfill this need, the authors are developing a hand-held, non-cryogenic, low-power gamma- and X-ray measurement and analysis instrument that can both search and then accurately verify the presence of nuclear materials. The authors report on the use of cadmium zinc telluride detectors, signal processing electronics, and the new field-portable instrument based on the MicroNOMAD Multichannel Analyzer from EG and G ORTEC. They will also describe the isotopic analysis that allows uranium enrichment measurements to be made accurately in the field. The benefits of this work are realized in a wide spectrum of applications that include Arms Control, Nuclear Safeguards, Environmental Management, Emergency Response, and Treaty Verification.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 136877
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941061-; ISSN 0018-9499; TRN: 96:000979
- Journal Information:
- IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 42, Issue 4Pt1; Conference: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) nuclear science symposium and medical imaging conference, Norfolk, VA (United States), 30 Oct - 5 Nov 1994; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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