Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages

Patent · Wed Sep 12 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5678150

Brodzinski, R L; Perkins, R W; Rieck, H G; Wogman, N A

A method is described for non-destructively assaying the radionuclide content of solid waste in a sealed container by analysis of the waste's gamma-ray spectrum and neutron emissions. Some radionuclides are measured by characteristic photopeaks in the gamma-ray spectrum; transuranic nuclides are measured by neutron emission rate; other radionuclides are measured by correlation with those already measured.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• Assignee: Dept. of Energy
• Application Number: ON: DE85011674
• OSTI ID: 5678150
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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