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Title: Fission Meter Information Barrier Attribute Measurement System: FY2018 Office of Nuclear Verification FNI/UKC Task 2 Documentation Package

Abstract

The ORTEC Fission Meter is a neutron multiplicity detector developed by Oak Ridge, TN based Advanced Measurement Technology (AMETEK), ORTEC Division. Data analysis techniques developed for neutron multiplicity detectors allows determination of mass and multiplication of unknown objects of special nuclear material (SNM). This can be done based on the physics of fission neutrons with little or no a priori information about the object. The articulating panel design and “5-Mode Counter” neutron multiplicity data-acquisition hardware were licensed to ORTEC by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2005 based on a 2004 prototype. The “5-Mode Counter” development started in 2000 in order to produce a compact neutron multiplicity file containing the full neutron count timing distribution. Development of this hardware along with the prototype detector design continued through 2004. Photographs of the Fission Meter are shown in Figure 1. In 2011, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a software-based information barrier (IB) for the Fission Meter to control transmission of some for potential use in treaty applications. This IB was extended over the next several years to include improvements to the algorithms, more automated processing, and list mode data acquisition and processing. This report provides design and operational documentation for the Fissionmore » Meter and the Information Barrier additions.« less

Authors:
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  1. Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1426091
Report Number(s):
LLNL-TR-746756
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-07NA27344
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; 73 NUCLEAR PHYSICS AND RADIATION PHYSICS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Citation Formats

Kerr, P., Decman, D., and Prasad, M. Fission Meter Information Barrier Attribute Measurement System: FY2018 Office of Nuclear Verification FNI/UKC Task 2 Documentation Package. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.2172/1426091.
Kerr, P., Decman, D., & Prasad, M. Fission Meter Information Barrier Attribute Measurement System: FY2018 Office of Nuclear Verification FNI/UKC Task 2 Documentation Package. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1426091
Kerr, P., Decman, D., and Prasad, M. 2018. "Fission Meter Information Barrier Attribute Measurement System: FY2018 Office of Nuclear Verification FNI/UKC Task 2 Documentation Package". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1426091. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1426091.
@article{osti_1426091,
title = {Fission Meter Information Barrier Attribute Measurement System: FY2018 Office of Nuclear Verification FNI/UKC Task 2 Documentation Package},
author = {Kerr, P. and Decman, D. and Prasad, M.},
abstractNote = {The ORTEC Fission Meter is a neutron multiplicity detector developed by Oak Ridge, TN based Advanced Measurement Technology (AMETEK), ORTEC Division. Data analysis techniques developed for neutron multiplicity detectors allows determination of mass and multiplication of unknown objects of special nuclear material (SNM). This can be done based on the physics of fission neutrons with little or no a priori information about the object. The articulating panel design and “5-Mode Counter” neutron multiplicity data-acquisition hardware were licensed to ORTEC by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in 2005 based on a 2004 prototype. The “5-Mode Counter” development started in 2000 in order to produce a compact neutron multiplicity file containing the full neutron count timing distribution. Development of this hardware along with the prototype detector design continued through 2004. Photographs of the Fission Meter are shown in Figure 1. In 2011, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a software-based information barrier (IB) for the Fission Meter to control transmission of some for potential use in treaty applications. This IB was extended over the next several years to include improvements to the algorithms, more automated processing, and list mode data acquisition and processing. This report provides design and operational documentation for the Fission Meter and the Information Barrier additions.},
doi = {10.2172/1426091},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1426091}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2018},
month = {Fri Feb 23 00:00:00 EST 2018}
}