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Title: Reference material manufacture and certification for the AVNG

Abstract

Testing and demonstration of any radiation measurement system requires the use of appropriate radioactive sources. The AVNG implementation that we describe is an attribute measurement system built by RFNC - VNIIEF in Sarov, Russia. The AVNG detects neutron and gamma radiation signatures and displays the three unclassified attributes of 'plutonium presence,' 'plutonium mass > 2 kg,' and 'plutonium isotopic ratio ({sup 240}Pu to {sup 239}Pu) < 0.1.' The AVNG was tested using a number of reference material (RM) sources with masses and isotopic ratios above and below these thresholds. The AVNG was demonstrated in June 2009 using several of these sources in addition to detector calibration sources. Since the AVNG was designed to measure multi-kg plutonium sources, the RM was manufactured specifically for use with this system. In addition, the RM was used to test the thresholds in the AVNG, so the size and composition of each RM was certified prior to use. In this presentation, we will describe the various steps in the manufacture and certification of these RM sources.

Authors:
 [1];  [1];  [1];  [2];  [2];  [2]
  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory
  2. VNIIEF
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1009546
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-10-02624; LA-UR-10-2624
TRN: US1101527
DOE Contract Number:  
AC52-06NA25396
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: INMM 51st Annual Meeting ; July 1, 2010 ; Baltimore, MD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
7; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; CALIBRATION; GAMMA RADIATION; IMPLEMENTATION; NEUTRONS; PLUTONIUM; RADIATIONS; TESTING

Citation Formats

Hauck, Danielle K, Mac Arthur, Duncan, Thron, Jonathan L, Livke, Alexander, Kondratov, Sergey, and Razinkov, Sergey. Reference material manufacture and certification for the AVNG. United States: N. p., 2010. Web.
Hauck, Danielle K, Mac Arthur, Duncan, Thron, Jonathan L, Livke, Alexander, Kondratov, Sergey, & Razinkov, Sergey. Reference material manufacture and certification for the AVNG. United States.
Hauck, Danielle K, Mac Arthur, Duncan, Thron, Jonathan L, Livke, Alexander, Kondratov, Sergey, and Razinkov, Sergey. 2010. "Reference material manufacture and certification for the AVNG". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1009546.
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author = {Hauck, Danielle K and Mac Arthur, Duncan and Thron, Jonathan L and Livke, Alexander and Kondratov, Sergey and Razinkov, Sergey},
abstractNote = {Testing and demonstration of any radiation measurement system requires the use of appropriate radioactive sources. The AVNG implementation that we describe is an attribute measurement system built by RFNC - VNIIEF in Sarov, Russia. The AVNG detects neutron and gamma radiation signatures and displays the three unclassified attributes of 'plutonium presence,' 'plutonium mass > 2 kg,' and 'plutonium isotopic ratio ({sup 240}Pu to {sup 239}Pu) < 0.1.' The AVNG was tested using a number of reference material (RM) sources with masses and isotopic ratios above and below these thresholds. The AVNG was demonstrated in June 2009 using several of these sources in addition to detector calibration sources. Since the AVNG was designed to measure multi-kg plutonium sources, the RM was manufactured specifically for use with this system. In addition, the RM was used to test the thresholds in the AVNG, so the size and composition of each RM was certified prior to use. In this presentation, we will describe the various steps in the manufacture and certification of these RM sources.},
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