A demonstration of the gross count tomographic gamma scanner (GC-TGS) method for the nondestructive assay of transuranic waste
The authors examined the accuracy and sensitivity levels for three variations on the TGS method: the original TGS method using a high-purity germanium (HPGe) detector to measure net areas of full-energy gamma-ray peaks; a modified HPGe-detector method that uses net areas for the transmission analysis and the gross count TGS (GC-TGS) method for the emission analysis; and a NaI-detector method that uses the GC-TGS method exclusively. They found that while the accuracies of the methods were comparable, the GC-TGS method boosted the sensitivity per detector by a factor of approximately two for the HPGe GC variation and four for the NaI method. The implications for improved TGS scanner design are discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 335195
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-98-3248; CONF-980733-; ON: DE99002304; TRN: 99:005049
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 39. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) annual meeting, Naples, FL (United States), 26-30 Jul 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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