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Title: Microcomputer based shelf system to monitor special nuclear materials in storage

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OSTI ID:5277674

Diversion of special nuclear material has become a matter of grave concern in recent years. Large quantities of this material are kept in long-term storage and must be inventoried periodically, resulting in a time-consuming activity that exposes personnel to additional radiation. A system that provides continuous surveillance of stored special nuclear materials has been developed. A shelf monitor has been designed using a single component microcomputer to collect data from a Geiger Muller tube that monitors gamma emissions and a scale that monitors the total weight of the special nuclear material and its container. A network of these shelf monitors reports their acquired data to a minicomputer for analysis and storage. Because a large number of these monitors is likely to be needed in most storage facilities, one objective of this program has been to develop a low cost but reliable monitor.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
5277674
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-80-1795; CONF-800655-9; TRN: 80-011235
Resource Relation:
Conference: 21. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Palm Beach, FL, USA, 30 Jun 1980
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English