Waste measurements at a plutonium facility

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5434166

Wachter, J R

Solid plutonium contaminated wastes are often highly heterogeneous, span a wide range of chemical compositions and matrix types, and are packaged in a variety of container sizes. NDA analysis of this waste depends on operator knowledge of these parameters so that proper segregation, instrument selection, quality assurance, and uncertainty estimation can take place. This report describes current waste measurement practices and uncertainty estimates at a US plutonium scrap recovery facility and presents a program for determining reproducibility and bias in NDA measurements. Following this, an operator's perspective on desirable NDA upgrades is offered.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5434166
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-92-1373; CONF-9205153-2; ON: DE92013431
• Resource Relation: Conference: 14. annual European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA), Salmanca (Spain), 5-9 May 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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