An isotopic analysis system for plutonium samples enriched in sup 238 Pu

Conference · Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:6243658

Ruhter, W D; Camp, D C

We have designed and built a gamma-ray spectrometer system that measures the relative plutonium isotopic abundances of plutonium oxide enriched in {sup 238}Pu. The first system installed at Westinghouse Savannah River Company was tested and evaluated on plutonium oxide in stainless steel EP60/61 containers. {sup 238}Pu enrichments ranged from 20% to 85%. Results show that 200 grams of plutonium oxide in an EP60.61 container can be measured with {plus minus}0.3% precision and better than {plus minus}1.0% accuracy in the specific power using a counting time of 50 minutes. 3 refs., 2 figs.

• Research Organization: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 6243658
• Report Number(s): UCRL-JC-105887; CONF-910901-21; ON: DE92003067; TRN: 91-033240
• Resource Relation: Conference: 4. international conference on facility operations/safeguards interface, Albuquerque, NM (United States), 29 Sep - 4 Oct 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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GE SEMICONDUCTOR DETECTORS
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