The design and implementation of the AVNG measurement system
Abstract
An attribute measurement system (AMS) measures a number of unclassified attributes of potentially classified material. By displaying these unclassified results only as red or green lights, the AMS protects potentially classified information while still generating confidence in the measurement result. The AVNG that we describe is an AMS 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.' In this presentation, we will describe the design of the AVNG neutron and gamma detector subsystems, as well as the design of the entire AMS incorporating these detectors. We will also describe the construction of the AVNG and the final design that was demonstrated in June 2009.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Laboratory
- RFNC-VNIIEF
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1009545
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-10-02623; LA-UR-10-2623
TRN: US1101526
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC52-06NA25396
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: INMM 51st Annual Meeting ; July 11, 2010 ; Baltimore, MD
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; CLASSIFIED INFORMATION; CONSTRUCTION; DESIGN; GAMMA RADIATION; IMPLEMENTATION; NEUTRONS; PLUTONIUM
Citation Formats
Macarthur, Duncan W, Thron, Jonathan, Razinkov, Sergey, Livke, Alexander, and Kondratov, Sergey. The design and implementation of the AVNG measurement system. United States: N. p., 2010.
Web.
Macarthur, Duncan W, Thron, Jonathan, Razinkov, Sergey, Livke, Alexander, & Kondratov, Sergey. The design and implementation of the AVNG measurement system. United States.
Macarthur, Duncan W, Thron, Jonathan, Razinkov, Sergey, Livke, Alexander, and Kondratov, Sergey. 2010.
"The design and implementation of the AVNG measurement system". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1009545.
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title = {The design and implementation of the AVNG measurement system},
author = {Macarthur, Duncan W and Thron, Jonathan and Razinkov, Sergey and Livke, Alexander and Kondratov, Sergey},
abstractNote = {An attribute measurement system (AMS) measures a number of unclassified attributes of potentially classified material. By displaying these unclassified results only as red or green lights, the AMS protects potentially classified information while still generating confidence in the measurement result. The AVNG that we describe is an AMS 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.' In this presentation, we will describe the design of the AVNG neutron and gamma detector subsystems, as well as the design of the entire AMS incorporating these detectors. We will also describe the construction of the AVNG and the final design that was demonstrated in June 2009.},
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