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Incorporation of New, Automated Environmental Sampling Systems into Safeguards Approaches

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1098314· OSTI ID:1098314
 [1];  [2];  [3];  [4]
  1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
  3. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  4. Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States)
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The three technologies—tamper resistant/indicating aerosol contaminant extractor (TRI‐ACE), laser ablation laser absorbance ratio spectrometry‐environmental sampling (LAARS‐ES), and LAARS‐destructive assay (DA)—have the potential to revolutionize aspects of sampling at gas centrifuge enrichment plants (GCEPs). The environmental sampling capabilities of TRI‐ACE and LAARS‐ES have the ability to provide unattended and remote monitoring equipment at a GCEP that constantly samples the environment for anomalous uranium particles that are indicative of clandestine enrichment to highly enriched uranium (HEU).

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
AC52-06NA25396
OSTI ID:
1098314
Report Number(s):
LA-UR--13-28412
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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