Pyroprocessing Monitoring Technology Development at Idaho National Laboratory
The Idaho National Laboratory (INL), with support from the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Technology Research and Development program, has been developing advanced instrumentation and approaches for enhancing the effectiveness of nuclear material control and accounting for future reprocessing facilities with particular emphasis on pyroprocessing. Advanced modeling capabilities augment new instrumentation development, predict material flows, integrate process monitoring data, and assess overall system effectiveness of the safeguards and security system. In this paper we provide a brief overview of the Safeguards and Security by Design approach being pursued under the program and details of advanced process monitoring instrumentation under development at the INL, which includes a triple bubbler system for on-line monitoring of level and density of molten salt, sensors for monitoring actinide concentrations in molten salt, and thermal-couple instrumentation for near real time determination of Pu content in U/TRU ingots. Laboratory and field testing data will be presented, as well as integration of these sensors into a concept for utilization of process monitoring information in concert with traditional nuclear material accountancy data.
- Research Organization:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Nuclear Energy (NE)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- OSTI ID:
- 1411724
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-17-42223
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Global 2017: International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Conference, Grand Walkerhill Seoul, Republic of Korea, September 24–29, 2017
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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