Waste inspection tomography (WIT)
- Bio-Imaging Research, Inc., Lincolnshire, IL (United States)
Waste Inspection Tomography (WIT) provides mobile semi-trailer mounted nondestructive examination (NDE) and assay (NDA) for nuclear waste drum characterization. WIT uses various computed tomography (CT) methods for both NDE and NDA of nuclear waste drums. Low level waste (LLW), transuranic (TRU), and mixed radioactive waste can be inspected and characterized without opening the drums. With externally transmitted x-ray NDE techniques, WIT has the ability to identify high density waste materials like heavy metals, define drum contents in two- and three-dimensional space, quantify free liquid volumes through density and x-ray attenuation coefficient discrimination, and measure drum wall thickness. With waste emitting gamma-ray NDA techniques, WIT can locate gamma emitting radioactive sources in two- and three-dimensional space, identify gamma emitting, isotopic species, identify the external activity levels of emitting gamma-ray sources, correct for waste matrix attenuation, provide internal activity approximations, and provide the data needed for waste classification as LLW or TRU.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC), WV (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 229511
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/METC-96/1021-Vol.1; CONF-9510108-Vol.1; ON: DE96000551; TRN: 96:001841-0018
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Environmental technology development through industry partnership, Morgantown, WV (United States), 3-5 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: Oct 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the environmental technology through industry partnership conference. Volume 1; Kothari, V.P.; PB: 312 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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