Low-resolution gamma-ray measurements of process holdup
Abstract
Nuclear facilities worldwide have deposits of nuclear material remaining in processing equipment. Nuclear facilities need portable, automated tools based on gamma-ray spectroscopy to perform plant wide in situ assays of special nuclear materials (SNM) deposited in processing equipment. These tools have requirements to (1) acquire and manage several hundred spectra in an hour; (2) produce prompt and reliable quantitative analyses; (3) be self-powered, easily carried, and operated by one use; (4) accommodate varying degrees of user expertise; (5) correct for the effects of equipment variables; (6) tolerate facility variables such as temperature and equipment accessibility; and (7) accommodate the geometry of each measurement. this paper describes a new system for in-situ measurements consisting of a compact gamma-ray detector, a self-contained portable gamma-ray spectroscopy instrument, and a palm-size programmable control and data storage unit.
- Authors:
-
- and others
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 390646
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-96-3482; CONF-961041-3
ON: DE97000367; TRN: 96:028489
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 3. topical meeting on industrial radiation and radioisotope measuerments and applications, Raleigh, NC (United States), 6-9 Oct 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 44 INSTRUMENTATION, INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS; 99 MATHEMATICS, COMPUTERS, INFORMATION SCIENCE, MANAGEMENT, LAW, MISCELLANEOUS; EQUIPMENT; GAMMA DETECTION; AUTOMATION; DECOMMISSIONING; DEPOSITS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; CALIBRATION; COUNTING RATES; COMPUTER CALCULATIONS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
Citation Formats
Sprinkle, Jr, J K, Cole, R, Collins, M L, and Russo, P A. Low-resolution gamma-ray measurements of process holdup. United States: N. p., 1996.
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Sprinkle, Jr, J K, Cole, R, Collins, M L, & Russo, P A. Low-resolution gamma-ray measurements of process holdup. United States.
Sprinkle, Jr, J K, Cole, R, Collins, M L, and Russo, P A. Fri .
"Low-resolution gamma-ray measurements of process holdup". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/390646.
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title = {Low-resolution gamma-ray measurements of process holdup},
author = {Sprinkle, Jr, J K and Cole, R and Collins, M L and Russo, P A},
abstractNote = {Nuclear facilities worldwide have deposits of nuclear material remaining in processing equipment. Nuclear facilities need portable, automated tools based on gamma-ray spectroscopy to perform plant wide in situ assays of special nuclear materials (SNM) deposited in processing equipment. These tools have requirements to (1) acquire and manage several hundred spectra in an hour; (2) produce prompt and reliable quantitative analyses; (3) be self-powered, easily carried, and operated by one use; (4) accommodate varying degrees of user expertise; (5) correct for the effects of equipment variables; (6) tolerate facility variables such as temperature and equipment accessibility; and (7) accommodate the geometry of each measurement. this paper describes a new system for in-situ measurements consisting of a compact gamma-ray detector, a self-contained portable gamma-ray spectroscopy instrument, and a palm-size programmable control and data storage unit.},
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