Low-resolution gamma-ray measurements of process holdup

Conference · Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:390646

Sprinkle, Jr, J K; Cole, R; Collins, M L; Russo, P A ^[1]

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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.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 390646
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-96-3482; CONF-961041-3; ON: DE97000367; TRN: 96:028489
• 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

Related Subjects

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