ROBOCAL: An Automated NDA (Nondestructive Analysis) Calorimetry and Gamma Isotopic System

Conference · Sun Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 1989 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society

OSTI ID:5447087

ROBOCAL, which is presently being developed and tested at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is a full-scale, prototype robotic system for remote calorimetric and gamma-ray analysis of special nuclear materials. It integrates a fully automated, multidrawer, vertical stacker-retriever system for staging unmeasured nuclear materials, and a fully automated gantry robot for computer-based selection and transfer of nuclear materials to calorimetric and gamma-ray measurement stations. Since ROBOCAL is designed for minimal operator intervention, a completely programmed user interface is provided to interact with the automated mechanical and assay systems. The assay system is designed to completely integrate calorimetric and gamma-ray data acquisition and to perform state-of-the-art analyses on both homogeneous and heterogeneous distributions of nuclear materials in a wide variety of matrices.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• OSTI ID: 5447087
• Report Number(s): CONF-891103-; CODEN: TANSA; TRN: 91-024855
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Vol. 60; Conference: Winter Meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS) and Nuclear Power and Technology Exhibit , San Francisco, CA (United States), 26-30 Nov 1989; ISSN 0003-018X
• Publisher: American Nuclear Society
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
42 ENGINEERING
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING
CALORIMETERS
PERFORMANCE
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
ROBOTS
ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERTERS
AUTOMATION
CALORIMETRY
CRITICALITY
DATA ACQUISITION
GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
GEOMETRY
HUMAN FACTORS
LASL
MICROPROCESSORS
MODIFICATIONS
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
OPERATION
PROGRAMMING
QUALITY ASSURANCE
REMOTE HANDLING
SAFETY
T CODES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COMPUTER CODES
COMPUTERS
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
MATERIALS
MATHEMATICS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MICROELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
SPECTROMETERS
SPECTROSCOPY
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
ROBOCAL
Prototype Robotic System
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