The Holdup Measurement System II (HMSII)

Conference · Fri Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:61371

Smith, S E; Gibson, J S ^[1]; Halbig, J K; Klosterbuer, S F; Russo, P A; Sprinkle, Jr, J K ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, TN (United States)
2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Safeguards Assay Group

A project is in progress that addresses two of the problems with existing holdup measurement technology; the need for compact instrumentation and a more efficient means of reducing the massive amounts of data to quantities of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM). The approach taken by the project utilizes the Miniature Modular MultiChannel Analyzer (M{sup 3}CA), a complete and truly portable gamma-ray spectroscopy system, under development at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The hardware is then integrated and automated by the Holdup Measurement System II (HMSII) software being developed by the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. Together they provide the hardware components, measurement control in the field, automated data acquisition, data storage and manipulation which simplify holdup measurements. Holdup is residual nuclear material retained by process equipment after operation. Accumulations can be significant to criticality safety and accountability.

• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 61371
• Report Number(s): CONF-930749--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
44 INSTRUMENTATION
INCLUDING NUCLEAR AND PARTICLE DETECTORS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CRITICALITY
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
DESIGN
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE TESTING
RESIDUES