A portable nondestructive assay measurement control system

Conference · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Nucl. Mater. Manage.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6153434

Palmer, M E

Portable nondestructive assay (NDA) of plutonium processing hoods, solvent extraction columns, glove boxes, filters, and other items is required for both nuclear materials accountability and criticality control purposes. The Plutonium Finishing Plant has hundreds of such items that require routine portable NDA measurement. Previous recordkeeping of NDA measurements consisted of boxes of papers containing results and notebooks containing notes for each item to be measured. If the notes for any item were lost, new measurement parameters had to be calculated for that item. As a result, subsequent measurements could no longer be directly compared with previous results for that item due to possible changes in measurement parameters. The new portable NDA management system keeps all the necessary information in a computerized data base. Technicians are provided with a computer-generated drawing of each item to be measured, which also contains comments, measurement points, measurement parameters, and a form for filling in the raw data. After the measurements are made, the technician uses the computer to calculate and print out the results.

• Research Organization: Rockwell Hanford Operations, Richland, Washington
• OSTI ID: 6153434
• Report Number(s): CONF-840734-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Nucl. Mater. Manage.; (United States) Journal Volume: 13
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
COMPUTER GRAPHICS
COMPUTERIZED CONTROL SYSTEMS
CONTROL
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