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Title: Test and evaluation results of the /sup 252/Cf shuffler at the Savannah River Plant

Abstract

The /sup 252/Cf Shuffler, a nondestructive assay instrument employing californium neutron source irradiation and delayed-neutron counting, was developed for measuring /sup 235/U content of scrap and waste items generated at the Savannah River Plant (SRP) reactor fuel fabrication facility. The scrap and waste items include high-purity uranium-aluminum alloy ingots as well as pieces of castings, saw and lathe chips from machining operations, low-purity items such as oxides of uranium or uranium intermixed with flux materials found in recovery operations, and materials not recoverable at SRP such as floor sweepings or residues from the uranium scrap recovery operation. The uranium contains about 60% /sup 235/U with the remaining isotopes being /sup 236/U, /sup 238/U, and /sup 234/U in descending order. The test and evaluation at SRP concluded that the accuracy, safety, reliability, and ease of use made the /sup 252/Cf Shuffler a suitable instrument for routine use in an industrial, production-oriented plant.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6535082
Report Number(s):
LA-8755-MS
TRN: 81-007430
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS; SCRAP; URANIUM 235; RADIOMETRIC ANALYSIS; ALUMINIUM ALLOYS; CALIBRATION; CALIFORNIUM 252; NEUTRON SOURCES; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT; URANIUM ALLOYS; ACTINIDE ALLOYS; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALLOYS; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CALIFORNIUM ISOTOPES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; EVEN-ODD NUCLEI; HEAVY NUCLEI; ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES; ISOTOPES; MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; NUCLEI; PARTICLE SOURCES; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; SOLID WASTES; URANIUM ISOTOPES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 400103* - Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures- (-1987); 050700 - Nuclear Fuels- Fuels Production & Properties; 052001 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing

Citation Formats

Crane, T W. Test and evaluation results of the /sup 252/Cf shuffler at the Savannah River Plant. United States: N. p., 1981. Web. doi:10.2172/6535082.
Crane, T W. Test and evaluation results of the /sup 252/Cf shuffler at the Savannah River Plant. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6535082
Crane, T W. 1981. "Test and evaluation results of the /sup 252/Cf shuffler at the Savannah River Plant". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/6535082. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/6535082.
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title = {Test and evaluation results of the /sup 252/Cf shuffler at the Savannah River Plant},
author = {Crane, T W},
abstractNote = {The /sup 252/Cf Shuffler, a nondestructive assay instrument employing californium neutron source irradiation and delayed-neutron counting, was developed for measuring /sup 235/U content of scrap and waste items generated at the Savannah River Plant (SRP) reactor fuel fabrication facility. The scrap and waste items include high-purity uranium-aluminum alloy ingots as well as pieces of castings, saw and lathe chips from machining operations, low-purity items such as oxides of uranium or uranium intermixed with flux materials found in recovery operations, and materials not recoverable at SRP such as floor sweepings or residues from the uranium scrap recovery operation. The uranium contains about 60% /sup 235/U with the remaining isotopes being /sup 236/U, /sup 238/U, and /sup 234/U in descending order. The test and evaluation at SRP concluded that the accuracy, safety, reliability, and ease of use made the /sup 252/Cf Shuffler a suitable instrument for routine use in an industrial, production-oriented plant.},
doi = {10.2172/6535082},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6535082}, journal = {},
number = ,
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1981},
month = {Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1981}
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