Technical plan for the development of an assay system for INEL-stored TRU waste

Technical Report · Mon Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:6671000

Hinckley, J P

The purposes of this technical plan are: to describe plans for the development, construction, and testing of a system for assaying INEL stored transuranic (TRU) waste for fissile inventory, estimating the thermal power density of the waste, and identifying waste containing less than 100 nCi/g (this assay information will be used for waste certification and for criticality control in the Processing Experimental Pilot Plant (PREPP)); and to identify the decisions to be made in developing the system, and the tasks that will generate the data necessary to make each decision. Two counters will be developed: a drum counter, to be delivered to the Stored Waste Examination Pilot Plant (SWEPP) at the end of FY 1984; and a box/bin counter to be delivered at the end of FY 1986. Both systems will use the differential dieaway technique (DDT), an active neutron interrogation technique. Los Alamos National Laboratory is responsible for design and construction of the assay system. EG and G is responsible for program direction and all SWEPP interfaces with the assay system.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 6671000
• Report Number(s): EGG-WM-5792-Rev.1; ON: DE83003906
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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