Item identification system for material accountancy glove boxes

Conference · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6774749

Johnson, C S; Hale, W R; Martinez, R L ^[1]; Ohtani, T; Takahashi, S; Seya, M ^[2]; Bourrett, S; Klosterbauer, S; Painter, J ^[3]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
2. Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corp., Tokai, Ibaraki (Japan)
3. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)

The Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) has installed an Item Identification System (IIS) or their Material Accountancy Glove Boxes (MAGB) in its Plutonium Fuel Production Facility at Tokai-Mura, Japan. PNC entered into an agreement with the US Department of Energy to have Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) and Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) develop the specialized hardware to be used in this application. LANL developed a MAGB Counter which is used to monitor glove boxes during interim inspections and physical inventories. The counter detects when a sample has been placed in a glove box and begins a measurement on the sample. During the measurement process, the counter will send a trigger signal to a Video Surveillance Unit which was developed by SNL. The signal will cause a video recording to be made of the identification number of the sample being measured. This paper discusses the installation and performance of the Item Identification System. 2 refs., 6 figs.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 6774749
• Report Number(s): SAND-90-0769C; CONF-9007106--17; ON: DE90013842
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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COUNTING TECHNIQUES
ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS
EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT INTERFACES
FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS
GLOVEBOXES
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
INSPECTION
INSTALLATION
JAPAN
JAPANESE ORGANIZATIONS
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
MANAGEMENT
MEMORY DEVICES
MIXED OXIDE FUEL FABRICATION PLANTS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE TESTING
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