Los Alamos Plutonium Facility implementation support project report

Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1982

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6972438· OSTI ID:6972438

Thomas, Jr, C C; Ford, W; Hsue, S T; Marshall, R S

During FY 1981 the TA-55 Implementation Support Project provided assistance to the Los Alamos Plutonium Facility in materials accounting and control, including testing and evaluation of a solution mass measurement system, development and testing of a low-level plutonium assay system, holdup measurements, instrument design, and advice and consultation following the observation of semiannual inventories. This report describes the program envisioned for FY 1982, including demonstration of the solution mass measurement system and the associated calibration system, extension of the low-level plutonium assay system to solutions with americium/plutonium ratios of 10: to 20:1, and development and demonstration of a method to calibrate and routinely verify the plutonium oxalate assay instrument performance. The FY 1982 program is subject to changes based on TA-55 reevaluation of facility needs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6972438
• Report Number(s): LA-9282-MS; ON: DE82016374
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
ACCOUNTING
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
ACTINIDES
CARBOXYLIC ACID SALTS
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MIXTURES
NEUTRON DETECTORS
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
OXALATES
PLUTONIUM
PLUTONIUM COMPOUNDS
PROCESS SOLUTIONS
RADIATION DETECTORS
SOLUTIONS
TRANSDUCERS
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS