Surveillance and Measurement System (SAMS). Innovative Technology Summary Report

S&T Accomplishment Report · Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/781968· OSTI ID:781968

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) continually seeks safer and more cost-effective technologies for the decontamination and decommissioning (D and D) of nuclear facilities. The Deactivation and Decommissioning Focus Area (DDFA) of the DOE's Office of Science and Technology sponsors large-scale demonstration and deployment projects (LSDDPs) to identify and demonstrate technologies that will be safer and more cost-effective. At these LSDDPs, developers and vendors of improved or innovative technologies showcase products that are potentially beneficial to the DOE's projects as well as others in the D and D community. Benefits sought include decreased health and safety risks to personnel and the environment, increased productivity, and decreased cost of operation. The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) LSDDP generated a list of need statements defining specific needs or problems where improved technologies could be incorporated into ongoing D and D tasks. Advance s in characterization technologies are continuously being sought to decrease the cost of sampling and increase the speed of obtaining results. Currently it can take as long as 90 days to receive isotopic analysis of radioactive samples from laboratories on soil, liquid, and paint samples. The cost to analyze these types of samples for radionuclides is about $150 per sample. This demonstration investigated the feasibility of using the Surveillance and Measurement System (SAMS) (innovative technology) to make in situ isotopic radiation measurements in paint and soil. Sample collection and on-site laboratory analysis (baseline technology) is currently being used on D and D sampling activities. Benefits expected from using the innovative technology include: Significant decrease in time to receive results on radiological samples; Decrease in cost associated with sample collection, preparation, analysis, and disposal; Equivalent data quality to laboratory analysis; and Fewer samples will be required to be sent to the laboratory for verification. This report compares the cost and performance of the baseline laboratory analysis to the cost and performance of the SAMS.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Science and Technology (OST) (EM-50) (US)
• OSTI ID: 781968
• Report Number(s): DOE/EM-0586; OST/TMS ID 2977; OST/TMS ID 2977
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

-SCALE DEMONSTRATION AND DEPLOYMENT PROJECTS
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
DECOMMISSIONING
DECONTAMINATION
DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING
HEALTH AND SAFETY
ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS
LSDDPS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PAINT
PERFORMANCE
PERSONNEL
PRODUCTIVITY
RADIATIONS
RADIOACTIVE
RADIOISOTOPES
RADIONUCLIDES
SAFETY
SAMPLING
SAMS
SOIL
SURVEILLANCE AND MEASUREMENT SYSTEM
VERIFICATION