Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages

Title: Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages

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A method is described for non-destructively assaying the radionuclide content of solid waste in a sealed container by analysis of the waste's gamma-ray spectrum and neutron emissions. Some radionuclides are measured by characteristic photopeaks in the gamma-ray spectrum; transuranic nuclides are measured by neutron emission rate; other radionuclides are measured by correlation with those already measured.

Inventors:: Brodzinski, R.L.; Perkins, R.W.; Rieck, H.G.; Wogman, N.A.

Issue Date:: 1984-09-12

Research Org.:: Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (USA)

OSTI Identifier:: 5678150

Application Number:: ON: DE85011674

Assignee:: Dept. of Energy EDB-85-083418

DOE Contract Number:: AC06-76RL01830

Resource Type:: Patent

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; CLASSIFICATION; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; NEUTRON EMISSION; NUCLEAR REACTION ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; EMISSION; MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SPECTROSCOPY; WASTES; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage; 400103 - Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures- (-1987); 400101 - Activation, Nuclear Reaction, Radiometric & Radiochemical Procedures

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                    Brodzinski, R.L., Perkins, R.W., Rieck, H.G., and Wogman, N.A. Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages.  United States: N. p., 1984. 
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                    Brodzinski, R.L., Perkins, R.W., Rieck, H.G., & Wogman, N.A. Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages.  United States.

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  abstractNote = {A method is described for non-destructively assaying the radionuclide content of solid waste in a sealed container by analysis of the waste's gamma-ray spectrum and neutron emissions. Some radionuclides are measured by characteristic photopeaks in the gamma-ray spectrum; transuranic nuclides are measured by neutron emission rate; other radionuclides are measured by correlation with those already measured.},

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