Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages
Abstract
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:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 5678150
- Application Number:
- ON: DE85011674
- Assignee:
- Dept. of Energy
- 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
Citation Formats
Brodzinski, R L, Perkins, R W, Rieck, H G, and Wogman, N A. Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages. United States: N. p., 1984.
Web.
Brodzinski, R L, Perkins, R W, Rieck, H G, & Wogman, N A. Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages. United States.
Brodzinski, R L, Perkins, R W, Rieck, H G, and Wogman, N A. Wed .
"Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages". United States.
@article{osti_5678150,
title = {Measurement of radionuclides in waste packages},
author = {Brodzinski, R L and Perkins, R W and Rieck, H G and Wogman, N A},
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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journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {1984},
month = {9}
}
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