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Sensitivity analysis of the Two Geometry Method. Uranium enrichment verification of gaseous UF{sub 6}

Abstract

The Two Geometry Method (TGM) was designed specifically for the verification of the uranium enrichment of low enriched UF{sub 6} gas in the presence of uranium deposits on the pipe walls. Complications can arise if the TGM is applied under extreme conditions, such as deposits larger than several times the gas activity, small pipe diameters less than 40 mm and low pressures less than 150 Pa. This report presents a comprehensive sensitivity analysis of the TGM. The impact of the various sources of uncertainty on the performance of the method is discussed. The application to a practical case is based on worst case conditions with regards to the measurement conditions, and on realistic conditions with respect to the false alarm probability and the non detection probability. Monte Carlo calculations were used to evaluate the sensitivity for sources of uncertainty which are experimentally inaccessible. (orig.)
Authors:
Publication Date:
Sep 01, 1993
Product Type:
Technical Report
Report Number:
ECN-R-93-007
Reference Number:
SCA: 050500; 055001; PA: NLN-94:0F3709; EDB-94:061889; SN: 94001179661
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Sep 1993
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANTS; ENRICHED URANIUM; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; GAS CENTRIFUGES; URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE; URANIUM 235; ISOTOPE SEPARATION; PIPES; MONTE CARLO METHOD; VERIFICATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY; ISOTOPE RATIO; SAFEGUARDS; CALIBRATION; MATERIAL BALANCE; GEOMETRY; 050500; 055001; URANIUM ENRICHMENT; TECHNICAL ASPECTS
OSTI ID:
10142554
Research Organizations:
Netherlands Energy Research Foundation (ECN), Petten (Netherlands)
Country of Origin:
Netherlands
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ON: DE94756108; TRN: NL94F3709
Availability:
OSTI; NTIS
Submitting Site:
NLN
Size:
47 p.
Announcement Date:
Jul 05, 2005

Citation Formats

Wichers, V A. Sensitivity analysis of the Two Geometry Method. Uranium enrichment verification of gaseous UF{sub 6}. Netherlands: N. p., 1993. Web.
Wichers, V A. Sensitivity analysis of the Two Geometry Method. Uranium enrichment verification of gaseous UF{sub 6}. Netherlands.
Wichers, V A. 1993. "Sensitivity analysis of the Two Geometry Method. Uranium enrichment verification of gaseous UF{sub 6}." Netherlands.
@misc{etde_10142554,
title = {Sensitivity analysis of the Two Geometry Method. Uranium enrichment verification of gaseous UF{sub 6}}
author = {Wichers, V A}
abstractNote = {The Two Geometry Method (TGM) was designed specifically for the verification of the uranium enrichment of low enriched UF{sub 6} gas in the presence of uranium deposits on the pipe walls. Complications can arise if the TGM is applied under extreme conditions, such as deposits larger than several times the gas activity, small pipe diameters less than 40 mm and low pressures less than 150 Pa. This report presents a comprehensive sensitivity analysis of the TGM. The impact of the various sources of uncertainty on the performance of the method is discussed. The application to a practical case is based on worst case conditions with regards to the measurement conditions, and on realistic conditions with respect to the false alarm probability and the non detection probability. Monte Carlo calculations were used to evaluate the sensitivity for sources of uncertainty which are experimentally inaccessible. (orig.)}
place = {Netherlands}
year = {1993}
month = {Sep}
}