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A Multi-Scaler Recording System and its Application to Radiometric ''Off-Line'' Analysis; Systeme d'Enregistrement a Echelles de Comptage Multiples et son Appucation aux Analyses Radlometriques Hors Circuit; Mul'tiskalyarnaya registriruyushchaya sistema i ee primenenie k radiometricheskim i ''vnelinejnym'' analizam; Un Sistema de Registro de Multiples Escalimetros y su Aplicacion al Analisis Radiometrico Discontinuo

Abstract

In large complex reprocessing plants a great deal has been done over the past few years to provide in-line instrumentation for the contemporary analysis of process stream content and characteristics. However, these instruments have a qualitative rather than a quantitative part to play in the overall control of the plant. Quantitative information, which must be obtained for control and accounting purposes, demands and relies upon the efficient use of laboratory techniques and instrumentation for the precise analysis of representative samples taken from the process streams. These techniques, in particular those involving pulse counting systems, can be made automatic with modern instrumentation, such as will be described, in which the data is obtained in digital form in electronic stores (scalers). To support a large plant there will be many separate counting systems of this kind, independently controlled and therefore having no time correlation between them. The automatic recording system described in the paper provides a common data read-out facility for more than 50 independently operating counting systems, recording scaler data, together with associated sample and system identification and the absolute time occurrence of each read-out. The data can be recorded, in forms suitable for subsequent processing by a computer, on a  More>>
Authors:
Bisby, H. [1] 
  1. Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell, Berks. (United Kingdom)
Publication Date:
Feb 15, 1966
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-SM-67/49
Resource Relation:
Conference: Symposium on Nuclear Materials Management, Vienna (Austria), 30 Aug - 3 Sep 1965; Other Information: 6 refs., 1 tab., 2 figs.; Related Information: In: Nuclear Materials Management. Proceedings of the Symposium on Nuclear Materials Management| 905 p.
Subject:
46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; ACCOUNTING; COMPUTERS; DATA; DATA PROCESSING; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; READOUT SYSTEMS; RECORDING SYSTEMS
OSTI ID:
22127239
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 0074-1884; TRN: XA13M2334082318
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 433-444
Announcement Date:
Sep 12, 2013

Citation Formats

Bisby, H. A Multi-Scaler Recording System and its Application to Radiometric ''Off-Line'' Analysis; Systeme d'Enregistrement a Echelles de Comptage Multiples et son Appucation aux Analyses Radlometriques Hors Circuit; Mul'tiskalyarnaya registriruyushchaya sistema i ee primenenie k radiometricheskim i ''vnelinejnym'' analizam; Un Sistema de Registro de Multiples Escalimetros y su Aplicacion al Analisis Radiometrico Discontinuo. IAEA: N. p., 1966. Web.
Bisby, H. A Multi-Scaler Recording System and its Application to Radiometric ''Off-Line'' Analysis; Systeme d'Enregistrement a Echelles de Comptage Multiples et son Appucation aux Analyses Radlometriques Hors Circuit; Mul'tiskalyarnaya registriruyushchaya sistema i ee primenenie k radiometricheskim i ''vnelinejnym'' analizam; Un Sistema de Registro de Multiples Escalimetros y su Aplicacion al Analisis Radiometrico Discontinuo. IAEA.
Bisby, H. 1966. "A Multi-Scaler Recording System and its Application to Radiometric ''Off-Line'' Analysis; Systeme d'Enregistrement a Echelles de Comptage Multiples et son Appucation aux Analyses Radlometriques Hors Circuit; Mul'tiskalyarnaya registriruyushchaya sistema i ee primenenie k radiometricheskim i ''vnelinejnym'' analizam; Un Sistema de Registro de Multiples Escalimetros y su Aplicacion al Analisis Radiometrico Discontinuo." IAEA.
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title = {A Multi-Scaler Recording System and its Application to Radiometric ''Off-Line'' Analysis; Systeme d'Enregistrement a Echelles de Comptage Multiples et son Appucation aux Analyses Radlometriques Hors Circuit; Mul'tiskalyarnaya registriruyushchaya sistema i ee primenenie k radiometricheskim i ''vnelinejnym'' analizam; Un Sistema de Registro de Multiples Escalimetros y su Aplicacion al Analisis Radiometrico Discontinuo}
author = {Bisby, H.}
abstractNote = {In large complex reprocessing plants a great deal has been done over the past few years to provide in-line instrumentation for the contemporary analysis of process stream content and characteristics. However, these instruments have a qualitative rather than a quantitative part to play in the overall control of the plant. Quantitative information, which must be obtained for control and accounting purposes, demands and relies upon the efficient use of laboratory techniques and instrumentation for the precise analysis of representative samples taken from the process streams. These techniques, in particular those involving pulse counting systems, can be made automatic with modern instrumentation, such as will be described, in which the data is obtained in digital form in electronic stores (scalers). To support a large plant there will be many separate counting systems of this kind, independently controlled and therefore having no time correlation between them. The automatic recording system described in the paper provides a common data read-out facility for more than 50 independently operating counting systems, recording scaler data, together with associated sample and system identification and the absolute time occurrence of each read-out. The data can be recorded, in forms suitable for subsequent processing by a computer, on a variety of tape and card punches, serial and parallel printers or magnetic tape. In addition, the whole recording system, including the scalers in any one system, can be checked for correct operation on an automatic routine basis which does not interfere with the operation of other counting systems. It is concluded that the effective quantitative control of a plant rests on a rapid efficient sample analysis under laboratory conditions. It is probable that future developments of ''off-line'' facilities rather than on-line instrumentation will be possible and more worthwhile. The desirable characteristics of instrumentation for such a laboratory have been reviewed and an example demonstrates the value of unitized instrumentation and a comprehensive, flexible data recording system. Possible future developments have been mentioned in data processing which could lead to a completely automatic service becoming available. (author) [French] Dans les grandes usines de traitement extremement complexes, on a fait un gros effort au cours des dernieres annees pour incorporer un appareillage dans le circuit de fabrication pour l'analyse des caracteristiques et des teneurs des matieres pendant le traitement. Toutefois, les appareils en question jouent un role qualitatif plutot que quantitatif dans la gestion generale de l'installation. Les donnees quantitatives indispensables pour la gestion et la comptabilite sont obtenues grace a une utilisation efficace des methodes et appareils de laboratoire pour l'analyse precise d'echantillons representatifs preleves sur les matieres dans le circuit de traitement. Ces techniques, notamment celles qui utilisent des dispositifs de comptage a impulsions, peuvent etre rendues automatiques grace a un appareillage moderne, tel que celui qui est decrit dans le memoire et qui permet d'obtenir des donnees sous une forme numerique a l'aide de memoires electroniques (echelles de comptage). Une grande installation doit disposer de nombreux appareils de comptage distincts de ce genre, dont chacun est surveille independamment et fonctionne donc sans aucune correlation dans le temps avec les autres. Le systeme d'enregistrement automatique expose dans le memoire comporte un dispositif de lecture des donnees commun a plus de cinquante appareils de comptage fonctionnant independamment les uns des autres; ce systeme enregistre les donnees relevees par les echelles de comptage et permet, en outre, d'identifier les ensembles echantillons/appareil et le temps absolu de chaque lecture. Les donnees peuvent etre enregistrees sous une forme qui facilite leur traitement ulterieur dans un ordinateur, sur diverses bandes et cartes perforees, par des machines a imprimer - en serie ou en parallele - ou sur bande magnetique. En outre, il est possible de verifier le bon fonctionnement de tout le systeme d'enregistrement, y compris celui de chaque echelle de comptage, grace a un dispositif entierement automatique qui ne gene en aucune maniere le fonctionnement des autres appareils. Les auteurs concluent que la qualite du controle quantitatif dans une installation depend de la rapidite et de l'efficacite des analyses d'echantillons en laboratoire. Selon toute probabilite, la mise au point dans l'avenir de dispositifs non incorpores dans le circuit sera possible et permettra d'obtenir de meilleurs resultats qu'un appareillage incorpore. Les auteurs passent en revue les caracteristiques souhaitables de l'appareillage destine a un laboratoire comme celui dont il est question ici et montrent par un exemple la valeur d'un appareillage par secteurs et d'un systeme souple et complet d'enregistrement des donnees. Les progres possibles des techniques de traitement des donnees dont ils ont parle permettront peut-etre d'organiser un service completement automatique. (author) [Spanish] Mucho se ha hecho durante los ultimos anos en las grandes plantas de recuperacion con objeto de disponer de un sistema continuo de instrumentos para el analisis del contenido y de las caracteristicas de la corriente de materiales de un proceso. Ahora bien, esos instrumentos desempenan un papel mas bien cualitativo en el control general de la planta. La informacion cuantitativa que requieren los servicios de control y contabilidad exige el uso eficiente de tecnicas e instrumentos de laboratorio para el analisis exacto de muestras representativas tomadas de la corriente de materiales. Esas tecnicas, sobre todo las que implican sistemas de recuento de impulsos, pueden automatizarse utilizando los instrumentos modernos descritos en la memoria, con los cuales se obtienen datos numericos de depositos electronicos (escalimetros). En una planta de gran capacidad se necesitan muchos instrumentos de recuento de este tipo controlados independientemente y, por lo tanto, sin correlacion alguna de tiempo entre ellos. El sistema de registro automatico descrito en la memoria esta dotado de un dispositivo comun de lectura para mas de 50 instrumentos independientes de recuento; registra los datos de los escalimetros, identifica la muestra y el instrumento e indica el tiempo absoluto en que se produce cada lectura. Los datos pueden registrarse con una gran variedad de cintas y fichas perforadas, con impresiones seriadas o paralelas, o con cinta magnetica, para su ulterior sistematizacion mediante una calculadora electronica. Ademas, el funcionamiento de toda la instalacion de registro, incluidos los escalimetros de cualquiera de los sistemas, puede verificarse automaticamente sin interferir en el funcionamiento de otros instrumentos de recuento. Los autores llegan a la conclusion de que la eficacia del control cuantitativo de una planta reside en el analisis rapido y eficaz de las muestras en un laboratorio. Es probable que el desarrollo de instalaciones para el analisis discontinuo resulte mas factible y conveniente que el de un sistema de analisis continuo. En la memoria se examinan las caracteristicas que deberian tener los instrumentos de un laboratorio para ese tipo de analisis y se demuestra con un ejemplo la utilidad de la unificacion de los instrumentos y de un sistema amplio y flexible de registro de datos. Se menciona la posibilidad de llegar a un servicio totalmente automatico de elaboracion de los datos. (author) [Russian] Za poslednie neskol'ko let na krupnyh kompleksnyh zavodah po pererabotke jadernogo topliva prodelana bol'shaja rabota s cel'ju ih obespechenija kontrol'nymi priborami dlja sovremennyh analizov tehnologicheskih potokov i harakteristik. Odnako jeti pribory igrali bol'she kachestvennuju, chem kolichestvennuju rol' v obshhem kontrole zavoda. Kolichestvennaja informacija, trebujushhajasja dlja kontrolja i ucheta, osnovyvaetsja na jeffektivnom ispol'zovanii laboratornyh metodov i priborov dlja tochnogo analiza harakternyh obrazcov, vzjatyh iz tehnologicheskogo potoka. Jeti metody, i v chastnosti te, kotorye svjazany s impul'snymi schetnymi sistemami, mogut byt' avtomatizirovany s pomoshh'ju sovremennyh priborov, takih, kakie budut opisany v doklade, i ot kotoryh dannye poluchajutsja v vide cifr v jelektronnyh nakopiteljah (pere- schetnye ustrojstva). Dlja upravlenija bol'shim zavodom nuzhno imet' mnogo nezavisimo upravljaemyh otdel'nyh schetnyh sistem takogo roda i, takim obrazom, ne imejushhih mezhdu soboj vremennoj korreljacii. Avtomaticheskaja sistema zapisi dannyh, opisannaja v nastojashhem doklade, predstavljaet soboj ustrojstvo otscheta pokazanij obshhih dannyh bolee, chem 50 nezavisimo dejstvujushhih schetnyh sistem, dannyh zapisyvajushhego schetnogo ustrojstva, a takzhe obrazca i sistemy identifikacii i absoljutno tochnogo vremeni kazhdogo otscheta pokazanij. Dannye mogut zapisyvat'sja v takom vide, kotoryj prigoden dlja posledujushhej obrabotki na vychislitel'noj mashine, na razlichnogo roda lentah i perfokartah, posledovatel'no ili parallel'no pechatajushhih ustrojstvah ili magnitnyh. Krome togo, mozhno avtomaticheski proverjat' pravil'nost' raboty, zapisyvajushhej sistemy, vkljuchaja pereschetnye ustrojstva v ljuboj sisteme, chto ne otrazhaetsja na rabote drugih schetnyh sistem. Delaetsja vyvod, chto jeffektivnyj kolichestvennyj kontrol' na zavode osnovyvaetsja na bystrom ischerpyvajushhem analize obrazcov v laboratornyh uslovijah. Verojatno v budushhem vozmozhno i bolee celesoobrazno razrabotat' ustrojstvo ''vne potoka'', a ne priborov na potoke. Daetsja obzor zhelatel'nyh harakteristik priborov v takoj laboratorii, i na primere demonstriruetsja cennost' ispol'zovannyh priborov i tochnoj gibkoj sistemy registracii dannyh. Upominajutsja vozmozhnye razrabotki v budushhem v oblasti obrabotki dannyh, kotorye mogut privesti k sozdaniju polnost'ju avtomaticheskoj sistemy. (author)}
place = {IAEA}
year = {1966}
month = {Feb}
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