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Title: Recent achievements for In-situ measurement: applications to an actual decommissioning project

Abstract

Decommissioning a nuclear facility implies a policy of limiting the waste volume and its chemical - and especially radiological - toxicity. It is therefore important to determine the activity level contained in each component that will be dismantled. A variety of methods and analysis techniques are used for this purpose, ranging from simple dose rate measurements to {gamma} spectrometry and {gamma} imaging. The results of several measurement campaigns in a reactor currently in operation but for which decommissioning studies have now been undertaken are discussed. The measurements provide additional radiological data for the waste inventory, which is one of the first issues to be examined. This discussion focuses on the methods used ({gamma} imaging, in situ {gamma} spectrometry, etc.), the results obtained, and their implications for the project, as well as the technological and methodological innovations implemented during these campaigns. (authors)

Authors:
; ; ;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. CEA Marcoule, Dir. de l'Energie Nucleaire, Dept. de Declassement et de Conduite des Operations, 30 (France)
  2. CEA Marcoule, Dir. des Applications Militaires, Dept. Projet et Ingenierie des Installations, 30 (France)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
21294609
Report Number(s):
INIS-US-09-WM-07014
TRN: US10V0012040799
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: WM'07: 2007 Waste Management Symposium - Global Accomplishments in Environmental and Radioactive Waste Management: Education and Opportunity for the Next Generation of Waste Management Professionals, Tucson, AZ (United States), 25 Feb - 1 Mar 2007; Other Information: Country of input: France; 4 refs
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 42 ENGINEERING; ACTIVITY LEVELS; DECOMMISSIONING; DOSE RATES; GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY; INVENTORIES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTES

Citation Formats

Lamadie, F, Girones, P, Le Goaller, C, Mahe, C, Kohler, J Y, and Risser, M A. Recent achievements for In-situ measurement: applications to an actual decommissioning project. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
Lamadie, F, Girones, P, Le Goaller, C, Mahe, C, Kohler, J Y, & Risser, M A. Recent achievements for In-situ measurement: applications to an actual decommissioning project. United States.
Lamadie, F, Girones, P, Le Goaller, C, Mahe, C, Kohler, J Y, and Risser, M A. 2007. "Recent achievements for In-situ measurement: applications to an actual decommissioning project". United States.
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abstractNote = {Decommissioning a nuclear facility implies a policy of limiting the waste volume and its chemical - and especially radiological - toxicity. It is therefore important to determine the activity level contained in each component that will be dismantled. A variety of methods and analysis techniques are used for this purpose, ranging from simple dose rate measurements to {gamma} spectrometry and {gamma} imaging. The results of several measurement campaigns in a reactor currently in operation but for which decommissioning studies have now been undertaken are discussed. The measurements provide additional radiological data for the waste inventory, which is one of the first issues to be examined. This discussion focuses on the methods used ({gamma} imaging, in situ {gamma} spectrometry, etc.), the results obtained, and their implications for the project, as well as the technological and methodological innovations implemented during these campaigns. (authors)},
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