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Title: CALCULATING ACCURATE SHUFFLER COUNT RATES WITH APPLICATIONS

Abstract

Shufflers are used to assay uranium and other fissile elements in bulk and waste quantities. They normally require physical calibration standards to achieve the most-accurate results, but such standards are generally rare and expensive, so inappropriate standards are often used out of necessity. This paper reports on a new technique that has been developed to calculate accurate count rates, in effect simulating physical standards with rapid and inexpensive calculations. The technique has been benchmarked on existing oxide and metallic standards, used to study a variety of conditions for which standards do not exist, and applied to inventory items needing verification measurements even though appropriate physical standards do not exist.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
US Department of Energy (US)
OSTI Identifier:
781109
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-01-2685
TRN: AH200124%%168
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Conference title not supplied, Conference location not supplied, Conference dates not supplied; Other Information: PBD: 1 May 2001
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION; CALIBRATION STANDARDS; OXIDES; URANIUM; VERIFICATION; WASTES

Citation Formats

RINARD, P M. CALCULATING ACCURATE SHUFFLER COUNT RATES WITH APPLICATIONS. United States: N. p., 2001. Web.
RINARD, P M. CALCULATING ACCURATE SHUFFLER COUNT RATES WITH APPLICATIONS. United States.
RINARD, P M. 2001. "CALCULATING ACCURATE SHUFFLER COUNT RATES WITH APPLICATIONS". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/781109.
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abstractNote = {Shufflers are used to assay uranium and other fissile elements in bulk and waste quantities. They normally require physical calibration standards to achieve the most-accurate results, but such standards are generally rare and expensive, so inappropriate standards are often used out of necessity. This paper reports on a new technique that has been developed to calculate accurate count rates, in effect simulating physical standards with rapid and inexpensive calculations. The technique has been benchmarked on existing oxide and metallic standards, used to study a variety of conditions for which standards do not exist, and applied to inventory items needing verification measurements even though appropriate physical standards do not exist.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001},
month = {Tue May 01 00:00:00 EDT 2001}
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