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Title: 24.1.3.1.1 – Frisch Grid CZT Spectrometer

Abstract

During FY18, BNL continued helping FLIR to integrate the instrument prototype, improving the readout software and testing electronics. BNL and LLNL carried out more measurements with the 4x4 arrays in laboratory conditions using several Cs sources and reanalyzed the raw data from the field measurements. LLNL processed the old recalibrated data and new data collected in the lab. These efforts allowed us to understand the cause of the discrepancies observed during the measurements at the Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Facility (WFFF). The problem was traced back to the original ASIC and DAQ firmware provided by the ASIC developers. A program error and some other deficiencies were identified in the original firmware. These problems, which caused missing some detected events from the data stream, never showed up in the lab environment. So, they were not spotted before the field test. The ASIC designers are currently working to address these problems and will provide the updated firmware for the next field measurements.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [3]
  1. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  2. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  3. Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation
OSTI Identifier:
1480968
Report Number(s):
BNL-209349-2018-FORE
DOE Contract Number:  
SC0012704
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
97 MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING

Citation Formats

Bolotnikov, Aleksey, Geist, Bill , and Jeffcoat, Ron . 24.1.3.1.1 – Frisch Grid CZT Spectrometer. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.2172/1480968.
Bolotnikov, Aleksey, Geist, Bill , & Jeffcoat, Ron . 24.1.3.1.1 – Frisch Grid CZT Spectrometer. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1480968
Bolotnikov, Aleksey, Geist, Bill , and Jeffcoat, Ron . 2018. "24.1.3.1.1 – Frisch Grid CZT Spectrometer". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1480968. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1480968.
@article{osti_1480968,
title = {24.1.3.1.1 – Frisch Grid CZT Spectrometer},
author = {Bolotnikov, Aleksey and Geist, Bill  and Jeffcoat, Ron },
abstractNote = {During FY18, BNL continued helping FLIR to integrate the instrument prototype, improving the readout software and testing electronics. BNL and LLNL carried out more measurements with the 4x4 arrays in laboratory conditions using several Cs sources and reanalyzed the raw data from the field measurements. LLNL processed the old recalibrated data and new data collected in the lab. These efforts allowed us to understand the cause of the discrepancies observed during the measurements at the Westinghouse Fuel Fabrication Facility (WFFF). The problem was traced back to the original ASIC and DAQ firmware provided by the ASIC developers. A program error and some other deficiencies were identified in the original firmware. These problems, which caused missing some detected events from the data stream, never showed up in the lab environment. So, they were not spotted before the field test. The ASIC designers are currently working to address these problems and will provide the updated firmware for the next field measurements.},
doi = {10.2172/1480968},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1480968}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Fri Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}