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Title: A Sludge Drum in the APNea System

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OSTI ID:2932

The assay of sludge drums pushes the APNea System to a definite extreme. Even though it seems clear that neutron based assay should be the method of choice for sludge drums, the difficulties posed by this matrix push any NDA technique to its limits. Special emphasis is given here to the differential die-away technique, which appears to approach the desired sensitivity. A parallel analysis of ethafoam drums will be presented, since the ethafoam matrix fits well within the operating range of the AIWea System, and, having been part of the early PDP trials, has been assayed by many in the NDA community.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Oak Ridge, TN
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-96OR22464
OSTI ID:
2932
Report Number(s):
ORNL/CP-100304; DP 04 05 50 2; ON: DE00002932
Resource Relation:
Conference: 6th Nondestructive Assay Waste Characterization Conf., Salt Lake City, UT, Nov. 17-19, 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English