Joint plant instrumentation program and integrated safeguards experiment. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1972

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4364330· OSTI ID:4364330

Wadekamper, D. C.; Bishop, D. M.; Hagie, L. T.

Mixed (uranium-plutonium) oxide standards were prepared and utilized to qualify available nondestructive assay equipment (gamma spectrometers, neutron counters, and calorimeters). Equipment was evaluated during normal operation in a plutonium facility. Measured material balances were calculated for two separate fabrication campaigns. Plutonium material unaccounted for values of less than 0.5% based on the total throughput was obtained in the final balance. A special test was undertaken to compare the plutonium content of single pellets determined by available nondestructive assay methods with controlled potential coulometric values. The implications of both programs on safeguards are summarized. (auth)

• Research Organization: comps.; General Electric Co., San Jose, Calif. (USA). Nuclear Fuels Dept.
• DOE Contract Number: AT(30-1)-68
• NSA Number: NSA-29-016399
• OSTI ID: 4364330
• Report Number(s): GEAP-12114-8; BHO-68-8
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

N52120* -Nuclear Materials & Waste Management- Accountability & Safeguards-Technical
N46100 -Instrumentation-Radiation Detection Instruments
*PLUTONIUM OXIDES- NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
*SAFEGUARDS- URANIUM OXIDES
*URANIUM OXIDES- NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
BF3 COUNTERS
CALORIMETERS
GAMMA SPECTROMETERS
GAMMA SPECTROSCOPY
MATERIAL UNACCOUNTED FOR
NEUTRON DETECTION
RADIOMETRIC ANALYSIS