ROBOCAL (Robotic Calorimetry): An Automated NDA (Nondestructive Assay) Calorimetry and Gamma Isotopic System

Conference · Sun Nov 26 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5450486

Hurd, J. R. ^[1]; Bonner, C. A. ^[1]; Ostenak, C. A. ^[1]; Phelan, P. F. ^[1]; Powell, W. D. ^[1]; Sheer, N. L. ^[1]; Schneider, D. N. ^[1]; Staley, H. C. ^[1]

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1. Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

ROBOCAL, which is presently being developed and tested at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is a full-scale, prototypical robotic system, for remote calorimetric and gamma-ray analysis of special nuclear materials. It integrates a fully automated, multi-drawer, vertical stacker-retriever system for staging unmeasured nuclear materials, and a fully automated gantry robot for computer-based selection and transfer of nuclear materials to calorimetric and gamma-ray measurement stations. Since ROBOCAL is designed for minimal operator intervention, a completely programmed user interface and data-base system are provided to interact with the automated mechanical and assay systems. The assay system is designed to completely integrate calorimetric and gamma-ray data acquisition and to perform state-of-the-art analyses on both homogeneous and heterogeneous distributions of nuclear materials in a wide variety of matrices.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5450486
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-89-3837; CONF-891103-48; ON: DE90003217
• Resource Relation: Conference: Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society , San Francisco, CA (United States), 26-30 Nov 1989
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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