Selected nondestructive assay instrumentation for an international safeguards system at uranium enrichment plants

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1979

OSTI ID:6036480

Tape, J W; Baker, M P; Strittmatter, R; Jain, M; Evans, M L

A selected set of nondestructive assay instruments for an international safeguards system at uranium enrichment plants is currently under development. These instruments are of three types: in-line enrichment meters for feed, product, and tails streams; area radiation monitors for direct detection of high-enriched uranium production, and an enrichment meter for spent alumina trap material. The current status of the development of each of these instruments is discussed, with supporting data, as well as the role each would play in a total international safeguards system. 5 figures.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6036480
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-79-1843; CONF-790707-28; TRN: 79-019191
• Resource Relation: Conference: 20. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Albuquerque, NM, USA, 16 Jul 1979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANTS
SAFEGUARDS
ENRICHED URANIUM
PRODUCTION
NONDESTRUCTIVE ANALYSIS
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
RADIATION DETECTORS
RADIATION MONITORING
TRAPS
ACTINIDES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
ELEMENTS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
ISOTOPE ENRICHED MATERIALS
ISOTOPE SEPARATION PLANTS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
METALS
MONITORING
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
URANIUM
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