RoboCal: An automated nondestructive assay system

Conference · Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:6349560

Staley, H C; Hollen, R M; Bonner, C A

The manager of a facility handling special nuclear material (SNM) is caught in a squeeze between increased state and federal regulations and tighter funding. RoboCal uses a robot to manipulate canisters containing SNM to lower worker radiation exposure and to provide increased utilization of expensive assay equipment. In addition, it helps with accountability and material tracking. It consists of a hierarchical network of more than a dozen computers and provides a single point of contact for the user to accomplish multiple assays.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 6349560
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-90-3612; CONF-9010220-4; ON: DE91001860; TRN: 90-037729
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1990 IEEE nuclear science symposium, Arlington, VA (USA), 23-27 Oct 1990
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS//MATHEMATICS, COMPUTING, AND INFORMATION SCIENCE
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
ACCOUNTING
MATERIALS HANDLING
COMPUTERS
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
ROBOTS
SAFETY
EQUIPMENT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
055000* - Nuclear Fuels- Safeguards
Inspection
& Accountability
990200 - Mathematics & Computers