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An alternative to passive assay is active fm detection techniques in which the item. It involves screening for nuclear and radiological materials at the exits of nuclear facilities, borders, ports, and airports, as well as in transit. Recent journal of nuclear materials articles elsevier. It requires that service providers have an approved quality system for the characterization of non destructive assay nda implemented before any work takes place. The techniques measure radiation induced or emitted spontaneously from the nuclear material. Passive nondestructive assay of nuclear materialsinis. Passive nondestructive assay of nuclear materials doug reilly, norbert ensslin, hastings smith jr. For the neutron assay, either the net neutron doubles rates or the ones rates is selected depending on the cutoff value.
The measure of 235 u content of an analyzed sample is the number of neutrons from thermalneutron fission of 235 u, normalized to the number of. Parker, title quantitative nondestructive assay of special nuclear materials, year. The nuclear materials conference, created in association with the journal of nuclear materials, serves as an umbrella for international meetings on nuclear materials science related to fission and fusion reactors and the overall nuclear fuel cycle. Passive nondestructive assay of nuclear materials published 1991 by the commission, available from the supt. The neutron doubles rate1 is the number of neutron coincidences measured over the length of the assay divided by the assay time. Norman hilberry, director, argonne national laboratory, 1957 to 1961 basic phenomena which require attention are changes in dimensions and. While item accounting can monitor a large portion of the facility inventory fuel rods, assemblies, storage items, the contents of all such items and mass values for all.
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In particular, he focused on the effects of radiation damage, how it can be ameliorated and materials designed for the next. The term nondestructive assay nda is applied to a series of measurement. Due to the diverse nature of the items presented for measurement, representative standards are not always available for calibration of the assay equipment. This is differentiated further into source material, consisting of natural and depleted uranium, and special fissionable material, consisting of enriched uranium u235, uranium233, and plutonium239. Nondestructive assay makes it possible to conduct onsite measurements at nuclear product storage facilities or directly in the technological process of their production or reprocessing. Passive nondestructive assay of nuclear materials microform edited by doug reilly, norbert ensslin, and hastings smith, jr office of nuclear regulatory research, u. Reilly, ensslin, smith, and kreiner, was published in 1991 although the major technical writing was completed by 1987.
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