Gamma-ray Isotopic Ratio Measurements for the Plutonium Inventory Verification Program
Title | Gamma-ray Isotopic Ratio Measurements for the Plutonium Inventory Verification Program PDF eBook |
Author | John F. Lemming |
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Pages | 12 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Gamma ray spectrometry |
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Gamma-ray Isotopic Ratio Measurements for the Plutonium Inventory Verification Program
Title | Gamma-ray Isotopic Ratio Measurements for the Plutonium Inventory Verification Program PDF eBook |
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Release | 1976 |
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The Plutonium Inventory Verification Program at Mound Laboratory provides a nondestructive means of assaying bulk plutonium-bearing material. The assay is performed by combining the calorimetrically determined heat output of the sample and the relative abundances of the heat-producing isotopes. This report describes the method used for the nondestructive determination of plutonium-238, -240, -241 and americium-241 relative to plutonium-239 using gamma-ray spectroscopy for 93 percent plutonium-239 material. Comparison of chemical data on aliquots of samples to the nondestructive data shows accuracies of +-7 percent for 238Pu/239Pu, +-15 percent for 24°Pu/239Pu, +- 3 percent for 241Pu/239Pu, and +-7 percent for 241Am/239Pu.
Gamma-ray Isotopic Ration Measurements for the Plutonium Inventory Verification Program
Title | Gamma-ray Isotopic Ration Measurements for the Plutonium Inventory Verification Program PDF eBook |
Author | John F. Lemming |
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Pages | 12 |
Release | 1976 |
Genre | Americium 241 |
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ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Title | ERDA Energy Research Abstracts PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Energy Research and Development Administration |
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Pages | 818 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Medicine |
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High-resolution Gamma-ray Isotopic Measurements of Uranium Plutonium Samples at IPPE in Support of Physical Inventory Taking Activities
Title | High-resolution Gamma-ray Isotopic Measurements of Uranium Plutonium Samples at IPPE in Support of Physical Inventory Taking Activities PDF eBook |
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Release | 1999 |
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Measurement of various U and Pu samples by gamma-ray spectrometry were performed at the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering to support physical-inventory-taking activities under the Joint US-Russian MPC and A Program. The resulting data was analyzed by several different methods which included Canberra's MGA9.63 (Pu and MOX analysis) and MGAU (U analysis), EG and G Ortec's MGA++ (Pu and MOX analysis) and U235 (U analysis), and FRAM v2.2 (U and Pu analysis) provided by Los Alamos. The results indicate that all of these codes are capable of performing the isotopic analysis adequately. However, some additional modifications may be required to permit better measurement of some of the more unusual components in the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) inventory to meet the demands of inventory-taking activities.
ERDA Energy Research Abstracts
Title | ERDA Energy Research Abstracts PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Energy Research and Development Administration. Technical Information Center |
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Pages | 1680 |
Release | 1977 |
Genre | Force and energy |
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Energy Research Abstracts
Title | Energy Research Abstracts PDF eBook |
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Pages | 488 |
Release | 1992-02 |
Genre | Power resources |
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