NONDESTRUCTIVE IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTIONS IN HANFORD SITE WASTE TANKS

Citation
Bd. Keele et al., NONDESTRUCTIVE IN-SITU MEASUREMENT OF RADIOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTIONS IN HANFORD SITE WASTE TANKS, IEEE transactions on nuclear science, 43(3), 1996, pp. 1821-1826
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology","Engineering, Eletrical & Electronic
ISSN journal
00189499
Volume
43
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Part
2
Pages
1821 - 1826
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-9499(1996)43:3<1821:NIMORD>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Measurement of radiological materials in defense nuclear waste stored in underground tanks at the Hanford Site is being used to indicate mat erial distributions. Both safety assessment and future processing chal lenges are dependent on knowledge of the distribution, kinds, and quan tities of various key components. Data from CdTe and neutron detector measurements are shown and correlated with physical sampling and labor atory results. The multiple assay approach is shown to increase the co nfidence about the material distributions. As a result, costs of physi cal sampling and destructive analyses can be controlled while not seve rely limiting the uncertainty of results.