Calibration of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Passive-Active Neutron Drum Shuffler for Measurement of Highly Enriched Uranium Oxide Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Calibration of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Passive-Active Neutron Drum Shuffler for Measurement of Highly Enriched Uranium Oxide
Creator
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Author: Mount, M.Creator Type: Personal
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Author: Glosup, J.Creator Type: Personal
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Author: Cochran, C.Creator Type: Personal
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Author: Dearborn, D.Creator Type: Personal
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Author: Endres, E.Creator Type: Personal
Contributor
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Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs.Contributor Type: OrganizationContributor Info: USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (United States)
Publisher
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Name: Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryPlace of Publication: CaliforniaAdditional Info: Lawrence Livermore National Lab., CA (United States)
Date
- Creation: 2000-06-16
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: In partial response to a Department of Energy (DOE) request to evaluate the state of measurements of special nuclear material, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) evaluated and classified all highly enriched uranium (HEU) oxide items in its inventory. Because of a lack of traceable HEU standards, no items were deemed to fit the category of well measured. A subsequent DOE-HQ sponsored survey by New Brunswick Laboratory resulted in their preparation of certified reference material (CRM) 149 [Uranium (93% Enriched) Oxide-U{sub 3}O{sub 8} Standard for Neutron Counting Measurements], a unit of which was delivered to LLNL in October of 1999. This paper describes the approach to calibration of the LLNL passive-active neutron drum (PAN) shuffler for measurement of poorly measured/unmeasured HEU oxide inventory. Included are discussions of (1) the calibration effort, including the development of the mass calibration curve; (2) the results from an axial and radial mapping of the detector response over a wide region of the PAN shuffler counting chamber, and (3) an error model for the total (systematic + random) uncertainty in the predicted mass that includes the uncertainties in calibration and sample position.
- Physical Description: 484 Kilobytes pages
Subject
- Keyword: Calibration
- Keyword: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Keyword: Uranium
- Keyword: Neutrons
- Keyword: Oxides
- STI Subject Categories: 42 Engineering
- STI Subject Categories: 11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials
- Keyword: Highly Enriched Uranium
- Keyword: Nuclear Materials Management
- Keyword: New Brunswick
Source
- Conference: 41st Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (US), 07/16/2000--07/20/2000
Collection
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Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical ReportsCode: OSTI
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Resource Type
- Article
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Report No.: UCRL-JC-137317
- Grant Number: W-7405-Eng-48
- Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 790402
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc718858