Title :
The IAEA Universal Nondestructive Assay Data Acquisition Platform (UNAP)
Author :
Sweet, Martin R. ; Pickrell, Mark M. ; Newell, Matthew R. ; Williams, Richard B. ; Merl, Robert B. ; Carrol, Colin J. ; Pelowitz, David G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Safeguards, IAEA, Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
The Universal NDA Data Acquisition Platform (UNAP) will be the next generation data acquisition system for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) attended and unattended non-destructive assay measurement equipment. The system will also be the principal data acquisition module for the Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited (JNFL) MOX Fuel Fabrication Plant (J-MOX) safeguards project. The primary goal of the UNAP development is for the new module to become the IAEA standard and replace existing Non-Destructive Assay (NDA) modules such as the JSR-12, the MiniGrand, the Advanced Multiplicity Shift Register (AMSR), and the JSR-14. The inputs to the UNAP will be a superset of the existing inputs of all these previous modules with flexibility to anticipate future developments.
Keywords :
data acquisition; nondestructive testing; nuclear materials safeguards; AMSR module; Advanced Multiplicity Shift Register; IAEA UNAP; IAEA Universal Nondestructive Assay Data Acquisition Platform; International Atomic Energy Agency; J-MOX safeguards project; JNFL MOX Fuel Fabrication Plant; JSR-12 module; JSR-14 module; Japan Nuclear Fuel Limited; MiniGrand module; Universal NDA Data Acquisition Platform; data acquisition; Backplanes; Data acquisition; Ethernet networks; Instruments; Power supplies; Prototypes; Shift registers; Solid state circuits; Testing; Universal Serial Bus; IAEA; NDA; Safeguards; UNAP;
Conference_Titel :
Advancements in Nuclear Instrumentation Measurement Methods and their Applications (ANIMMA), 2009 First International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Marseille
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5207-1
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5208-8
DOI :
10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503660
