Advanced enrichment monitoring technology based on transmission measurements with an X-ray source and NaI(Tl) spectrometer

Author

Ianakiev, K.D. ; Boyer, B.D. ; Goda, J.M. ; Hill, T.R. ; Moss, C.E. ; Nguyen, H. ; Parker, R.F. ; Paffett, M.T. ; Nolen, B.P. ; Swinhoe, M.T.

Author_Institution

Los Alamos Nat. Lab., Los Alamos, NM, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

7-10 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper we report our progress toward the development of an advanced enrichment monitoring technology for safeguarding gas centrifuge enrichment plants. We compare the UF₆ gas pipe attenuation and sensitivity to X-ray tube HV variations for two transmission energies: 22 keV and 25.5 keV. The first experimental enrichment results taken with a static UF₆ gaseous source and X-ray tube based transmission source over a wide gas pressure range are presented.

Keywords

X-ray detection; germanium radiation detectors; radiation monitoring; X-ray source; X-ray tube HV variations; advanced enrichment monitoring technology; electron volt energy 22 keV; electron volt energy 25.5 keV; gamma spectrometer; gas centrifuge enrichment plants; gas pipe attenuation; transmission measurements; uranium hexafluoride gaseous source; Aluminum; Attenuation measurement; Filters; Isotopes; Laboratories; Monitoring; Power measurement; Spectroscopy; Telephony; Voltage; GCEP; X-ray tube; enrichment monitoring; uranium hexafluoride;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ANIMMA.2009.5503779

Filename

5503779