• DocumentCode
    808350
  • Title

    Nuclear Instrumentation for Curium and Californium Processing

  • Author

    Herold, T.R.

  • Author_Institution
    Savannah River Laboratory E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Aiken, South Carolina 29801
  • Volume
    20
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1973
  • Firstpage
    232
  • Lastpage
    241
  • Abstract
    Several new instruments for process control, laboratory analyses, and product assay and inventory were developed for the 24XCm and 252Cf production programs at SRP. Alpha activities between 106 and 10´ dpm and neutron activities up to 1011 n/sec are monitored, picogram amounts of 252 Cf and nanogram amounts of 244Cm are determined routinely, and precision assays of up to 100-mg quantities of 252Cf product are quickly made.
  • Keywords
    Instruments; Laboratories; Monitoring; Neutrons; Process control; Radiation detectors; Rivers; Solid scintillation detectors; Solid state circuits; Steel;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9499
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TNS.1973.4326914
  • Filename
    4326914