Title :
Nuclear Instrumentation for Curium and Californium Processing
Author_Institution :
Savannah River Laboratory E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. Aiken, South Carolina 29801
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;
Journal_Title :
Nuclear Science, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TNS.1973.4326914
