PLUTONIUM MASS AND OXIDE ATTRIBUTE MEASUREMENTS

Year
2002
Author(s)
Charles L. Hollas - Los Alamos National Laboratory
M. Rawool-Sullivan - Los Alamos National Laboratory
David J. Mercer - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Phillip A. Hypes - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Derek R. Dinwiddie - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Douglas R. Mayo - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Morag K. Smith - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Duncan MacArthur - Los Alamos National Laboratory
John A. Bounds - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Karen Hirsch - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Diana Langner - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Kevin D. Veal - Los Alamos National Laboratory
W. L. Myers - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Richard L. Morgado - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Duc T. Vo - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Hans Snyder - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Abstract
Many monitoring and inspecting efforts are intended to include classified nuclear materials. These efforts have often focused on the use of attribute measurement systems to increase confidence that an item is consistent with declarations made about that item. If an item possesses appropriate unclassified attributes (such as exceeding a threshold mass or being metallic), it may be deemed acceptable for the purpose of a monitoring regime. Measurements of the plutonium mass and metal attributes are of particular interest when the plutonium is contained in a storage canister. We present the results of calculations and measurements for the mass and oxide attributes in this geometry.