Minor Isotope Safeguards Techniques (MIST)

Year
2017
Author(s)
A.M. Shephard - University of Tennessee
B.R. Thomas - University of Virginia
Jamie Coble - University of Tennessee
H.G. Wood - University of Virginia
Abstract
A universal and dimensionless formulation of the existing MSTAR cascade model is presented which simplifies the analysis, visualization, and interpretation of gas centrifuge enrichment plant process data. The new model has safeguards implications in that it provides a technique to detect undeclared side feed and withdrawal streams. Because the MSTAR model is dimensionless and universal, it does not require plant of separator specific information, such as separation factors, number of stages, number of machines, etc.