FRAM: A NEW, VERSATILE GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY CODE FOR MEASURING THE ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION OF PLUTONIUM*

Year
1990
Author(s)
T. E. Sampson - Los Alamos National Laboratory
T. Kelley - Los Alamos National Laboratory
George W. Nelson - Los Alamos National Laboratory
Abstract
We describe the characteristics and features and demonstrate the performance of a new code for determining the isotopic composition of plutonium using gamma-ray spectroscopy. This versatile code can measure an extremely wide range of isotopic compositions and is extremely easy to tailor to specialized measurement conditions. Measurement precision, accuracy, and throughput are significantly improved over previous Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) codes.