LIMIT OF ERROR CALCULATIONS USED IN INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS EXPERIMENT

Year
1971
Author(s)
Charles N. Smith - Technical Analysis Division, National Bureau of Standards
Abstract
The Integrated Safeguards Experiment sponsored by the Atomic Energy Commission relied heavily on nondestructive assay techniques to attain a measured material balance on the mixed oxide fabrication process. This paper describes the calculations involved in determining the limit of error values for material measurements using calorimetry and neutron coincidence counting techniques as well as conventional chemical assay methods.