The Holdup Measurement System II (HMSII)

Year
1993
Author(s)
J. K. Halbig - Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.A. Russo - Los Alamos National Laboratory
S.E. Smith - Y-12 National Security Complex
S. F. Klosterbuer - Los Alamos National Laboratory
J.S. Gibson - Y-12 National Security Complex
Abstract
A project is in progress that addresses two of the problems with existing holdup measurement technology; the need for compact instrumentation and a more efficient means of reducing the massive amounts of data to quantities of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM). The approach taken by the project utilizes the Miniature Modular Multichannel Analyzer (M3CA)[1,2], a complete and truly portable gammaray spectroscopy system, under development at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The hardware is then integrated and automated by the Holdup Measurement System II (HMSII) software being developed by the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. Together they provide the hardware components, measurement control in the field, automated data acquisition, data storage and manipulation which simplify holdup measurements.