A Survey of Special Nuclear Material Vehicle Monitors for Domestic and International Safeguards

Year
1979
Author(s)
Henry F. Atwater - Los Alamos National Laboratory
P.E. Fehlau - Los Alamos National Laboratory
E.R. Shunk - Los Alamos National Laboratory
J.T. Caldwell - Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Abstract
Special nuclear materials vehicle monitors, including gateside vehicle monitors, hand-held personnel-vehicle monitors, and a new tunnel monitor concept for very large vehicles, are discussed. The results of a comparison of effectiveness of monitors for domestic application are presented. The results of calculations and small scale prototype measurements are given for a tunnel-like neutron monitor for monitoring at the perimeter of an enrichment plant subject to International Safeguards.