EXPERIENCE WITH DYNAMIC MATERIAL CONTROL SUBSYSTEMS

Year
1977
Author(s)
W.R. Severe - Safeguards Subsystems Development and Evaluation Group
J. Hagen - Safeguards Subsystems Development and Evaluation Group
R. Siebelist - Safeguards Subsystems Development and Evaluation Group
P. Wagner - Plutonium Chemistry and Metallurgy Group
W.M. Olson - Plutonium Chemistry and Metallurgy Group
Abstract
Operation of a Dynamic Material Control (DYMAC) prototype system has yielded some useful information for installing the final system. We discovered a bias between two methods for measuring filtrates. Evaluation of a unit process dynamic balance brought to light an operating procedure that weakens the accountability goals of the DYMAC system. We were able to correct both situations for the final system and learned that we must regularly monitor the system once it is operational for similar discrepancies.