This report documents the progress that has been completed in the first half of FY2012 in the MPACT-funded Lead Slowing Down Spectrometer project. Significant progress has been made on the algorithm development. We have an improve understanding of the experimental responses in LSDS for fuel-related material. The calibration of the ultra-depleted uranium foils was completed, but the results are inconsistent from measurement to measurement. Future work includes developing a conceptual model of an LSDS system to assay plutonium in used fuel, improving agreement between simulations and measurement, design of a thorium fission chamber, and evaluation of additional detector techniques.
Revised: June 12, 2012 |
Published: June 7, 2012
Citation
Warren G.A., K.K. Anderson, E. Bonebrake, A.M. Casella, Y. Danon, M. Devlin, and V.A. Gavron, et al. 2012.Lead Slowing Down Spectrometer Status Report Richland, WA: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.