Home Products Services Projects Clients About PSC Employee Services Contact Us Technical Papers ACTIVE NEUTRON SYSTEMS -High Sensitivity Imaging Passive and Active Neutron (IPAN) Transuranic Assay System -Imaging Boxed Waste Assay System -Measurement Results for the IPAN/GEA Boxed Waste Assay System -IPAN/GEA Active Neutron Assay: Finding the Plutonium Lump -Multi-Purpose Crate Counter for the RFETS -Operational Experience with an Imaging Passive/Active Neutron System (IPAN) in a Mature Production Application to Perform WIPP Certified Non-Destructive Assays PASSIVE NEUTRON SYSTEMS -SuperHENC: Final Performance and Certification Summary -Assay of Uranium Contaminated Waste in Intermodal Containers by Passive Neutron Measurement at the Oak Ridge 3 Building D&D Project -Applications of the TRU-D Portable Package Monitor for Rapid Gram Estimation of Plutonium Bearing Waste Packages at the Point of Origin -Performance Assessment of the Add–A–Source Matrix Correction Method Using the Super High Efficiency Neutron Coincidence Counting System (SuperHENC) -Performance Characteristics of a High Efficiency Passive Neutron Assay System using Alternative Neutron Detectors to Helium–3, IEEE Workshop on He–3 Alternatives for Neutron Detection GAMMA–RAY TECHNIQUES -IPAN/GEA Efficiency-Times-Attenuation Method for Waste Characterization -Enhanced Spatial and Spectroscopic Resolution for First Responders -Use of Gamma Ray Imaging Instruments in Support of TRU Waste Characterization Challenges -Application of Remote Gamma Imaging Surveys at the Turkey Point PWR Reactor Facility -Fast Enrichment Screening for ‘Go/No Go’ Classification of Large Containers TRANSURANIC / LOW–LEVEL WASTE CHARACTERIZATION -Performance of WIPP Certifiable Mobile Waste Characterization NDA Measurements on TRU waste Drums at LLNL -Operational and Regulatory Performance of Waste Crate Assay Systems at RFETS -WIPP Certification of a New SuperHENC at Hanford for Assay of Transuranic Waste in Standard Waste Boxes -Innovations in the Assay of Un-Segregated Multi-Isotopic Grade TRU Waste Boxes with SuperHENC and FRAM Technology -An NDA Technique for the Disposition of Mixed Low Level Waste at the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project -Application of Spectral Summing to Suspect Low Level Debris Drums at Los Alamos National Laboratory -Portable Non–Destructive Assay Methods For Screening And Segregation Of Radioactive Waste -WIPP WAC Equivalence Support Measurements for Low-Level Sludge Waste at LANL -Screening and Spectral Summing of LANL Empty Waste Drums -Passive Neutron Non-Destructive Assay for Remediation of Radiological Waste at Hanford Burial Grounds NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS -Recent Developments in Active Neutron Interrogation of U–235 by Combined Transmission and Emission Measurements -Performance Comparison of Different Active Neutron Interrogation Techniques for Safeguards Applications -Waste Crate Assay System: Assay Solutions for Very Large Remote Handled Crates -Qualification of Boxed Waste Non-Destructive Assay Systems for Materials Control and Accountability Measurements at RFETS -Fast Enrichment Screening for Safeguards Applications, Symposium on International Safeguards -A Review of Neutron Detection Technology Alternatives to Helium–3 for Safeguards Applications RADIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS & SURVEY METHODS -Accessing the Inaccessible: an Innovative Approach to the Radiological Surveying of Metal Waste -In-situ Underwater Characterization of Radioactive Sludge -A 3-Dimensional Method for In-Situ Characterization of Buried Transuranic Waste using a Large Area Neutron Monitor -Characterization of the Process Mechanical Cell at West Valley -International Perspective on the Application of Non-Destructive Assay Technology Platforms for Sentencing and Disposal of Radioactive Waste -A Method for Optimizing Waste Management and Disposal Practices Using a Group-Based Uncertainty Model for the Analysis of Characterization REMOTE HANDLED WASTE -Difficult But Not Impossible: Monitoring Highly Active Wastes Retrieved From Interim Storage Facilities -Meaningful Characterisation of High Beta Gamma Radwaste by Radiometric Instrumentation -Application of the PAN/GEA/AK method to the Non-Destructive Assay of Remote Handled TRU Waste -Non-Destructive Assay of Transuranic (TRU) Rad-Waste Sludges Using the Imaging Passive Active Neutron (IPAN) Technique -High Sensitivity Assay of Cement Encapsulated Spent Nuclear Fuel Sludge Using the Imaging Passive Active Neutron (IPAN) System -High Sensitivity Neutron Assay of Grouted Spent Nuclear Fuel Sludge at Hanford SPENT FUEL MONITORING / REPROCESSING -Spent Fuel and Residue Measurement Instrumentation at the Sellafield Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing Facility -Improved Assay of Highly Active Reprocessing Waste by the Use of a Linear Accelerator Based Neutron Source -Operational Experience in Radiometric Instrumentation for Spent Fuel Monitoring -Spent Fuel Measurements in Support of Burnup Credit -Advanced Non-Destructive Assay Systems and Special Instrument Requirements for Recycling Facilities -Burnup Credit Measurements for Cask Loading Compliance – a Review of Techniques and Calibration Philosophies CRITICALITY DETECTION AND ALARM -Radiation Tolerance Assessment of CIDAS MkX Criticality Incident Detection & Alarm System -Practical Considerations for Provision of Criticality Incident Detection Systems in Large US Nuclear Facilities Click on this link for the PSC Bibliography of Technical Papers for download.