Open AccessCalibration Report for the WRAP Facility Gamma Energy Analysis System [104-ND-06-102A]
Author(s) -
C.E. Wills
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/801371
Subject(s) - nist , calibration , detector , environmental science , nuclear engineering , process engineering , computer science , semiconductor detector , instrumentation (computer programming) , engineering , physics , electrical engineering , operating system , quantum mechanics , natural language processing
The Waste Receiving And Processing facility (WRAP) adheres to providing gamma-ray spectroscopy instrument calibrations traceable to the National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) standards. The detectors are used to produce quantitative results for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and must meet calibration programmatic calibration goals. Instruments must meet portions of ANSI N42.14, 1978 guide for Germanium detectors. The Non-Destructive Assay (NDA) Gamma Energy Analysis (GEA) utilizes NIST traceable line source standards for the detector system calibrations. The counting configuration is a series of drums containing the line sources and different density filler matrices. The drums are used to develop system efficiencies with respect to density. The efficiency and density correction factors are required for the processing of drummed waste materials of similar densities. The calibration verification is carried out after the calibration is deemed final, by counting a second drum of NIST traceable sources. Three in-depth calibrations have been completed on one of the two systems to date, the first being the system acceptance plan. This report has a secondary function; that being the development of the instrument calibration errors which are to be folded into the Total Instrument Uncertainty document, HNF-4050