University of New Mexico
Criticality alarm system design guide with accompanying alarm system development for the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory in Richland, Washington
Abstract
dc:description.abstractA detailed instructional manual was created to guide criticality safety engineers through the process of designing a criticality alarm system (CAS) for Department of Energy (DOE) hazard class 1 and 2 facilities. Regulatory and technical requirements were both addressed. A list of design tasks and technical subtasks was compiled and analyzed to provide concise direction for how to complete the analysis. An example of the application of the design methodology, the Criticality Alarm System developed for the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL) of Richland, Washington is also included. The analysis for RPL utilized the Monte Carlo code MCNP5 for establishing detector coverage in the facility. Based on the design methodology, significant improvements to the existing CAS were made that increase the reliability, transparency, and coverage of the system.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Nuclear Engineering
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Nuclear Engineering
- Year
- 2010
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Greenfield, Bryce
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Busch, Robert
- Cooper, Gary
- Ueki, Taro
- Hecht, Adam
Rights
- Language dc:language
- English
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/ne_etds/21
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:digitalrepository.unm.edu:ne_etds-1020