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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
May. 25, 2010
Douglas W. Akers, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Lyle G. Roybal, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Hopi Salomon, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Charles Leroy Williams, Pocatello, ID (US);
Douglas W. Akers, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Lyle G. Roybal, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Hopi Salomon, Idaho Falls, ID (US);
Charles Leroy Williams, Pocatello, ID (US);
The United States of America, as represented by the United States Deparment of Energy, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method relating to screening radioactive waste are disclosed for ensuring that at least one calculated parameter for the measurement data of a sample falls within a range between an upper limit and a lower limit prior to the sample being packaged for disposal. The apparatus includes a radiation detector configured for detecting radioactivity and radionuclide content of the of the sample of radioactive waste and generating measurement data in response thereto, and a collimator including at least one aperture to direct a field of view of the radiation detector. The method includes measuring a radioactive content of a sample, and calculating one or more parameters from the radioactive content of the sample.