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ARG-US Remote Monitoring Systems: Use Cases and Applications in Nuclear Facilities and During Transportation
As highlighted in the Spring 2024 issue of Radwaste Solutions, researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are developing and deploying ARG-US—meaning “Watchful Guardian”—remote monitoring systems technologies to enhance the safety, security, and safeguards (3S) of packages of nuclear and other radioactive material during storage, transportation, and disposal.
H. Naik, S. P. Dange, W. Jang, R. J. Singh
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 195 | Number 7 | July 2021 | Pages 717-740
Technical Paper | doi.org/10.1080/00295639.2020.1866389
Articles are hosted by Taylor and Francis Online.
Cumulative and independent yields of various fission products within mass ranges of 86 to 119 and 127 to 162 were measured in the spontaneous fission of 252Cf by using an off-line gamma-ray spectrometric technique. From the cumulative yields of the fission products, their mass chain yields were obtained by using the charge distribution correction. Mass yield distribution parameters such as full-width at tenth-maximum of light and heavy mass wings, average light mass <AL> and heavy mass <AH>, and total average neutron multiplicity <ν>expt were obtained. Fission yield data in the 252Cf(SF) reaction were compared with similar data in neutron-induced fission and spontaneous fission of other actinides to examine the role of excitation energy and nuclear structure effect. The role of standard I and standard II asymmetric modes of fission is also discussed.
