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Spent fuel transfer project completed at INL
Work crews at Idaho National Laboratory have transferred 40 spent nuclear fuel canisters into long-term storage vaults, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has reported.
Roger E. Garrett, Wilson K. Talley
Nuclear Technology | Volume 3 | Number 12 | December 1967 | Pages 745-749
Technical Paper and Note | doi.org/10.13182/NT67-A27791
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A method has been developed for obtaining indications of the diameter and density of lettuce heads prior to harvest without physically contacting them. As a head passes through a collimated beam, the reduction in transmission is integrated to indicate mass. The interval of reduced signal is used to indicate size. The method offers improved selection for mechanical harvesting, higher speeds of operation, and less damage than with mechanical selection.