Citation

Olsher RH. Health Phys. 1997; 73(3): 518-521.

Affiliation

Health Physics Measurement Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM 87544, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Health Physics Society, Publisher Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9287095

Abstract

The Plutonium Facility at Los Alamos uses Eberline RMS-II monitors as part of its criticality accident alarm system. The monitors are designed to accommodate a wide spectrum of criticality accident scenarios from both liquid and metal supercriticalities. A series of experiments were performed at the Los Alamos Critical Experiments Facility to evaluate the response of the monitor to a wide range of radiation transients. The primary objectives of the evaluation were to verify reliable and prompt latching of the criticality alarms in accordance with the performance criteria of ANSI/ANS-8.3-1986. The RMS-II monitor performed reliably during all of the experiments and was found to meet specific ANSI/ANS performance criteria for latching.

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