Characteristics of safeguarded nuclear materials

Instrumentation for monitoring nuclear materials

Figure 1 - BANCO system. Schematic diagram

Figure 2 - Measurement head schematic diagram

Figure 3 - Irradiation and counting cell

Figure 4 - Hyperpur germanium detector with collimation

Figure 5 - Spectrum for counting irradiated fuel assemblies

Figure 6 - Consulha system detectors. Installation in the air and in the production workshop, COGEMA La Hague plant

Figure 7 - Consulha measuring head. Underwater installation in storage pool, COGEMA La Hague plant

Figure 8 - CRCV system principle

Figure 9 - Control gantry

Figure 10 - Clean room (class 10) dedicated to particle analysis, Radioanalysis, Chemistry and Environment Department of the DAM-IdF Center at Bruyères-le-Châtel.

Figure 11 - Fission traces left in Lexan by natural uranium particles 1 to 2 µm in diameter

Figure 12 - A particle containing fissile atoms is sampled and deposited on a rhenium filament for TIMS analysis.

Figure 13 - Enrichment in 235U of uranium particles contained in a control smear demonstrating at least two types of enrichment

Figure 14 - Dual-camera video surveillance system

Figure 15 - Mock-up seal