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The Nondestructive Assay (NDA) Program, under the DOE/NNSA, focuses on ensuring nuclear criticality safety through innovative techniques for analyzing radioactive materials without …

This open access book describes the nondestructive assay techniques that are used for the measurement of nuclear material (primarily uranium and plutonium) for nuclear material …

In contrast to Destructive Analysis techniques, which analyse samples by chemical or radiometric methods, Non-Destructive Assay techniques measure the radiation emitted by the items …

tructively or nondestructively. However, after the materials are packaged it is not economically feasible to open the containers for sa. pling for destructive analysis. NDA is then the method of …

Mar 1, 1991 · The techniques measure radiation induced or emitted spontaneously from the nuclear material; the measurements are nondestructive in that they do not alter the physical or …

Nov 1, 2021 · This paper reports on the state-of-the-art of the main non-destructive assay (NDA) techniques usually used for in-situ radiological characterization of nuclear facilities subject to a …

Feb 27, 2025 · The 735-page book is a substantial revision to Passive Nondestructive Assay of Nuclear Materials — the so-called PANDA manual — that has been a classic reference since …

Increasing use is being made of non-destructive assay instruments and techniques by Agency safeguards inspectors for the identification and measurement of nuclear materials.

Nov 16, 2024 · This open access book describes the nondestructive assay techniques that are used for the measurement of nuclear material (primarily uranium and plutonium) for nuclear …