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Development Of A Monitoring Framework For The Detection Of Diversion Of Intermediate Products In A Generic Natural Uranium Conversion Plant, Jennifer L. Ladd-Lively
Development Of A Monitoring Framework For The Detection Of Diversion Of Intermediate Products In A Generic Natural Uranium Conversion Plant, Jennifer L. Ladd-Lively
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The objective of this work is the development of an on-line monitoring and data analysis framework that could detect the diversion of intermediate products such as uranium dioxide, uranium tetrafluoride, and uranium hexafluoride in a natural uranium conversion plant (NUCP) using a multivariate statistical approach. This was an initial effort to determine the feasibility of this approach for safeguards applications. This study was limited to a 100 metric ton of uranium (MTU) per year NUCP using the wet solvent extraction method for the purification of uranium ore concentrate. A key component in the multivariate statistical methodology was the Principal Component …