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Parker, Robert F.

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DOE OSTI2014

Dual-Slab Verification Detector (DSVD) Operations Software User Guide

The Dual-Slab Verification Detector (DSVD) is used with a MiniGRAND to acquire data at different positions on a spent-fuel cask and then to make a determination regarding the safeguards status of the fuel stored in the cask. The software described in this document, the DSVD Operations Software, provides an interface to perform the various activities required to use the DSVD to make safeguards determinations. Data acquired by the software is saved in a set of worksheets in an Excel spreadsheet. Plateau, background, and calibration data are each placed on separate pages, and each cask has its own page containing data acquired for that cask. The spreadsheet is backed up each time the software begins executing.

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DOE OSTI2014

InstrumentationPod (IPOD) User Guide

This document describes the Instrumentation Pod (IPOD) and its operation and use. The IPOD is a low-power detector system comprising a 3He tube with preamp for neutron detection, a microcontroller-based data acquisition system, a GPS receiver for locationdetermination and time-synchronization, and power filtering and protection. The IPOD is intended to be bolted to the top of Dual-Use Casks stored at Baikal-1 in Kazakhstan in order to maintain continuity of knowledge of the materials stored within the cask. The data acquisition system receives pulses from the neutron-detection preamp, combines this information with other sensor data, and stores the result on two SD cards that are part of the data acquisition system. Firmware in the data acquisition system controls collection and storing of the data and enables configuration of the acquisition parameters.

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