title: Performance testing of the Eberline RMS-II criticality accident monitor.
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.
authors.affiliation: Health Physics Measurement Group, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM 87544, USA.
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Olsher
mesh_terms: D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006283:Health Physics; D006801:Humans; D011834:Radiation Monitoring / Q000295:instrumentation*; D011835:Radiation Protection; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release / Q000517:prevention & control