U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, NRC FIN A724, 1991. — 700 p.This book is a general reference on the theory and application of PAssive NonDestructive Assay (NDA) techniques, or PANDA. It is part of a four-volume set on nuclear material measurement and accountability sponsored by the US Nuclear ,Regulatory Commission (NRC). Although we discuss a few active NDA techniques, they have been treated in detail in another book in the NRC series authored by T. Gozani. The book’s intended audience ranges from NDA neophytes to experienced practitioners. While the major motivation to write this book was, provided by the NRC, there has long been a desire at Los Alrunos to prepare a text of this kind. Many of the techniques and instruments described herein were developed at Los Alamos, and we welcome the opportunity to describe the techniques ,more completely than is possible in reports or papers.
We hope that you will find this text a useful and lasting reference to the interesting subject of passive NDA.
