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A -- TOMOGRAPHIC GAMMA SCANNING SOL SOL IPO-97-03 POC Andrea R. Pistone, Industrial Partnership Office, Mail Stop C331, P.O. Box 1663, Los Alamos, NM 87545, Tel.: (505) 667-8718, FAX: (505) 667-0603. The University of California, which operates the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE), desires to establish a partnership agreement with an industrial partner capable of contributing to a funds-in Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) for the purpose of developing the Tomographic Gamma Scanning (TGS) technology. In addition to the funds-in agreement, the University contemplates establishing a royalty-bearing commercial license with the selected partner for the intellectual property supporting the TGS. The CRADA will provide the basis for supporting the transfer and adaptation of TGS technology to meet the short-term needs of the customers (safeguards and environmental management), and technical consulting (training). Moreover, the CRADA will also support research and development at LANL for improving the performance of the technology, including funds for the development of improved gamma-ray imaging instrumentation, software and analytical capabilities, and methods for integrating TGS with other non-destructive assay (NDA) instruments. Research activities will target long-term needs in the area of domestic and international safeguards and environmental management. The License Agreement will provide the selected partner the commercial rights to make, use, and sell TGS. TGS is a nondestructive assay technique that is used to measure fissile and other radioactive material in heterogeneous samples, including transuranic (TRU) wastes and plutonium and uranium residues. TGS was developed under the Safeguards Program at LANL to provide accountability measurements of nuclear material, particularly heterogeneous residues, and radioactive waste. To date, a prototype TGS instrument and a mobile TGS for waste assay have been developed. Tests of the prototype instrument, both in the laboratory and in the field have demonstrated the usefulness of the technology for both waste and safeguards applications. Based on the results of the Performance Demonstration Program, the TGS is the pre-eminent technology for gamma-ray assay of radioactive waste. This technology will be needed by sites throughout the DOE complex to comply with existing requirements for TRU waste disposal and emerging safeguards requirements (e.g. DOE Order 5633.3B). Interested organizations must possess existing capabilities in manufacturing, marketing and support services in the domestic marketplace. Any organization with interests in the above mentioned areas must respond with a statement of interest describing the organization's technical expertise, manufacturing and marketing capabilities, a list of current and past work in this technical area including contact information, financial resources (e.g., annual report and/or corporate resume) and motivation for participating in this program. The statement of interest must be dated within 30 calendar days of the date of this notice. Further discussion will ensue after proprietary information agreements are executed. (0028)

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