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Deferred Verification: Verifiable Declarations of Fissile Material Stocks
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Pavel Podvig
Abstract:
Nuclear disarmament requires development of a verification mechanism that would provide reliable assurances of the absence of fissile…
Design and Development of the New General Use In-Glovebox Container
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Timothy A. Stone, Paul H. Smith, Kirk Reeves, Jude M. Oka, Tristan Karns
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Containers play a pivotal role in nuclear materials management at Los Alamos National Laboratory and across the Department of Energy (DOE)…
Design and Performance Testing of a Linear Array of Position-Sensitive Virtual Frisch-Grid CdZnTe Detectors for Uranium Enrichment Measurements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan Pepper, George J. Mahler, Jonathan G. Dreyer, Peter E. Vanier, Giuseppe Camarda, Daniel J. Decman, Aleksey Bolotnikov, Ron Jeffcoat, William H. Geist, Duc Vo, Gianluigi De Geronimo, Emerson Vernon, Luis Ocampo-Giraldo
Abstract:
Arrays of position-sensitive virtual Frisch-grid CdZnTe (CZT) detectors with enhanced energy resolution have been proposed for spectroscopy…
Design and Structural Analysis of a Compact Type B Packaging for Disused Radiological Sources
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yung Y. Liu, James M. Shuler, Zenghu Han
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Radiological sources are common in many countries because of beneficial uses in medical and industrial applications. Some of the…
Design Basis Threat: Innovation by the Enemy
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathan Scott
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The threats and their capabilities articulated in a State’s Design Basis Threat (DBT) provide a baseline against which operating nuclear…
Design Considerations for Field Use of Safeguards Technology
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jason P. Hayward, Jill N. Cooley, Bruce W. Moran, Karen Hogue, Alicia Swift, Brian Paul
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The process of safeguards technology development, deployment, and use should be carried out in such a way that it supports the…
Design of a Multi-Tier Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Search Algorithm for Locating Radioactive Sources in a Large Complex Region
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Benjamin Magocs, Dr. Matthew Cook, Josh Gerka
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By implementing a combination of techniques based on the search area, we are developing an algorithm that can rapidly search a large area…
Design Verification of Deep Boreholes: A Review of Available Inspection Tools
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert J. Finch, Heidi A. Smartt, Risa Haddal
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Deep borehole disposal (DBD) has been suggested as an option for disposing spent nuclear fuel in a number of countries, including several…
Detecting Neutrons Outside of Reactor Shielding: Prospects for Stand-Off Reactor Monitoring
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bryan M. van der Ende, Liqian Li, David Godin, Bhaskar Sur
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There is considerable interest in the nuclear safeguards community to develop instruments and techniques for the purposes of detecting…
Detection of an insider threat using EEG and a Bayesian Network Model
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yung A. SUH, Man-Sung Yim
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The objective of this study is to investigate a methodology for insider threat detection. For the purpose, combined use of…
Developing Design Criteria for Safeguards Seals for Spent-Fuel Transportation Casks
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Heidi A. Smartt
Abstract:
Current designs for spent-fuel transportation casks cannot ensure a cask’s integrity during shipment, nor is there any verifiable means of…
Development & Demonstration of a Waste Vault Directional Assay System (VDAS) for High Gamma Rate Environments
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. C. Jones, Matthew R. Newell, Andrea Favalli, Adrienne M. Lafleur, Michael C. Browne, Marc L. Ruch, Robert A. Natzic
Abstract:
Nuclear facilities that have processed nuclear materials or performed post-irradiation examination of spent fuel often contain waste vaults…
Development of a Device for Detecting the Electromagnetic Radiation Emitted from Uranium Centrifuge Enrichment Activity
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jinghaui Li, Liu Guorong
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This paper will introduce a special designed electromagnetic wave detecting device, it consists of a low frequency magnetic field detecting…
Development of a Multidisciplinary Nuclear Security Education Program at Purdue University
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert S. Bean, Jason T. Harris
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In 2016, Purdue University embarked on several initiatives to build its programs in nuclear security. This commitment to develop and expand…
Development of Active Neutron NDA System for Nuclear Materials
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fumito Kitatani, Mitsuo Koizumi, Harufumi Tsuchiya, Akira Ohzu, Masao Komeda, Kazuyoshi Furutaka, Kamel Abbas, Yosuke Toh, Carlos Paradela, Jan Heyse, Peter Schillebeeckx, Tatjana Bogucarska, Willy Mondelaers
Abstract:
Nuclear material accountancy (NMA) is of fundamental importance for nuclear safeguards and security. However, to the best of our knowledge…
Development of Delayed Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy for Nuclear Material Analysis
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michio Seya, Mitsuo Koizumi, Douglas C. Rodriguez, Fabiana Rossi, Kamel Abbas, Ton Takahashi, Bent Pedersen
Abstract:
For the past three years the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) and the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission have been…
Development of Detection and Measurement Technologies for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Security at JAEA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Masato Hori, Yosuke Naoi, Michio Seya, Hirofumi Tomikawa, Mitsuo Koizumi
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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has been conducting research and development projects on technologies of special nuclear material…
Development of Inverse Distance Weighting Method to Estimate Pin-by-Pin Burnup Distribution of PWR Spent Fuel Assemblies using Measurement Data
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Haneol Lee, Man-Sung Yim
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A method to estimate pin-by-pin burnup distribution of PWR spent fuel assemblies has been developed using spent fuel measurement data. The…
Development of Sabotage Hand Behaviors Detection Method By Image Analysis
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kazuyuki Demachi, Shi Chen
Abstract:
The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident in 2011 raised a fear that terrorists could cause a similar accident by acts of sabotage…
Discussion of Effective Insider Threat Mitigation Method at Reprocessing Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hironobu Nakamura, Takashi Kimura, Takahiko Kitao, Hiroyuki Yamada
Abstract:
In order to reduce security risks by outsider and insider, JAEA is on-going to raise the security level in accordance with the Japanese…