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Improvements to Nuclear Data Using Delayed Gamma Ray Modeling with FIER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bethany L. Goldblum, Lee Bernstein, Eric Matthews, Matthew Shinner
Abstract:
Several recent forums have highlighted the need for a new fission product yield (FPY) evaluation for a wide variety of applied nuclear…
Improving the Precision of Nuclear Material Quantification in Large Vessels
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Farrukh Qureshi, Brittany Tyler
Abstract:
While safeguards by design is now a standard practice for new facilities, Canada’s nuclear industry includes large facilities at the front-…
Inferring the Operational Status of Nuclear Facilities with Convolutional Neural Networks to Support International Safeguards Verification
Type:JNMM
Volume:46
Issue:3
Author(s):Zoe Gastelum, Timothy M. Shead
Abstract:
International nuclear safeguards analysts use images in myriad ways to support verification analysis tasks, from analyzing the design and…
INMM Novel Technologies Workshop Encourages Safeguards and Arms Control Researchers to Think Beyond Traditional Verification Measures
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sharon M. DeLand, Markku Koskelo, Heidi A. Smartt, Zoe N. Gastelum, Eric Wallace, Alexander A. Solodov, Meili C. Swanson, Steven M. Horowitz, Tina Hernandez
Abstract:
This paper describes a workshop held in August 2017 by the INMM Southwest Chapter, in partnership with the International Safeguards and…
Innovative Fuel Design to Improve Proliferation Management
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Manit Shah, Braden Goddard, Taylor Britt
Abstract:
This research uses an existing innovative fuel design (IFD) that has intrinsic safety features and enhanced economics over the current UO2 …
Insider Threat: Challenges and Case Studies
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jeremy Edwards, Jonathan Scott, Robert M. Rodger
Abstract:
Insider Threat is well known as the ultimate risk for operating nuclear facilities due to the insiders ability to bypass multiple elements…
Inspection Games over Time: Classification of Inspection Schemes and Resulting Models
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rudolf Avenhaus, Thomas Krieger
Abstract:
An inspection game is a mathematical model of a situation where a person or an organization, in the following called Inspectorate, verifies…
International Database of Gamma ray Spectra for Benchmarking Isotopic Analysis
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathan G. Dreyer, Pierre Funk, Anne-Laure Weber, Duc Vo, Ramkumar Venkataraman, Risa Haddal, Louise Worrall, Brent McGinnis
Abstract:
An International Database (IDB) consisting of uranium and plutonium gamma-ray spectra has been established as an online repository to serve…
International Safeguards for Spent Fuel Encapsulation and Geological Repository Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert J. Finch, Stephen J. Tobin, David H. Hanks, Irmgard Niemeyer, Bruce W. Moran, Marius Davainis
Abstract:
In 1988, Member States of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began activities supporting the IAEA in developing internal policy…
Introduction to the JNMM Special Issue on Open Source 4 and Geospatial Information Analysis
Type:JNMM
Volume:46
Issue:3
Author(s):Jacques Baute
Abstract:
Over a quarter of a century ago, in 1991, the discovery of Iraq’s clandestine program made the international community realize that an…
JCPOA Vis-a-Vis Israel's Nuclear Weapons
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Douglas Reilly
Abstract:
This paper discusses the Joint Comprehensive Program Of Action (JCPOA) and Israel's nuclear weapons. It briefly discusses the history of…
LIBS Analysis for Identifying Sr Compounds in Urban Nuclear Terror Scene
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yunu Lee, Chankui Lee
Abstract:
Rapid and precise identification of characteristics of threats is significant in nuclear terror scenes for prompt response. To protect…
Long Term Performance Evaluation of Precision Data Technology (PDT) Amplifier Modules for use in Unattended Neutron Assay System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martyn Swinhoe, Johnna B. Marlow, Daniela Henzlova, Madeline Lockhart
Abstract:
As new nuclear facilities are constructed around the world, the international safeguards community is burdened with the task of monitoring…
Looking In and Looking Out: Understanding China’s Non-Membership of the Wassenaar Arrangement
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Libiao Pan
Abstract:
As a part of the Multilateral Export Control Regimes (MECR), the Wassenaar Arrangement (WA) is an important tool to prevent the illicit…
Machine Vision for Imaging Bubbles: From the Interstellar Medium to Neutron Detectors for Zero-Knowledge Warhead Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexander Glaser, Sebastien Philippe, Michael Hepler, Robert Goldston, Paige Kunkle
Abstract:
The Zero-Knowledge Protocol (ZKP) for warhead verification, developed by Glaser, Barak and Goldston, and experimentally validated by…
Magnetic Microcalorimeter Gamma Detectors for High-Accuracy Nuclear Decay Data
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephan Friedrich, R. Cantor, Geon-Bo Kim
Abstract:
Magnetic microcalorimeters (MMCs) are low-energy gamma-ray detectors with ultra-high energy resolution that are operated at temperatures…
Measured Neutron Detection Efficiency of Various Organic Scintillation Detectors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shaun D. Clarke, Sara A. Pozzi, Mark M. Bourne, Angela Di Fulvio
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Modeling and Simulation To Support the Virtual Facility Distributed Test Bed
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Benjamin B. Cipiti, Jeff Sanders, Michael Miller
Abstract:
The Materials Protection, Accounting, and Control Technologies (MPACT) campaign is developing a Virtual Facility Distributed Test Bed for…
Modernization of IAEA Safeguards Instrumentation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven Balsley, Alexey Anichenko
Abstract:
IAEA safeguards equipment and associated data collection and evaluation software have evolved considerably over the last decade. A long…
Monitoring at the Olkiluoto Repository Site Supports for Safeguards Findings
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Olli Okko, Elias Pentti
Abstract:
At the Olkiluoto repository site, the operator Posiva Oy runs a multidisciplinary monitoring program targeted at studying environmental…