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Author(s):Siegfreid S. Hecker
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It is difficult to imagine today how dramatically global nuclear risks changed 25 years ago as the Soviet Union disintegrated. Instead of…
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Author(s):David Hanks, Hillary Lane
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Pursuant to Additional Protocol I to the Treaty of Tlatelolco, individual Safeguards Agreements were produced for France, the Netherlands,…
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Author(s):Mitsuo Koizumi, Toshiyuki Shizuma, Mohamed Omer
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Nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) is a process in which the electric and/or the magnetic dipole excitations of the nucleus take place.…
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Author(s):Luke Olson, Roderick Fuentes
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MARK-18A target assemblies were irradiated 44 years ago in a reactor at the Savannah River Site operating in a high-flux mode to produce…
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Author(s):Michael Brisson, Joseph Giaquinto, Michael Soriano
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Due to a several factors, availability of certified reference materials (CRM) for laboratory use to support accountancy, safeguards, and…
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Author(s):Zoe N. Gastelum, Yana Feldman, Justin Reed, Greg Dupuy
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Open source information is one of the key information streams that the International Atomic EnergyAgency (IAEA) uses for safeguards state…
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Author(s):Helen H. Cui, Chris M. Yeager
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Microorganisms are essentially ubiquitous, having evolved immense diversity to inhabit almost every niche on the planet. Microbes react to…
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Author(s):Lloyd J. Jollay, Todd Hawk, P. Mason
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With the reorganization of New Brunswick Laboratory, the nation’s primary supplier of nuclearreference materials, the former facility…
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Author(s):Willem A. Janssens, Said Abousahl, Klaus Luetzenkirchen, Wim Mondelaers
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Sixty years ago the Euratom Treaty was signed in Rome. Article 8 of the treaty announced the establishment of the Joint Research Centre by…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam D. Williams, Philip A. Beeley, Amir H. Mohagheghi, Alexander A. Solodov, Saeed Al-Ameri
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The Gulf Nuclear Energy Infrastructure Institute (GNEII) aims to develop a responsible nuclear energy culture and institutionalize key…
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Author(s):Karl Horak, Zoe N. Gastelum, Irmgard Niemeyer, Yana Feldman
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In 2012, the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management’s International SafeguardsDivision inaugurated a new working group on open source…
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Author(s):Huma Rehman
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Proliferation of the Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) related expertise and associated technology has long been an international concern…
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Author(s):Malte Göttsche, Julien de Troullioud de Lanversin, Holger Tietze-Jaensch
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Nuclear archaeology techniques are being developed to verify the completenessof declarations of initial fissile material holdings. Such a…
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Author(s):Luis Machado da Silva, Anibal Bonino
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The progress achieved with the unattended monitoring safeguards systems (UMS) applied for verification of spent fuel transfers in PHWR…
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Author(s):Alena V. Zhernosek, Michael Whitaker, Andrea Braunegger-Guelich, Steven L. Cleveland, Manit Shah, Susan K. Smith, Danielle Miller
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State systems of accounting for and control of nuclear material (SSACs) are a fundamental component ofan effective international safeguards…
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Author(s):Richard Lanza, Jayson R. Vavrek, Brian S. Henderson
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Future multilateral nuclear arms reduction efforts will require technologies for the verification of treaty compliance. In particular,…
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Author(s):Sarah Frazar, Sean Kreyling, Mark Schanfein, Amanda Sayre, Sam Winters
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In 2016, the Office of International Nuclear Safeguards at the National Nuclear Security Administration within the Department of Energy…
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Author(s):Peter Habighorst, Janice Owens
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Under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is responsible for licensing exports and…
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Author(s):Shaun D. Clarke, Sara A. Pozzi, D. L. Chichester, C.S. Sosa, Angela Di Fulvio, T.H. Shin
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We developed a fast-neutron multiplicity counter (FNMC) based on organic scintillators (liquid and stilbene). The system is able to detect…
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Author(s):S. D. Clarke, S. A. Pozzi, D. L. Chichester, T. H. Shin, A. Di Fulvio
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We demonstrated the application of a fast-neutron multiplicity counting (FNMC) system to detect small variations in an assembly of uranium-…