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Taking the Long View in a Time of Great Uncertainty: Living in Interesting Times
Type:JNMM
Volume:46
Issue:1
Author(s):Jack Jekowski
Abstract:
“May you live in interesting times” is a statement that you may have often heard when individuals reflect on dramatic changes that lie…
Taking the Long View:
Type:JNMM
Volume:45
Issue:2
Author(s):Jack Jekowski
Abstract:
Since the first column of Taking the Long View in late 2010,1 I have discussed the power of scenario planning to help leaders visualize…
Testing Human Performance in Simulated In-Field Safeguards Information Environments
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Karl Horak, Heidi A. Smartt, Zoe N. Gastelum, Laura Matzen, Alexander A. Solodov, Eric M. Moyer
Abstract:
The intersection of the information age and a global increase in commercial nuclear fuel cycle activities has resulted in international…
Testing of Mechanically Cooled HPGe Detectors to Determine Composition of U and Pu
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.D. Sanders, Casey Smith
Abstract:
Liquid nitrogen cooled high purity germanium (HPGe) detectors with planar configuration have been used for decades to accurately determine…
THE 9975 SHIPPING PACKAGE LTE PREDICTION EFFORTS UPDATE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bereket Kiflu
Abstract:
The 9975 shipping package, a robust drum-style Type B Fissile Package, is used for transport and storage of Plutonium metals or oxides. At…
The Alliance of Advanced Process Control and Accountability – A Future Safeguards-By- Design Tool
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gregg Lumetta, James Bresee
Abstract:
For any chemical separation process producing a valuable product, a material balance is an important process control measurement. That is…
The Benefits of Being Bad: Advancing Nuclear Security Education through Adversary Based Exercises
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard L. Hall, Stephen Dahunsi, Michael B. Shattan, Adam G Seybert
Abstract:
Over the last several decades, simulations and tabletop exercises have maintained prominence as key tools for training and assessment of…
The Capacity-Building Support Needs of States with Small Quantities Protocols
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kalman A. Robertson, Mizuki Hirai, Jaime Vidaurre-Henry
Abstract:
Each non-nuclear-weapon State party to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is required to conclude a comprehensive safeguards agreement (…
The effect of U.S. nuclear energy cooperation on recipient states’ nonproliferation policies: A case study of U.S.-China nuclear cooperation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonas Siegel
Abstract:
The relative decline in the U.S. export of nuclear power technologies and in the nuclear generating capacity of U.S. operators has raised…
The effects of fission neutron correlations in Monte Carlo simulations of neutron multiplicity counters
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H.O. Menlove, Andreas Enqvist, R. Weinmann-Smith, Madison T. Andrews, A.C. Trahan, M.E. Rising
Abstract:
Monte Carlo simulations are frequently used in safeguards to model neutron multiplicity detectors. The simulations typically sample…
THE HEXAPARTITE SAFEGUARDS PROJECT OR: HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE MULTINATIONAL ENRICHMENT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark E. Walker
Abstract:
The IAEA’s first model safeguards approach for gas centrifuge enrichment plants (GCEPs) was developed in the early 1980s under the…
The History of Highly Enriched Uranium Production in China
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hui Zhang
Abstract:
China has not declared officially that it has ended fissile materials production for weapons. Based on new public information, this work…
THE HISTORY OF PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION IN CHINA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hui Zhang
Abstract:
China has kept information about its stocks of fissile materials and nuclear weapons secret. Based on new public information, it is…
THE INDUSTRY’S WAR OF ATTRITION ON FORCE-ON-FORCE INSPECTIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edwin S. Lyman
Abstract:
Force-on-force (FOF) exercises, if properly conducted, are excellent ways for a regulator to assessthe effectiveness of nuclear facility…
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s Experience Verifying Spent Fuel Using the Digital Cerenkov Viewing Device
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Orton, Davide Parise, Stefan Lackner, Stefan Jung, Désiré Belemsaga, Leonor Turtos Carbonell, Francoise Muelhauser, Gabriel Bernasconi, Alain Lebrun
Abstract:
The Digital Cerenkov Viewing Device (DCVD) has been used for many years by International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA) safeguards inspectors…
The Meaning of “Control” in “SSAC”
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kalman A. Robertson, Mizuki Hirai, Jaime Vidaurre-Henry
Abstract:
This paper considers historical, legal and technical bases for including “control” of nuclear material as part of a State’s system of…
The Navy Considers Low-Enriched Uranium (LEU) for Naval Propulsion
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George M. Moore
Abstract:
The U.S. Navy is one of the largest non-weapons users of High Enriched Uranium (HEU) in the 1 world. In 2016 the Navy responded to…
The Nuclear Security Education Program at the University of Tennessee
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard L. Hall
Abstract:
The University of Tennessee (UT) developed its first formal and coordinated efforts in nuclearsecurity education in 2008-2009 with its…
The Transition from Radioactive Source-Based Irradiators to Alternative Technologies: How the Cesium Irradiator Replacement Program Was Implemented at the University of Alabama at Birmingham
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Baumann, Frank G. Cocina Jr., Lance Garrison, Robert J. Heath, Jr.
Abstract:
This paper highlights the University of Alabama at Birmingham’s (UAB) experience intransitioning from radioactive source-based irradiators…
THERMAL EVALUATION OF TEMPERATURE VARIATIONS FOR PWR FUEL IN THE NAC-STC TRANSPORT CASK
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mike Yaksh, Ph.D., Alan S. Lin
Abstract:
Thermal analyses have been performed to determine the fuel temperature variations that can occur during transport of PWR fuel in the NAC-…