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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald Kovacic, Mark Killinger, Ike Therios, Linda Hansen, Valerie Finch, Justin Reed, Ron Cain, Hannah Hale
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In 1997, the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA’s) Board of Governors approved the Model Additional Protocol (AP). As of May 19,…
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Author(s):Adam D. Williams, Mercy B. DeMenno
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The growth and evolution of safety, security and safeguards (3S) challenges to the nuclear fuel cycle (NFC)—whether stemming from…
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Author(s):Alexander Glaser, Sebastien Philippe, Ulrich Rührmair, Raheem Barnett
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Nuclear arms-control treaty verification tasks such as warhead authentication, or counting and tracking treaty accountable items in…
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Author(s):Richard JE Brown, Grant Christopher, Joanna Kidd, Andrew Stevenson
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Safeguards information analysis is, by nature, a multi-source discipline. There is, however, no consistent methodology for the assessment…
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Author(s):Hassan Elbahtimy, Wyn Bowen, Matthew Moran
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This paper sets out some of the findings of a two-year research project to explore the nature and influence of trust in nuclear warhead…
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Author(s):J.S. Bellamy, Natraj C. Iyer, K. A. Dunn, Daniel Leduc
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Recent Nuclear Security Summits have highlighted the need for a global commitment tominimize excess weapons usable separated plutonium…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.M. Giaquinto, C. R. Hexel, S. P. Singh, Wu Zhaohui
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In March of 2016, a grand opening ceremony was held in Beijing, China to mark the beginning of operations for the Center of Excellence (COE…
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Author(s):Morris S. Good, L. Eric Smith, Glen A. Warren, A. Mark Jones, Surajit Roy, Traci Moran, Katye Denslow
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A key enabling capability for enrichment plant safeguards being considered by theInternational Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is high-accuracy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F. Littmann, Chiara Clementi
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Sweden will store nuclear spent fuel in long term geological repositories, inserted into copper canisters, buried into the bedrock. All…
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Author(s):Anibal Bonino, Francois Littmann
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The paper describes a project related to the underwater sealing of spent fuel assemblies for Atucha reactors in Argentina, near Buenos…
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Author(s):Alexander Glaser, Mark E. Walker, Robert J. Goldston
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This paper investigates the use of moderated boron-lined proportional counters for unattended measurement of 235U flows in feed and…
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Author(s):Robert J. Goldston, Mark E. Walker, Andrei Khodak
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Modern commercial-scale gas centrifuge enrichment plants (GCEPs) havesufficient separative work capacity to produce many significant…
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Author(s):Edward Ifft
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It appears very likely that a coalition of willing countries and Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) will negotiate a treaty legally…
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Author(s):Bruce W. Moran, Jill N. Cooley
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Under the State-level concept for safeguards implementation, safeguards conclusions for a State are based on the evaluation of all…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jay Disser, Zoe N. Gastelum, Justin Reed, Lauren Boldon
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Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) are a rapidly developing technology, which is increasingly available for novice users on the commercial…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yana Feldman, Justin Reed
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The Physical Model is used by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Department of Safeguards as a representation of the nuclear…
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Author(s):Alain Rialhe, Irmgard Niemeyer, Joshua Rutkowski
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States with additional protocols [1] to comprehensive safeguards agreements in force are required under Article 2.a.(iii) to submit to the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Richir, Pascal Dransart, P. Buchet
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The DG JRC and the DG ENER have designed and installed detection, measuring and containment & surveillance equipment pieces in a…
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Author(s):Michael Duitsman, Bryan Lee, Margarita Kalinina-Pohl, William Potter
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Locating and securing orphan radioactive sources are oft-overlooked problems in nuclear materials management. To address these challenges,…
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Author(s):M. Devlin, Shaun D. Clarke, Sara A. Pozzi, Robert C. Haight, Patricia Schuster, Matthew Marcath, Patrick Talou
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Nuclear fission is a complex de-excitation whereby an unstable heavy nucleus splits into two, or more, smaller fragments, releasing…