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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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Bulk uranium items are often measured using active neutron interrogation systems to take advantage of the high penetrability of neutrons,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
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DGDM is originally a type B package designed by the CEA to transport technological solid waste. This waste contains organic elements which…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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An important aspect of nuclear facility operations is risk management. Until recently, risk management has not been applied in a holistic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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A new neutron multiplicity analysis method for uranium samples with liquid scintillators is introduced. An active well-type fast neutron…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The U.S. nuclear power industry currently employs a variety of hazard and failure analysis methods for evaluating and managing potential…
Type:JNMM
Volume:44
Issue:4
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This paper presents three neutron methods to measure the plutonium content in mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies that verifies the neutron…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
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When preparing for the decommissioning of a nuclear facility, during its “end of life” management and while performing the actual…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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Nonproliferation issues seldom factor into design criteria for nuclear reactors. With numerous advance reactors pursued globally, this will…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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For nuclear material accounting purposes, it may be necessary to determine the variance of the estimated quantity of nuclear material in a…
A Probabilistic Model for Stress Corrosion Cracking of Stainless Steel SNF Interim Storage Canisters
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
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In the U.S., spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is stored in dry storage cask systems for long-term interim storage. The systems commonly used…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The International Nuclear Safeguards Engagement Program (INSEP), a part of the United States Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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A crude nuclear bomb detonated in an urban area could kill hundreds of thousands of people, cost hundreds of billions of dollars, and have…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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A security assessment tool that enable the management of a small nuclear or radiological facility to understand properly their PPS…
Type:JNMM
Volume:44
Issue:4
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In 2009, the United States abandoned its decades-long policy of spent fuel management that envisioned all commercial and defense nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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According to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1540, existing export controls are no longer voluntary, and have become mandatory…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
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The mechanical studies for type-A and type-B packages are focused in part on the tie-down system (in application of Art. 607, 613 and 638…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
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According to the IAEA Regulations (SSR-6i) packages shall be capable of withstanding the effects of accelerations arising from routine…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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International safeguards regulations state that a physical inventory take, and subsequent verification, shall be performed in each material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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A systems-based approach to acquisition path analysis was developed under a request by the International Atomic Energy Agency Member State…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
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Commercially available multi-purpose concrete based systems can be efficiently adapted for storing vitrified high level waste (HLW)…