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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Steven Ross, Ralph Best, Philip Jensen, Nicholas Klymyshyn, Paul McConnell, W.L. Uncapher, Sylvia Saltzstein, Ken Sorenson, Brady Hanson, William Shust, David Garrido Quevedo, Jeff England, Russ Walker, Stan Gurule, Ruben Pena
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The objective of the shock and vibration testing program is to quantify mechanical loads on fuel assembly components that would occur…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Mason
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A new organization, the NBL Program Office, has been formed with the purpose of ensuring that nuclear material measurements are performed…
Type:JNMM
Volume:44
Issue:2
Author(s):E. Bonner, T. Burr, T. Krieger, C. Norman, K. Zhao, D.H. Beddingfield, T. Lee, M. Laughter, W. Geist
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In order for the Department of Safeguards to provide credible assurance that states are honoring their safeguards obligations,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard L. Hall, John D. Auxier II, Michael B. Shattan
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Environmental sampling in the context of nuclear safeguards has seen expanded use and authority in recent years, given the recent Joint…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Vangeline Parami, Shazia Fayyaz, Meherun Nahar, Mykola Kurylchyk, Christopher Bajwa
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1. BackgroundWith the increasing volume of domestic and international transport of radioactive material, each State should establish…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Rainer Nöring, Dr. Sascha Klappert
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According to the German Atomic Energy Act, the safe storage of the irradiated nuclear fuel in transport and storage casks inside interim…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nathan C. Rowe, Donald Kovacic, Angela Lousteau, Louise Worrall, Ram Venkataraman
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The Safeguards and Security Laboratories at the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provide nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick D. Lynch, Howard L. Hall, Joseph R. Stainback IV, PhD, Stephen Dahunsi, John D. Auxier II, Matthew T. Cook, Ferlin McGaskey
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The current demand for electricity and concern of the climate change in emerging countries has led to the rise in the number of nations…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Anna Wikmark
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Despite today’s increasingly more reliable operation of nuclear power plants, failed fuel rods exist in all Swedish nuclear power plants.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rossitza Homan, Tamara Brown
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Over the last two decades a number of United States Government (USG) programs have established international partnerships and facilitated…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Favalli, C. Dubi, Stephen Croft, A. Ocherasvili, B. Pedersen
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In standard practice of Neutron Multiplicity Counting (NMC), the first three fac- torial moments of the event triggered neutron count…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Daisuke Tsumune, Takaki Tsubono, Kazuhiro Misumi
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The requirement for a 200 m water submersion test for irradiated fuel packages was originally added to the 1985 edition of the Regulations…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):João G.M. Gonçalves, K. Luetzenkirchen, W. Janssens, S. Abousahl, Zdenka Palajova, Paul Meylemans
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The European Commission does its research and development activities and provision of expert and technical support to the IAEA with the aim…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. Geist, D. Henzlova, A. Favalli, Vlad Henzl, Stephen Croft, Katrina Koehler, T. Cutler, B. Parker
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Current passive neutron multiplicity counting (PNMC) assay methodology is based on the measurement of correlated rates up to the third…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kouamé N'Guessan, M. Idir, Jean PAVAGEAU, Thomas Cuvillier, Nabiha Chaumeix
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The aim of the present work is to assess the risk of explosion in closed containments used for the transportation of nuclear materials or…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Masatoshi Kureta, Akira Ohzu, Masao Komeda, Hiroshi Tobita, Makoto Maeda, Tatjana Bogucarska
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The JAEA and EC/JRC have started collaborative research to develop a technique that can be utilized for quantification of high radioactive…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam Burak, Abraham Jurovitzki, Michael F. Simpson
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When trying to minimize proliferation risk in high temperature nuclear fuel reprocessing, or pyroprocessing, the focus is typically on the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Haitang Wang, C. Greulich
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The objective of this research project is to investigate the feasibility of imaging the spent fuel assemblies and the feasibility of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Yuko Sakamoto, Koji Shirai, Toshiko Udagawa, K. Namba
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In Japan, Nuclear Power Plant facilities must be protected against the tornado missile impact prescribed by regulatory requirement amended…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marc-André Charette, Trevor Dixon
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The World Nuclear Transport Institute (WNTI) has a long-standing Uranium Concentrate Working Group. This group has developed a first good…