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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexander Glaser, Malte Göttsche
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Gamma-ray spectrometry has been successfully employed to identify unique items containing special nuclear materials. The technique is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sharon Robinson, Brad Patton, Ben Watts
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) issued guidance in the form of DOE Order 410.2, Management of Nuclear Materials, which authorized the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George Weeks, Rick Poland, Dan Krementz
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During fiscal year 2015, Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) led a team of Arms Control and technology development subject matter…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick Jacot, Therese Donlevy
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This “First of the Kind” :nuclear material transport has presented always some challenge and require high professionalism of our experts.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew M. Eyre, K. Scot Leuenroth, Daisuke Nagasawa, Toshiaki Yamazaki, Aaron C. Herfurth
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Many commercial nuclear reactor spent fuel pool storage racks and storage and transportation packages incorporate neutron absorber material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.S. Smith, W.A. Peters, S.T. Pittman, S.J. Thompson, R.R.C. Clement
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Alpha particles emitted from the decay of uranium in a UF6 matrix can interact with fluorine and generate neutrons via the 19F + a –>…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Brian E. Hempy
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Fissile shipping packages are fabricated from materials governed by recognized international standards to ensure that consistent, traceable…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Li Guoqiang, Zhang Jiangang, Zhuang Dajie, Luo Xiaowei, Sun Hongchao, Wang Xuexin
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The container is the unique physical barrier during the transport period, which shall be enough tightness to withstand possible collision…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Stavroula Vogiatzi, Armin Lagumdzija, Joseph Cremona, Hassan Bsat, Soumia Zeroual, Isabel Paiva
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In order to promote more effective interaction and coordination between competent authorities at a working level, a first Mediterranean…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sunil Chirayath, Mohammad A. Hawila
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Security executives need to know how much security risk reduction can be “purchased” by adding capability to an existing physical…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexander Glaser, Sharon DeLand, Jay Brotz, Andrew Kim, Benjamin R. Reimold
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Next-generation nuclear disarmament treaties may place limits on the total number of nuclear weapons in some arsenals. Verifying such…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vipin Shukla, Chaitanyamoy Ganguly
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The present generation of nuclear power reactors are thermal neutron reactors that derive energy from the fission of U235, the only fissile…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lina Dimberg, Susanne Marschner, Ray Goodrich, Richard Gonzales
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Functional leukocytes in blood components may be responsible for a number of adverse transfusion effects, including TA-GVHD. Transfusion-…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Philip Jensen, Nicholas Klymyshyn, Steven Ross, Paul McConnell
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The Used Fuel Disposition Campaign (UFDC) has been established by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy (DOE-NE), to…
Type:JNMM
Volume:44
Issue:3
Author(s):L. Eric Smith, Kenneth D. Jarman, Richard S. Wittman, Mital A. Zalavadia, Jose March-Leuba
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has developed an On-Line Enrichment Monitor (OLEM) as one possible component in a new…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nick J. Bridges, Sean Branney, C. Verst
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In 1969 an irradiation campaign began at SRS using targets composed primarily of Pu242. The goal of this campaign was the production of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John A. Halsema
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Until recently, security design for systems and personnel at nuclear stations has been based heavily on regulation and the judgement of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Nicholas Klymyshyn, Philip Jensen, Nathan P. Barrett
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The US Department of Energy Used Fuel Disposition program is performing research to determine the loading conditions that used nuclear fuel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Mitsufumi Asami, Hideyuki Oka
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A numerical simulation model that consists of an ocean flow model, called MASs-CONsistent flow simulation model (MASCON), and a dispersion…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bradley Loftin, G. A. Abramczyk, Richard Koenig
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The Pantex Plant developed a device for the partial removal of the containment vessel from a Model 9977 Shipping Package in order to…