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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Timothy R. Twomey, Ronald M. Keyser
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There is often a need for measuring small samples in association with field surveys especially in situations where the activity consists…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathan Sanborn, Dunbar Lockwood, Mark Goodman, George Anzelon
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Under the state-level concept (SLC), the IAEA identifies fo r each state a set of possible acquisition paths by which the st ate could…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard O. Menlove, Martyn T. Swinhoe, Carlos D. Rael, Taketeru Nagatani, Johnna B. Marlow, Shinji Nakajima, Akane Kawasue, Shiromo Hideo
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The Advanced Fuel Assembly Assay System (AFAS) is an unattended non-destructive assay (NDA) system using neutron measurement to verify the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Pratik Shah, Vipin Shukla
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A physical protection system (PPS) combines, people, various procedures, technologies and equipment for the protection of valuable assets…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.M. Whitaker, J.R. Garner, B.T. Dabbs
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The International Safeguards Group at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory installed and commissioned a Platform Scale Testing Center designed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Roberta Mulford, Rene Chavarria, Diane J. Spengler, Mike Stoll
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Particle sizes and morphologies of 238PuO2 obtained from aqueous processing may differ, according to the details of the processing.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis E. Benker, R. M. Wham, L. K. Felker
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A new supply chain is planned for production of 238Pu using existing reactors at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Idaho National…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. J. Hurt, R. W. Hobbs, J. D. Freels
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A campaign is underway to provide a new supply of plutonium-238 using existing nuclear research reactors at the Oak Ridge National…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George J. Havrilla, Kathryn McIntosh, Zewu Chen
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Plutonium characterization is a critical aspect of safeguards operations of spent nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities. hiRX has the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Cleveland, Stephen Croft, Robert D. McElroy, Jr.
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Neutron coincidence and neutron multiplicity counting have long been essential tools in international safeguards and M aterial C ontrol and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Liu Xiaobo, Yin Yangpeng, Chen Ligao
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On the demand of material control and assay(MC&A) of plutonium metal components used or deposited in lab for critical assembly research…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kory Budlong-Sylvester, George Anzelon, Chantell L. Murphy, Celia Reynolds
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Under the International Atomic Energy Agency ’s State-level concept, the implementation of safeguards in any particular State with a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. A. Joseph III, R. E. Hale
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To support used nuclear fuel waste management system (WMS) architecture studies for the US Department of Energy (DOE), process flow…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Hobbs, Matthew Moran, Hassan El-Bahtimy
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This paper outlines activities by King’s College London over the past three years to su pport professional development…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yusuke Kuno, Masaru Watahiki, Yoshiki Kimura, Nobuo Shinohara, Nobufumi Toda, Yoshio Funatake
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In accordance with the national statement issued by the Japan Government at 2010 Nuclear Security Summit (Washington D.C., USA) to develop…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthias Engler, Moritz Kütt, Friederike Frieß
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Like other intense neutron sources fusion reactors could be used for military purposes. Although the use of fissile material is usually not…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Friederike Frieß, Moritz Kütt
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This pap er contributes to the literature on proliferation risks of small modular reactors. After a general discussion of SMR developments…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas E. Shea, Melissa S. Hersh
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This special session has been organized to examine the role of proliferation resistance in connection with the possible implementation of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Kwan-Kyoo Choe, Jin Young LEE
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The goal of this paper is to find out general aspects of the International Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security Academy(INSA) in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Maikael A. Thomas, Jay Brotz, George Baldwin
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The Enhanced Data Authentication System (EDAS) is a concept for branching measurement data from existing operator-owned instrumentation to…