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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):KAZUHIKO KATAYAMA, ATSUSHI OTSUKA, MITSUYUKI NOMURA, HIROYUKI YAMAMOTO
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In Japan, a dry metal cask is used for interim storage of spent fuels. For the containment of radioactive material in dry metal cask, the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A. K. Langston, K. M. Martin
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Verification and Validation is the largest area within software quality assurance activities. Verification provides evidence or…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michelle Nuttall, Gary Jones, Yoshiyuki Fujita
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Various kinds of radioactive waste are generated from nuclear power and fuel cycle facilities. These materials have to be treated, stored…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Mathonat, F. Bachelet, G. Jossens
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For more than 40 years, large volume calorimeters developed by SETARAM Instrumentation, have been used for nuclear applications including…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jean-Luc Lachaume
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Thank you for the kind introduction. Good morning ladies and gentlemen. It is a pleasure and an honor for me to be here with you this…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Toshiari Saegusa
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The presentation covers the current roadmap of spent fuel management and report of investigation, maintenance, dry casks at the Fukushima…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George M. Moore
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The term “nuclear material” is used in the media, academia, and in international legal instruments, non-binding and binding guidelines,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edwin S. Lyman
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The Department of Energy (DOE) is constructing a MOX fuel fabrication facility (MFFF) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in order to convert…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Harold Wheat Jr.
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The Y-12 Plant EUO Chemical Recovery Area has a series of horizontal holding tanks and a series of extraction columns. Prior to the plant…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas L. Finch
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“A day in the life” of a MBA Custodian at theY-12 National Security Complex is not limited to the responsibility for oversight and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Faranak Nekoogar, Farid Dowla
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We demonstrated proof-of-concept semi-automated GPR-based synthetic aperture radar (GPR-SAR) platform, with advanced signal processing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Kosierb, P. Button, R. Awad
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In order to perform their verification duties, IAEA inspectors require robust, lightweight, user-friendly and proven instrumentation. The…
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:4
Author(s):R. Kosierb, P. Button, R. Awad
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In order to perform their verification duties, International AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA) inspectors require robust, lightweight,user-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michio Seya, Alan Michael Bolind
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In recent years, the US Department of Energy has renewed research in a wide variety of non-destructive- assay (NDA) techniques, through its…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. S. Bowden, A. Bernstein, S. Dazeley, G. Keefer, B. Cabrera-Palmer, T. Classen, S. Kiff, D. Reyna, L. Kogler, A. Erickson
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Antineutrino detection has been demonstrated to provide verification of commercial reactor operation and fissile material content for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Boyer, Carolynn P. Scherer
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There are several standards that specify criteria for identifying uranium hexafluoride (UF6) cylinders. The most common international…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Irmgard Niemeyer, Clemens Listner, Gotthard Stein, Arnold Rezniczek, Morton J. Canty
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With the introduction of the Additional Protocol, the concept of Integrated Safe- guards was elaborated by the IAEA. It has changed the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.S. Bellamy, S. J. Nathan, G. A. Abramczyk, B. M. Loftin
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The Small Gram Quantity (SGQ) concept is based on the understanding that the hazards associated with the shipment of a radioactive material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Huszti, T. Ridnik, J. Bagi
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This paper presents a multi-energy model for estimation of fissile mass. The model assumes that each neutron in the system has a different…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ron Jeffcoat, Greg Okopal, Lane Owsley
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Detection and identification of shielded and masked nuclear materials is crucial to national security, but vast borders and high volumes of…