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Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:3
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This paper evaluates the use of a neutron generator source to interrogatespent nuclear fuel to measure the plutonium content.The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL) has a numerous inventory containing thousands of plutonium and uranium certified reference materials. The…
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Neutron counting systems used for nuclear safeguards applications have traditionally relied on the use of Helium-3 proportional counters;…
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:2
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Knowledge of the physical parameters of irradiated nuclear fuel isgoing to be a key issue for the continued and future use of nuclearenergy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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Over the last decade, efforts by the safeguards community, including inspectorates, governments, operators and owners of centrifuge…
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One way to reduce the amount of weapons-grade plutonium is to convert it to mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel and then burn it in existing reactors.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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Neutron multiplicity counting is an established measurement technique for estimating properties of special nuclear material (SNM). Point…
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Antineutrino monitoring has the potential to strengthen the IAEA safeguards regime. In September 2011, the first meeting of the Ad Hoc IAEA…
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For safeguards verification of the feed material (spent fuel), product outputs, and waste forms from the electrochemical processing, it is…
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For safeguards verification of the feed material (spent fuel), product outputs and waste forms from the electrochemical processing, it is…
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This paper reports on the development and testing performed to demonstrate the use of flow forming as an alternate method of manufacturing…
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Room temperature (RT) gamma detectors are simple and easy to use in the verification of nuclear material. They are normally lighter and…
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This paper describes the calibration process of a commercial Hybrid K-Edge/XRF Densitometry (HKED) system for the quantification of MOX…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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This paper describes the calibration process of a commercial Hybrid K-Edge/XRF Densitometry (HKED) system for the quantification of MOX…
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The Safeguards-By-Design (SBD) is recommended as an approach, in which the international safeguards is fully integrated from the design…
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:4
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The application of a Safeguards-By-Design (SBD) concept is nowwidely acknowledged as a fundamental consideration for the effectiveand…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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As a one of the requirements to introduce the Integrated Safeguards that IAEA and Japan agreed to Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP), IAEA…
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:4
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The reduction and eventual elimination of nuclear threats toglobal peace and security remains a high priority for governmentsaround the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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Radioactive calibration standards, especially those containing special nuclear material, are increasingly difficult to obtain. Safety,…
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Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy is an analysis technology to measure the emission spectra of excited elements in the local plasma of a…