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Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:3
Author(s):Pauline Blanc, Howard Menlove, Stephen Tobin, S. Croft, A. Favalli
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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
Author(s):J.R. Younkin, R. Kuziel, Lynn Preston, Brigham Thomas, Colleen G. Gradle, Michael J. Kuhn, Leesa Laymance
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New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL) has a numerous inventory containing thousands of plutonium and uranium certified reference materials. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eric Weissman, K. McKinny, T. Anderson, Sasha Philips, Kevin S. McKinny, Nathan H. Johnson, Brian M. Young
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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
Author(s):Dina Chernikova, Vadim Romodanov, Valeriy Sakharov, Anastasia Isakova
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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
Author(s):Kevin R. Hase, Heather H. Erpenbeck, Brian D. Boyer
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Over the last decade, efforts by the safeguards community, including inspectorates, governments, operators and owners of centrifuge…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas G. Saller, Douglas A. Fynan, Andrew M. Ward, Tom Downar, John C. Lee
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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
Author(s):Alex M. Okowita, John Mattingly
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Neutron multiplicity counting is an established measurement technique for estimating properties of special nuclear material (SNM). Point…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. S. Bowden, A. Bernstein, Thomas E. Shea, B. Cabrera-Palmer, T. Classen, S. Kiff, D. Reyna, L. Kogler, A. Erickson
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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…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Taehoon Lee, Heesung Shin, Ho Dong Kim, Seong-Kyu Ahn, Bo-Young Han, Se-Hwan Park
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For safeguards verification of the feed material (spent fuel), product outputs, and waste forms from the electrochemical processing, it is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ho-Dong Kim, Tae-Hoon Lee, Hee-Sung Shin, Seong-Kyu Ahn, Bo-Young Han, Se-Hwan Park
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For safeguards verification of the feed material (spent fuel), product outputs and waste forms from the electrochemical processing, it is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kurt R. Eberl, P. S. Blanton, G. A. Abramczyk
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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…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Koestlbauer, V. Nizhnik, G. Sheppard
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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…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Philips, Marcel Villani, Andrey Bosko
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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
Author(s):Marcel Villani, Andrey Bosko
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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
Author(s):Dae Yong Song, Seong-Kyu Ahn, H. D. Kim, B. Y. Han, T. H. Lee
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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
Author(s):H. D. Kim, H. S. Shin H. S. Shin, D. Y. Song, T. H. Lee T. H. Lee, D. Y. Ham D. Y. Ham, S. K. Ahn, S. H. Park
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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
Author(s):Koichi ISHIYAMA, Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, Tsuyoshi Hayakawa
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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
Author(s):M. A. C. Hotchkis M. A. C. Hotchkis, D. P. Child, K. Wilcken
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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
Author(s):Bob Ceo, Joe Wachter
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Radioactive calibration standards, especially those containing special nuclear material, are increasingly difficult to obtain. Safety,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ho-Dong Kim, Hee-Sung Shin, Ho Dong Kim, Bo-Young Han, Bo-Young Han, Youn-Shil Kim
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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…