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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dunbar Lockwood, J.R. Younkin, Nathan Rowe, J.R. Garner, R.S. Snow
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New safeguards measures involving unattended process monitoring are being investigated to more effectively achieve International Atomic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hui Zhang
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Establishing modern, well-designed nuclear material protection, control, and accounting (MPC&A) systems to secure nuclear material in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.C. Pederson
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In spring 2012 a political science course, “Arms Control and Non-Proliferation,” was taught at the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public…
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:4
Author(s):David L. Chichester, James W. Sterbentz
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Neutron resonance transmission analysis (NRTA) is an activeinterrogationnondestructive assay (NDA) technique capableof assaying spent…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.L. Chichester, James W. Sterbentz
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Neutron resonance transmission analysis (NRTA) is an active-interrogation nondestructive assay (NDA) technique capable of assaying spent…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martin E. Nelson, Michael J. Martin
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Use of bremsstrahlung is one of the most mature active interrogation technologies under development for searching for small quantities of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chris Toomey, Evan Wyse, Ben Ford, Andrew Kurzrok
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While the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has enjoyed substantial success and prestige in the international community, there is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. W. Hunt, B.A. Ludewigt, V. Mozin, E. Reddy
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High-energy, beta-delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy is investigated as a nondestructive assay technique for the determination of plutonium…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Monteith, A. Maddison, C. Fricke-Begemann
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Among the recent technical developments in Safeguards applications, Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS) provides a promising…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Mihalczo, James Mullens, Jason Hayward, Alicia L. Swift
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This work tests a systematic procedure for analyzing data acquired by the Nuclear Materials Identification System (NMIS) at Oak Ridge…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Collins
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Facilities that produce or handle mixed uranium-plutonium oxide (U-Pu MOX) have the need to measure the U and Pu content of MOX materials.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vincent J. Jodoin, Mateusz Monterial, Jordan P. Lefebvre, Douglas E. Peplow
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Nuclear forensic teams will be deployed to collect and evaluate fallout samples on the ground in the scenario of a low-yield nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert D. McKeag, Kyrlakos Tsorbatzoglou
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10 B lined proportional counters consisting of clusters of small tubelets have emerged as a leading replacement technology for 3 He tubes…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bradley M. Loftin, Glenn A. Abramczyk
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Over the past two years, the Model 9977 Shipping Package has been subjected to a series of ballistics tests. The purpose of the testing was…
Type:JNMM
Volume:41
Issue:1
Author(s):Mark L. Maiello
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Todd Masse, a national security analystcurrently working at the U.S. NuclearRegulatory Commission, has produceda book worthy of textbook…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Franklin H. DuBose
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Plutonium measurements which use the common gamma-ray/passive neutron combination are highly sensitive to the presence of impurities,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Delgado
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One of the biggest challenges in Nuclear Non-Proliferation is locating a radioactive isotope in a given radioactive field. The problem can…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jennifer Tanner, Faranak Nekoogar, Sharon DeLand, Regina Griego, Gerald Schotik
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Potential future arms control initiatives may require new technical accountability measures that could include chain of custody (CoC)…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Heather Kauffman, Gennady V. Vasilevich
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The Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research – Sosny (JIPNR-Sosny) is engaged in multilateral projects focused on upgrading the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven L. Ward, Thomas L. Pham
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will publish the draft version of Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 74 “Material…