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Enhancing the EC's analytical capabilities for environmental sample analysis for nuclear safeguards purposes by the establishment of a new Large Geometry Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (LG-SIMS) laboratory.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.M.L. Hedberg, P. Peres, T. Fanghaenel, K. Luetzenkirchen, K. Mayer, P. Meylemans, P. Schwalbach, M. Wallenius
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Nuclear activities unavoidably leave fingerprints in the environment. Such fingerprints may consist of characteristic building structures…
ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY’S SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM1
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dunbar Lockwood, Mark Goodman, J. Stephen Adams, Ph.D., Adam Scheinman
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In order to be prepared for the challenges ahead, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) needs to improve its capabilities to apply…
Enhancing the Material Control & Accounting Measurement System at the State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation – Institute for Physics and Power Engineering named after A.I. Leypunsky
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. M. Bezhunov, S. A. Bogdanov, V. V. Talanov, B.G. Ryazanov, V. M. Gorbachev, C.P. Scherer
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The paper presents the results of work performed on creating site-level standard reference materials (SRMs) of uranium and developing and…
Envisioning(a(Large-scale(Deployment(of(Small(Modular(Reactors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. V. Ramana, Alexander Glaser, Laura Berzak Hopkins
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Small!Modular!Reactors!(SMR)!with!power!levels!much!smaller!than!the! currently!standard!1,000–1,600!MWe!reactor!designs!have!been!held!out…
Estimated sensitivity of the antineutrino probe for future reactor monitoring
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Fallot
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In the late seventies was born the idea that nuclear reactor antineutrinos could be used for reactor monitoring. Several experiments…
Evaluating Safeguards Benefits of Process Monitoring as Compared with Nuclear Material Accountancy
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tom Burr, Allen Bakel, Wen-Chiao Lin, Scott DeMuth, Humberto Garcia, Reed Carlson
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This paper illustrates potential safeguards benefits that process monitoring (PM) may have as a diversion deterrent and as a complementary…
Evaluating the State of Physical Protection System at a Nuclear Facility
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Iurii Soltys
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The objective of this paper is to share our experience in evaluating the state of a physical protection system at a nuclear facility, using…
Evaluation of the United States Support Program’s Internship and Junior Professional Officer Programs
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan Pepper, Jessica Cruz, Jade Patterson
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The U.S. Support Program (USSP) to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards established a program of one-year paid internships…
Evolving Expansion of SRS Category I Storage Capability
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.R. Hackney, Richard E. Koenig
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The K-Area Material Storage (KAMS) Project at the Savannah River Site converted an idle Reactor Building into a secure Category 1 storage…
Evolving the State-Level Concept: Project Review & Update
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James Casterton
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The IAEA is moving safeguards implementation away from the traditional, mechanistic application of generic safeguards criteria focused on…
Examining 239Pu and 240Pu Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Measurements on Spent Fuel for Nuclear Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.A. Ludewigt, Brian J. Quiter, Thibault Laplace
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In nuclear resonance ?uorescence (NRF) measurements, resonances are excited by an external photon beam leading to the emission of gamma…
Expanding OSRP’s Mission in Recovering New Isotopes for WIPP Disposal
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Julia Whitworth, Ioana Witkowski, Mike Pearson
Abstract:
For the past twelve years, the Off-Site Source Recovery Project (OSRP) operating within the Global Threat Reduction Program (GTRI), of the…
External Review of the Next Generation Safeguards Initiatives Spent Fuel Nondestructive Assay Project
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:3
Author(s):William S. Charlton, Marc A. Humphrey
Abstract:
The Next Generation Safeguards Initiative spent fuel nondestructiveassay project is developing new safeguards technologies foruse in…
FACILITY SAFEGUARDABILITY ASSESSMENT: A TOOLKIT FOR SAFEGUARDS BY DESIGN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shirley Johnson, John Hockert, Robert Bari, Michael Zentner, Karyn Durbin, Ernest Gitau, Ed Wonder
Abstract:
There is a growing volume of literature describing Safeguards By Design (SBD) “good practices” for a number of different types of nuclear…
Fast Neutron Imaging for Materials Accountancy of Uranium Hexafluoride
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Kiff, Erik Brubaker, Mark Gerling, Peter Marleau, Wondwosen Mengesha
Abstract:
One of the most important problems in nonproliferation is monitoring the degree of enrichment from uranium enrichment plants. Enrichment…
Fast Neutron Time Encoding Imaging for Special Nuclear Material Detection
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Aaron Nowack, Mark Gerling, Kyle McMillan, J. Steele, John Steele
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Rising concerns in monitoring the presence and movement of special nuclear material (SNM) highlight the need for improved reliable neutron…
Fast-Neutron Coded-Aperture Imaging of Special Nuclear Material Configurations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. A. Hausladen, P. Marleau, E. Brubaker, D. L. Chichester, M. A. Blackston, R. J. Newby
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In the past year, a prototype fast-neutron coded-aperture imager has been developed that has sufficient efficiency and resolution to make…
Feasibility Studies and Development of NDA Technologies for NM in the Melted Fuels of Fukushima-Daiichi NPP
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Takehito Hayakawa, Ryoichi Hajima, Michio Seya, Christopher T. Angell, Alan Michael Bolind, Hideo Harada, Fumito Kitatani, Mitsuo Koizumi
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This paper presents, at first conceptual methods for the removal of melted fuel in the reactor and containment vessels of Units 1 - 3 of…
Feasibility Study of Gamma Spectroscopy of Low-Volatile FPs for Special Nuclear Material Accountancy in Molten Core Material
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yusuke Kuno, Masaru Watahiki, Hiroshi Sagara, Hirofumi Tomikawa
Abstract:
In the present paper, reviewing the technologies applied to TMI-2, feasibility study of gamma spectroscopy of low-volatile fission…
Feasibility Study of Gamma Spectroscopy of Low-Volatile FPs for Special Nuclear Material Accountancy in Molten Core Material
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yusuke Kuno, Masaru Watahiki, Hiroshi Sagara
Abstract:
In the present paper, reviewing the technologies applied to TMI-2, feasibility study of gamma spectroscopy of low-volatile fission products…