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Precedents for Authorization of Contents using Dose Rate Measurements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. J. Nathan, G. A. Abramczyk, B. M. Loftin, J. S. Bellamy
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For the transportation of Radioactive Material (RAM) packages, the requirements for the maximum allowed dose rate at the package surface…
Predictive Fallout Composition Modeling: Improvements and Applications of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David A. Hooper, Vincent J. Jodoin
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This paper outlines several improvements to the Particle Activity Module of the Defense Land Fallout Interpretive Code (DELFIC). The…
Preliminary Performance Results for a Hybrid K-Edge Densitometer (HKED) Installed at the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Venkataraman, R.D. McElroy, J. A. Chapman, C. Romano
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The Hybrid K-Edge Densitometer (HKED) is a high-precision assay system developed to provide the uranium and plutonium concentrations in the…
Preliminary Simulations for Geometric Optimization of a High-Energy Delayed Gamma Spectrometer for Direct Assay of Pu in Spent Nuclear Fuel
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Luke W. Campbell, Luke W. Campbell, Douglas C. Rodriguez, Douglas C. Rodriguez, Jonathan Kulisek, Jonathan Kulisek
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High-energy, beta-delayed gamma-ray spectroscopy is under investigation as part of the Next Generation Safeguard Initiative effort [1] to…
Pressurization of Sealed Pu-238 Bearing Containers in Design Basis Accidents: Analysis and Risk Reduction
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathan G. Teague
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Plutonium-238 has been used since the 1960’s as the fuel in various Radioisotope Thermoelectric Generator (RTGs) systems to power numerous…
PRIORITIZING ACQUISITION PATHWAYS IN THE STATE LEVEL CONCEPT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kory Budlong-Sylvester, Joseph F. Pilat, Chantell L. Murphy
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The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Department of Safeguards has stated that it needs to “further evolve its safeguards system…
Processing of Mark-42 Target Materials for Recovery of Americium and Curium
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brad D. Patton, Brad D. Patton, Dennis E. Benker, Robert M. Wham, Emory D. Collins, Emory D. Collins, Sharon M. Robinson, Sharon M. Robinson, Dennis Benker
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Heavy actinides have a number of research and development applications. For example, californium-252 (Cf-252) is a radioactive neutron…
Progress Down-Blending Surplus Highly Enriched Uranium
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gary A. Person, Russ Schmidt, Dale Davis
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Over the past decade, the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) Surplus U.S. Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Disposition…
Proliferation Resistance Assessment of Various Methods of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Disposal
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lenka Kollar
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Previous proliferation resistance and proliferation risk assessments have considered nuclear material through the whole fuel cycle and not…
Proposal of Healthiness Confirmation Procedure in Electro Manometer System in terms of Nuclear Material Accountancy
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yasunobu Mukai, Hironobu Nakamura, Tsutomu Kurita, Kaoru Shoji
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In general, high precision electro manometer system (ELTM) for density, level and volume measurements of high concentrated plutonium and…
PROPOSAL OF NEUTRON RESONANCE DENSITOMETRY FOR PARTICLE LIKE DEBRIS OF MELTED FUEL USING NRTA AND NRCA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michio Seya, Masatoshi Kureta, Hideo Harada, Fumito Kitatani, Mitsuo Koizumi, Jun Takamine, Harufumi Tsuchiya
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We proposed a system of neutron resonance densitometry for quantification of nuclear materials in particle like debris of melted fuel in…
PROPOSED BENCHMARK CASES FOR PROLIFERATION RISK ASSESSMENT MODELING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William S. Charlton, Sunil Chirayath, Royal Elmore
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With the expansion of nuclear power to new comer states, interest in proliferation risk analysis has increased. Assessing adversary success…
Prospective of Regional Safeguards Cooperation in Connection with the Asia-Pacific Safeguards Network(APSN)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kwan-Kyoo Choe
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This paper is dealing with the history of the regional safeguards cooperation efforts particularly in the regional area of the Asia-…
Prospects for Spent Fuel Measurements Using High-Rate Germanium Detectors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Luke W. Campbell, Douglas C. Rodriguez, James E. Fast
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The Department of Energy's Oce of International Safeguards Next Generation Safeguard Initiative (NGSI) Program includes an eort to…
Quality Control and Uncertainty Evaluation for Accountancy Analysis at PFDC-JAEA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Sumi, T. Kageyama, Hiroaki Nakazawa, Hiro Okazaki, Katsuo Abe
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Accurate and precise measurement of plutonium and uranium are critically important for safeguards in addition to process control and is…
Rapid Analysis of the SNM Smuggling Threat Space for Active Interrogation Using a Green's Function Approach
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hirotatsu Armstrong, Erich Schneider
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essential for ensuring the security of the United States from radiological threats. Radiation transport simulation is a widely-used tool…
Rapid Analysis of the SNM Smuggling Threat Space for Active Interrogation Using a Greens Function Approach
Type:JNMM
Volume:41
Issue:1
Author(s):Hirotatsu Armstrong, Erich Schneider
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Detection of smuggled special nuclear material (SNM) in truck orsea containers is essential for ensuring the security of the UnitedStates…
Real-time And INtegrated STream-Oriented Remote Monitoring (RAINSTORM) Interface
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Brunhuber, V. Popescu, Jim Regula, H. Nordquist, Keith S. Morgan, I. Naumann, Stephan Rechberg
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The IAEA began using remote monitoring in 1997 as a means of optimizing inspection efforts while simultaneously improving the timeliness…
RECENT INVESTIGATIONS USING THE NEUTRON SCATTER CAMERA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Marleau, E. Brubaker, J. Brennan, S. Mrowka, M. Gerling
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The Neutron Scatter Camera (NSC) is a fast neutron imaging spectrometer using double scatter events in an array of liquid scintillator…
Recent JRC achievements and future challenges in verification for nuclear safeguards and non-proliferation.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Peerani, K. Mayer, G. G. M. Cojazzi, W. Janssens, H. Emons, Y. Aregbe, M. Hedberg, F. Littmann
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R&D in nuclear safeguards, non-proliferation and nuclear security is a corner stone of the Joint Research Centre Nuclear Safety and…