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SAFEGUARDS VERIFICATION MEASUREMENTS USING LASER ABLATION, ABSORBANCE RATIO SPECTROMETRY IN GASEOUS CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Norm C. Anheier, John T. Munley, Bret D. Cannon, Gourihar R. Kulkarni
Abstract:
Laser Ablation, Absorbance Ratio Spectrometry (LAARS) is a new verification measurement technology under development at the U.S. Department…
Safeguards Verification Measurements Using Laser Ablation, Absorbance Ratio Spectrometry in Gaseous Centrifuge Enrichment Plants
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:4
Author(s):Norm C. Anheier, Bret D. Cannon, H. Amy Qiao, Jon R. Phillips
Abstract:
Laser Ablation, Absorbance Ratio Spectrometry (LAARS) is a newverification measurement technology under development at theU.S. Department…
Safeguards-by-Design (SBD) Concepts for Thorium-based Fuel Fabrication Facilities
Type:JNMM
Volume:41
Issue:1
Author(s):Suresh Gangotra, R. B. Grover, K. L. Ramakumar, H. S. Kamath, J. P. Panakkal
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IntroductionIndia is a nation with a large population and is undergoing rapideconomic growth. A large section of rural poor do not…
Safety, Security, Safeguards and Physical Protection Experience in the Operation and Maintenance of a Miniature Neutron Source Reactor, NIRR-1 at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L A Dim, M O A Oladipo
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The Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC) established through Act 46 of 1976 as an Agency for promotion and development of nuclear…
Sampling and Analysis of the Headspace Gas in 3013 Type Plutonium Storage Containers at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Laura A. Worl, John M. Berg, D. Kirk Veirs, J. Matt Jackson
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United States Department of Energy Standard DOE-STD-3013 requires that a surveillance program be implemented for monitoring the performance…
Savannah River Site’s H-Canyon Facility: “A National Asset with New Mission
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Virginia E. Magoulas
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For over fifty years, the H Canyon facility, including HB Line, has performed remotely operated radiochemical separations of irradiated…
Science for Verification: Foreword
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:4
Author(s):Herman Nackaertts
Abstract:
To deter effectively the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the InternationalAtomic Energy Agency (IAEA) must look beyond thenuclear…
Scintillating 99TC Selective Ion Exchange Resins
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mitchell Greenhalgh, Richard D. Tillotson, Troy J. Tranter
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Scintillating technetium (99Tc) selective ion exchange resins have been developed and evaluated for equilibrium capacities and detection…
Scintillating 99Tc Selective Ion Exchange Resins
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:4
Author(s):Mitchell Greenhalgh, Richard Tillotson, Troy Tranter
Abstract:
Scintillating technetium (99Tc) selective ion exchange resins havebeen developed and evaluated for equilibrium capacities and…
Selection of Surplus Plutonium Materials for Disposition to WIPP
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jeffrey S. Allender, John W. Christopher
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is preparing a Surplus Plutonium Disposition (SPD) Sup- plemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS…
Short-Term Changes in Values Reported by an Enrichment Monitor
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. M. Goda, B.P. Nolen, M.T. Paffett, C.E. Moss
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Changes in the enrichment values reported by enrichment monitors for UF6 flowing in pipes have been observed when there was no actual…
Significant Improvement of Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Non-Destructive Assay by Using the Average Resonance Technique and Photofission
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Takehito Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Shizuma, Ryoichi Hajima, Christopher T. Angell
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Nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) is a promising technique for assaying 239Pu in melted fuel from the Fukushima accident and spent…
Simulated Performance of the Integrated Passive Neutron Albedo Reactivity and Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry Detector Designed for Spent Fuel Measurement at the Fugen Reactor in Japan
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Menlove, Michio Seya, Stephen J. Tobin, Adrienne M. Lafleur, Alan Michael Bolind, T.J. Ulrich
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An integrated nondestructive assay instrument, which combined the Passive Neutron Albedo Reactivity (PNAR) and the Self-Interrogation…
SIMULATION OF A NOVEL ACTIVE INTERROGATION SYSTEM USING MCNPX
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shaun D. Clarke, Sara A. Pozzi, Steven T. Brown
Abstract:
We describe the application of a Monte Carlo code for the simulation of a superconducting cyclotron-based active interrogation system for…
Simultaneous Authentication and Certification of Arms-Control Measurement Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathan L. Thron, Duncan MacArthur, Danielle K. Hauck
Abstract:
Most arms-control, treaty-monitoring scenarios involve a host party that makes a declaration regarding its nuclear material or items and a…
Societal Verification: Leveraging the Information Revolution for Arms Control Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Corey Hinderstein, Kelsey Hartigan
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Verification of arms control and disarmament has historically been a technical discipline limited to experts in the United States and…
SOURCE TERM CHARACTERIZATION FOR SNM PIT STORAGE FACILITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jessica N. Paul, Michael R. Chin, Glenn E. Sjoden
Abstract:
In order to properly design a mobile system to validate and verify the presence of special nuclear materials for non-proliferation and…
Spectral antineutrino signatures and plutonium content of reactors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick Huber
Abstract:
It is well known that nuclear reactors are intense sources of antineutrinos due to the ß-decay of ?ssion fragments. Since the ?ssion…
Spectroscopic On-Line Monitoring for Control and Safeguarding of Radiochemical Streams at Spent Fuel Reprocessing Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Amanda J. Casella, James M. Peterson, Amanda M. Lines, Samuel A. Bryan, Tatiana G. Levitskaia
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There is a renewed interest worldwide to promote the use of nuclear power. The long term successful use of nuclear power is critically…
Spiral Development for Safeguards Instrumentation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Markku Koskelo, M. Schanfein, S. Kadner
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Safeguards instrumentation is highly specialized, so a common approach in the US has been to develop initial prototypes for performance,…