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Testing and Commissioning the Integration of the Nuclear Material Protection System at Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research – Sosny, Belarus
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vassily V. Zenevich, Kevin Hogan
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The current approach to enhancing the effectiveness of nuclear material protection systems at the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear…
Testing of Small Detectors with Glass Rod Light Guides for Multiplicity Measurement Purposes
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Imre Pazsit, Dina Chernikova, Anders Nordlund, Berit Dahl
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In this paper we investigate the applicability of small scintillators with glass rod light guides to measure both neutrons and gamma rays…
Testing of Vehicle Radiation Portal Monitors For the False Alarm Rate
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leonid Kagan, Andrei Stavrov
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We address the problem of the estimation of the false alarm rate of vehicle radiation portal monitors (RPM). The paper discusses the…
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Going Paperless in a Manufacturing Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mickey Boatwright
Abstract:
The tedious practice of ensuring the daily control and processing of records along with ensuring the actual accounting of nuclear material…
THE ATTRACTIVENESS OF MATERIALS ASSOCIATED WITH THORIUM BASED NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLES FOR PHWRS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian Collins, Andrew W. Prichard, Mark T. Niehus, Kendra P. Keady
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This paper examines the results of a study in which Low-Enriched Uranium Oxide/Thorium Oxide (LEU/ThO2) fuel is substituted for the…
THE CALCULATION OF BURNABLE POISON CORRECTION FACTORS FOR PWR FRESH FUEL ACTIVE COLLAR MEASUREMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Croft, Andrea Favalli, M. Swinhoe
Abstract:
Verification of commercial low enriched uranium light water reactor fuel takes place at the fuel fabrication facility as part of the…
The Development of a Versatile Piezoresistive Microcantilever Sensor Platform
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. L. Porter, R. J. Venedam
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Piezoresistive microcantilever sensors in which the microcantilever is partially embedded into the sensing material have been referred to…
THE FEYNMAN-Y STATISTIC IN RELATION TO SHIFT-REGISTER NEUTRON COINCIDENCE COUNTING: PRECISON AND DEAD TIME
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Danielle K. Hauck, Peter A. Santi, S. Croft, Andrea Favalli, Daniela Henzlova
Abstract:
The Feynman-Y statistic is a type of autocorrelation analysis. It is defined as the excess variance-to-mean ratio, ? ? ??? ? 1, of the…
The Fork Detector for Spent Fuel Measurements: Measurements and Simulations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alessandro Borella
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The investigations and implementation of experimental methods for the burnup (BU) determination of spent fuel elements (SFE) is one the…
THE GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE’S ORPHAN SOURCE RECOVERY PROJECT IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James W. (J. R.) Russell, Tiffany A. Blanchard
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After 9/11, officials at the United States Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) grew more concerned…
The Importance of Establishing and Maintaining Continuity of Knowledge during 21st Century Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nathan C. Rowe, Bernard Wishard, Keith Tolk, George Weeks, Dianna S. Blair, James R. Younkin, Chris A. Pickett, Robert Bean
Abstract:
During this century, the entire nuclear fuel cycle will expand and become increasingly more global, taxing both the resources and…
The Importance of Establishing and Maintaining Continuity of Knowledge During 21st Century Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:4
Author(s):Chris Pickett, Nathan C. Rowe, James r. Younkin, Robert Bean, Dianna Blair, Ray Lawson, George Weeks, Keith Tolk
Abstract:
During this century, the entire nuclear fuel cycle will expand andbecome increasingly more global, taxing both the resources…
The JAEA Part of the Joint JAEA-U.S. DOE Project for Pu Measurement of Fugen Spent Fuel Assemblies by Integrated PNAR and SINRD
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michio Seya, Noriyasu Ebara, Takahisa Nakamura, Hisatsugu Takagi, Alan Michael Bolind
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The Fugen advanced thermal reactor was a prototype nuclear reactor in Tsuruga, Fukui, Japan, that was moderated by heavy water but cooled…
The Methodology of the Training Demand Assessment When Implementing a System Approach to the Training at Nuclear Enterprises
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V. Kornelyuk, Yu. Seleznev
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A basic security principle is effective and reliable personnel that possess required professional knowledge and skills to prevent risks of…
The Need and Opportunity for Improved Uncertainty Quantification and Reporting for Nondestructive Assay
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Kirkpatrick, R. Venkataraman, T.L. Burr, D. Nakazawa, R.D. McElroy, S. Croft
Abstract:
: In order to be useful a physical measurement or calculation must be assigned a justifiable statement of the associated total measurement…
The Next Generation Safeguards Initiative’s High-Purity Uranium-233 Preservation Effort
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alan Krichinsky, Chuck Bayne, Joe Giaquinto, Steve Goldberg, Ian Hutcheon
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High-purity 233U serves as a crucial reference material for accurately quantifying and characterizing uranium. The most accurate analytical…
The Next Generation Safeguards Initiatives Spent Fuel Nondestructive Assay Project
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:3
Author(s):Marc A. Humphrey, Kevin D. Veal, Stephen Tobin
Abstract:
In 2009, the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) ofthe U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear SecurityAdministration (DOE/…
THE NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT PROCESS, 2009-2012: AN INSIDER’S VIEWS OF THE PROCESS AND THE PROGRESS ACHIEVED
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lars van Dassan
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In April 2009, US President Obama launched an initiative with the aim of securing all nuclear materials within a four years period. Three…
The Performance of Self-interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry in Measuring Spent Fuel
Type:JNMM
Volume:40
Issue:3
Author(s):Jianwei Hu, H. Trellue, Stephen Tobin, T. J. Ulrich, Adrienne M. LaFleur, C. R. Freeman C. R. Freeman, Howard Menlove, Martyn Swinhoe
Abstract:
The Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry Technique(SINRD) technique is one of the fourteen nondestructiveassay (NDA)…
The Results of US-Ukrainian Cooperation in the Area of Nuclear Material Control, Accounting and Physical Protection, 1997-2012
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Debbie Dickman, Gerald Thomas, George Kuzmycz, Gregory Sheppard, Jozef Kuzminsky, Viktor Gavryliuk, Oleksii Diakov, Anna Gavryliuk-Burakova, Sergey Drapey
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The George Kuzmycz Training Center for Physical Protection, Control and Accounting of Nuclear Materials (GKTC) was established as a…