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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James A. Larrimore
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The comprehensive safeguards agreement between a state and the IAEA, based on INFCIRC/153, states the “objective of safeguards” carried…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ross W. Hymel, Barry R. Schoeneman, Troy A. Ross
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The Tiny Gamma Spectrometer (TGS) is a miniature low-cost, low-power option for radioactive material identification through radiation…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Amol Patil, Joe P. Harvill
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The Canberra Box Segmented Gamma Scanner (BSGS) is one of the many systems available for doing nondestructive assay assessment of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard L. Donovan
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Security professionals have long prided themselves as subject matter experts in one or more specific security disciplines. In the U.S.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bryan L. Fearey, Emily Cura Saunders
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In recent years, there is growing interest in formal negotiations on non-strategic or tactical nuclear weapons. With the negotiations of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chris Pickett, Angela Lousteau, Robert D. McElroy
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Safeguards Laboratory is expanding its capabilities and has plans to soon implement new training…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Schanfein, John Svoboda
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In the late 1980s, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) began to deploy unattended and remote monitoring systems to allow for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Denise Lee, Shaheen Dewji, Megan Ketron
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) has developed the Uranyl Nitrate Calibration Loop Equipment (UNCLE) facility, which currently…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Houston G. Wood, Patrick J. Migliorini
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With the increase in demand for nuclear power development, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards have been strained as the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard Faulkner, Zhanna Davis
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National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has worked jointly with Russia since 1996 to enhance nonproliferation cooperation in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan Pepper, Donna Occhiogrosso
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The International Safeguards Project Office (ISPO), the Department of State (DOS) and Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) held a workshop on…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Toshiro Mochiji, M.C. Browne, M. Senzaki, Yosuke Naoi, Matthew C. Van Sickle, N. Inoue, James Conner
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The United States and Japan have collaborated on nuclear safeguards for over thirty years. The U. S. Department of Energy’s National…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George J. Havrilla, Velma M. Montoya, Sarvjit Shastri, Michael Collins, Timothy Elam
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Ultra-high energy X-ray fluorescence (UHEXRF) is used to characterize a mock nuclear fuel rod. The mock fuel rod is a standard 600…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brad Stinson, Nathan Rowe, Mike Kuhn, Stephen Holland
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International safeguards is increasingly utilizing unattended and remote monitoring methods to improve inspector efficiency and the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert A. Kanning Jr., Benjamin O. Garcia
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In late 2010, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Deputy Secretary of Energy, Daniel Poneman, directed that an analysis be conducted on the U-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Tobin, B. L. Broadhead, A.P. Belian, H. O. Menlove, H. Trellue, David Bracken, M. Swinhoe, Marc Humphrey, L.W. Campbell, B. Castle
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The Next Generation Safeguards Initiative Spent Fuel Project was started in March of 2009. The project began by researching a wide variety…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jessica McNutt, Jessica McNutt, Kyle Hartig, Kyle Hartig, Phyllis Ko, Igor Jovanovic, Igor Jovanovic, P. Ko
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a well-established technique for elemental analysis of materials. There is growing interest…
Type:JNMM
Volume:41
Issue:1
Author(s):P. Ko, K. Hartig, J. McNutt, I. Jovanovic
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Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a well-establishedtechnique for elemental analysis of materials. There isgrowing interest in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. A. Cantrell
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The Y-12 National Security Complex has recently fabricated and characterized a new series of metallic uranium standards for use in the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jeniece May, Russ Schmidt, Jennifer Vanover
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New facilities, changing missions, and a changing regulatory environment have significantly increased the need for sampling and…