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Author(s):Cassandra Lind, Robert Kanning
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The Nuclear Materials Management Program at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) implemented a Nuclear Materials Review Board (NMRB)…
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Author(s):Bryan van der Ende, Manit D. Shah
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Small modular reactors (SMRs) are an enabling technology that supports all four pillars of the Government of Canada’s “Northern Strategy…
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Author(s):Junho Kwon, Man-Sung Yim
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The current international aid mechanism is unsustainable because the value flows unidirectionally. However, science, technology, and…
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Author(s):Sarah Sarnoski, Samuel Bays, D. Colameco, R. Cumberland, R. Fielding, K. Geelhood, T. Harrison, L Jollay, V. Mehta, R. Montgomery, G. Reyes, C. Robinson, T. Zipperer
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With the anticipated development and deployment of several advanced reactors designed to use High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuel…
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Author(s):Simon Adu
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Uses of nuclear and other radioactive materials in peaceful applications in energy production, medicine, research and industry, to improve…
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Author(s):Gary Langlie
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The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group of nuclear supplier countries which seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear…
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Author(s):Ibrahim Hamza Maishanu, Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu
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Nigeria is among the top new comer countries on the African continent. Albeit the public acceptance and the effort by government, one major…
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Author(s):Sean Morrell, Nadja Joergensen
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In 2022, NuScale Power LLC, (NuScale) initiated an internal project to establish an international safeguards strategy for the NuScale…
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Author(s):D. FRANCIS, S BEILS
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Drawing on the deep experience and understanding of the principles of nuclear safety, security and safeguards as well as many years of…
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Author(s):Matthew R. Marshall, Heidi Komkov, Erik Brubaker
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Information from an x-ray radiograph can identify the presence or absence of components within a treaty accountable item (TAI). However,…
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Author(s):Yuki KOBAYASHI, Tomonori IWAMOTO
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There are issues of particular concern for Japan in the Asian region about China pursuing nuclear armament with no transparency. As a…
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Author(s):Nathan Shoman, Pat Moosir
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Material accountancy is a cornerstone of safeguards and security for nuclear fuel cycle facilities. However, the underlying methodologies…
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Author(s):Colton Heffington, Adam D. Williams, Shannon Abbott, Christopher Faucett, Sondra Spence, William Charlton, Katherine Holt, Melinda Lane
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Recent trends in insider threat for critical facilities have shifted focus toward determining the potential for a successful insider act.…
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Author(s):Michael Kuhn, Kristen Peña, Chris Pope, Michael Shannon
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The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence has deployed a fleet of radiation…
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Author(s):Naoko Noro, Megumi Sekine, Naoko Inoue, Carol Scharmer, Austin Orr
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, ISCN has developed several online training courses on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear security for the…
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Author(s):Michael O’Brien, Brian Gunn, Kaitlin Oujo, Fadhil Mizban
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This paper will describe how numerous obstacles were overcome in a three-year period, 2019-2022, to secure radioactive sources in Iraq,…
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Author(s):Filippo Sevini, Laura Rockwood, James Casterton, Malin Ardhammar, Noah C Mayhew
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The Model Additional Protocol (Model AP) of 1997 was developed with the aim of improving the ability of the IAEA to verify the completeness…
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Author(s):L. Meirose, R. Krentz-Wee, A. Sokolov, D. Finker
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The neXt generation Cerenkov Viewing Device (XCVD) was authorized in 2019 for gross defect verification of spent nuclear fuel in wet…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Li, F. Ali, G. Edwards, H. Fritzsche, O. Kamaev, L. Li, D. Pérez-Loureiro, E.T. Rand, K. Stoev, B. Sur
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Nuclear Disarmament Verification (NDV) requires reliable technologies and procedures to verify nuclear weapons reduction without the…
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Author(s):R. Eltayb Hassan Eltayb, I Tsvetkov
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The year 2022 was a special one for the global safeguards community, which celebrated 60 years since the first IAEA inspection, 50 years…