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Author(s):Thomas E. Shea
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Earlier this year, a new strategic arms treaty entered into force in the United States and Russia, continuing a process of symmetric arms…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald M. Keyser, Timothy R. Twomey, Neil A. Webster
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Several different types of detectors, software, and hardware designs are employed in instruments used to monitor radioactive content of…
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Author(s):R.M. Ward, R.M. Ward, E. A. Schneider
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The anticipated global expansion of nuclear power promises to place unprecedented demands on the nonproliferation regime, making the…
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Author(s):Sean Branney, Graham V. Walford, Lawrence F. Miller
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has outlined a need to develop methods of allowing re-verification of LWR spent fuel stored…
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Author(s):Kathleen M. Trauth, James S. Cole
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The threat of an airborne attack on a nuclear power plant became a greater national security concern as a result of the events of September…
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Author(s):Houston G. Wood
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The first successful experiments to separate isotopes by gas centrifuge were performed by Professor Jesse W. Beams at the University of…
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Author(s):C. Dubi, T. Ridnick, I. Israelashvili, J. Bagi, J. Huszti
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The purpose of this paper is to present a new method for the estimation ofs- sile mass by a measurement of the number of neutron signals in…
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Author(s):John E Gunning, Christoph C. Borel, Jeff Chapman, Graham V. Walford, Lawrence F. Miller, Ronald F. Tuttle
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This paper describes a mobile gamma ray measurement system concept, to provide high sensitivity detection and location capability of…
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Author(s):Bernard Wishard, Steve Kadner, Markku Koskelo, David Johnson, Christopher Martinez
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Safeguards seals are tamper-indicating devices used to secure materials, documents, data lines or any other important items in tamper-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. Michel, Philip Hypes, J. Green, Brian Dickens
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This paper will present a Safeguards Design (SD) software utility developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory. The SD utility was developed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nathan C. Rowe, B. J. Stinson, J.R. Younkin, C.A. Pickett, David Richardson, Michael J. Kuhn, T. L. Donaldson
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Physical protection systems have a widespread impact across the nuclear industry in securing facilities and making security systems more…
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Author(s):Klaas van der Meer, A. Borella
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In 2009, the Belgian federal government asked the OECD to nominate a commission to assess on its technical aspects the design of MYRRHA,…
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Author(s):Hong-Lae Chang, Hee-Sung Shin, Ho Dong Kim, Seong-Kyu Ahn
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Considering the current activities related to the development of pyroprocessing technology in Korea, a Member State Support Program (MSSP)…
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Author(s):Andrew Worrall, Kevin Hesketh
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There are two major international projects concerned with advanced reactor development: the IAEA International Project on Innovative…
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Author(s):S. Jones, A.P. Simpson
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Existing neutron based systems used for the detection of Special Nuclear Material (SNM) in Safeguards application are typically based on…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Valente, Jonathan Essner, Mark Killinger, Ronald Cain, Linda Hansen
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The United States Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA), in support of U.S. policy for universal…
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Author(s):D.L. Chichester, D.L. Chichester, W. Sterbentz, W. Sterbentz
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Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA) is measurement technique capable of quantifying plutonium in spent fuel. Having first been…
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Author(s):Arian Pregenzer, Sharon M. DeLand, Adam Williams, Robert J. Glass, Arlo Ames
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Nuclear nonproliferation efforts traditionally have focused on controlling the supply of proliferation-relevant technology, material, and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Howell, Tom Burr, Geraint Bevan, Geraint Bevan
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Solution monitoring evaluation systems (SMESs) are interactive computer tools that give safeguards inspectors a key role in the decision…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. S. Bowden, G. Carosi, I. Jovanovic, C. Roecker
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Future strategic arms control treaties may require verification of the number of warheads installed upon a missile. Inspections supporting…