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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Bernstein, S. Dazeley, D. Reyna, J. Lund, Scott D. Kiff, G. Keefer, B. Cabrera-Palmer
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The large flux of antineutrinos that leaves a reactor carries information about two quantities of interest for safeguards: the reactor…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Karen Kaldenbach, Larry Ross, Yuri Estigneev, Forest Lingenfelter, Colonel Pavel Sokolnikov, Andrey Murievav
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The U.S. government has been assisting the Russian Federation (RF) Ministry of Defense (MOD) for many years with nuclear weapons…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James J. Dahl, Shivi Singh, Marvin G. Zimmerman
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The paper investigates the potential impacts of the transition to the requirements per DOE Order 420.1B and the criteria promulgated by the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Woehrl
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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Mihalczo, Kristen Pena, Jason Crye
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Determining the enrichment of highly enriched uranium (HEU) metal assemblies shielded by depleted uranium (DU) proves a unique challenge to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ruth Duggan
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While nuclear security systems have always faced outside threats, the insider threat still poses significant challenges to security. In…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leesa Duckworth
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This five-year pilot study utilized a stage-gate approach for the identification, analysis, and performance testing of auto-id technology…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F.V. Hartemann, F. Albert, D.J. Gibson, S.S. Wu, C.P.J. Barty, S,M. Betts, M. Messerly, C.W. Siders, C.A. Ebbers, R.A. Marsh, A. Bayramian, H. Phan
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Abstract. A Compton-scattering based, tunable MonoEnergetic Gamma-ray (MEGa-ray) source suitable for nuclear resonance fluorescence…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Benjamin B. Cipiti
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Existing reprocessing plants measure and account for fissionable material with low uncertainty, but the timeliness of detection is lengthy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David P. Morton, D. V. Jordan, Emily K. Mace, Benjamin McDonald, L. Eric Smith, Christopher T. Orton
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Safeguards inspectors currently visit uranium enrichment plants to verify UF6 cylinder enrichment declarations. Measurements are performed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sunil Chirayath, Claudio Gariazzo
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Under its international safeguards obligations, a nuclear facility will implement a security system that is developed and designed to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William Karl Pitts, Alex C. Misner
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Monitoring the production and processing of tritium has certain advantages in regulating the number of nuclear weapons. Unlike special…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Margaret Goldberg, Jennifer L. Steeb, Giselle Sandi
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Method development on the chemical micro-separation of Cs and Ba from a lanthanide glass is presented. A miniature gas pressurized…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William Daugherty, Elizabeth N. Hoffman
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The influence of temperature and radiation on Viton® GLT and GLT-S fluoroelastomer O-rings is an ongoing research focus at the Savannah…
Type:JNMM
Volume:39
Issue:2
Author(s):Matthew Bunn, Colonel-General E. P. Maslin Colonel-General E. P. Maslin
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The danger of nuclear terrorism is real enough to justify urgentaction to reduce the risk. Some terrorist groups are activelyseeking…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Norman, M. Ferguson
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The IAEA receives information relevant to safeguards from a number of different sources, namely, State-declared nuclear material accounting…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kathleen M. Trauth, John Gahl, James S. Cole
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There are multiple models for training the next generation of safety, security and safeguards professionals. Each model has strengths and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martyn T. Swinhoe, Edward R. Siciliano, James H. Ely
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Collaboration between the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) and the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is underway to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian Boyer, Heather H. Erpenbeck, Benjamin A. Reimold, Arthur Motta
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IAEA safeguards at gas centrifuge enrichment plants (GCEPs) need improvement to verify declared LEU production, detect undeclared LEU…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jessica L. White, Ronald A. Cain
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A 2008 review of nuclear safeguards by the Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) states that U.S.…