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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Takehito Hayakawa, Ryoichi Hajima, Nobuhiro Kikuzawa, Toshiyuki Shizuma, Michio Seya
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We propose a new nondestructive assay system for 239 Pu and other actinides in spent nuclear fuel assembly in a water pool. Nuclear…
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Author(s):William S. Charlton, Alison V. Goodsell
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The ability to quickly quantify the Pu content within spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is essential to nuclear forensics. Analysis of the Pu to U…
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Author(s):Jerry A. Byington
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This paper presents a look at both the historical use of birdcages and their future roles at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National…
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Author(s):M.C. Browne, Victor Braguine, Robert F. Parker, Maurizio Ingegneri, F. Caillou, I. Perez-Herrera, P.A. Santi, R. Williams
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Spent nuclear fuel from the BN-350 reactor has successfully been stabilized, placed into long-term storage containers, and transported to a…
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Author(s):Leonid Kagan, Andrei Stavrov
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We address the general principles of the system approach for organization of the border radiation control. These principles are based on…
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Author(s):Franklin H. DuBose
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To extend their ability to perform accountability and verification measurements of 235U in a U-Pu oxide matrix, the K-Area Material Storage…
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Author(s):John M. Veilleux, Yongho Kim
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Glow discharge and atmospheric pressure plasma processes have been studied in applications for decontamination of plutonium (Pu) and…
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Author(s):Carey L. Larsson, Carey L. Larsson, Ian Watson, Ian Watson, Kathy S. Nielsen, Nadereh St-Amant
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We describe Canada’s participation in the ITWG Round Robin 3 paired comparison exercise involving the analysis of two metallic enriched…
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Author(s):Monika Risse, Wolfram Berky, W Rosenstock, T. Köble
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The recovery of fissile or radiological material illegally removed from its site of operation or storage is tremendously important in the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.Wesley Hines, James J. Henkel, David A. Hooper
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This paper will present case studies of undeclared activity at the mock feed and withdrawal (F&W) facility at the Oak Ridge National…
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Author(s):John Mihalczo, Timothy Valentine
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The neutron transmission, elastic scattering, and non elastic reactions can be used to distinguish various isotopes. Neutron transmission…
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Author(s):G. A. Coles, Zoe Gastelum,, Angela Dalton
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A handful of models for explaining and predicting States? development of nuclear weapons programs have been proposed since the 1970s.…
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Author(s):James Amonette, Rober B. McPherson, Robert D. McKeag, Kyrlakos Tsorbatzoglou, Kyrlakos Tsorbatzoglou, Marc Abilama, Martin Platz, David Lloyd, Robert D. McKeag, James Parkin
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A new 10B lined proportional counter geometry is evaluated as an alternative to 3He for nuclear material measurements. The widely…
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Author(s):P. Schillebeeckx, E.C. Miller, M. Flaska, S.A. Pozzi, C. C. Lawrence, F. D. Becchetti, A. Borella, P. Schillebeeckx
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Various detector types were investigated in the past for fast-neutron detection. Recently, C6D6 detectors have been studied for…
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Author(s):Andy Casella, Glen A. Warren, Mike Cantaloub, Cory Overman, Sean Stave, Rick Wittman
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There is considerable interest in developing direct measurement methods to determine the plutonium content of spent nuclear fuel within a…
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Author(s):Jason Hayward, Klaus-Peter Ziock, Ana Raffo-Caiado, Chris Boehnen, Benjamin T. Dabbs
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The imaging performance of a mechanically cooled, portable, coded-aperture, gamma-ray imager designed for international safeguards…
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Author(s):Ian D. Hutcheon, Michael J. Kristo, Ruth Kips, J. Crowhurst
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Nuclear safeguards at enrichment facilities largely relies on environmental sampling, where uranium particulate material is collected in…
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Author(s):Hui Zhang
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While China has kept information about its stocks of fissile materials and nuclear weapons secret, a great deal of new public information…
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Author(s):Martin B. Kalinowski, Martin B. Kalinowski
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Civil Society is increasingly involved in the policy area of international arms control. Their opportunities are very limited for…
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Author(s):S. Joshi Kaye, J.M. Jaworski, C.G. Wahl, W.R. Kaye, Z. He
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In the past decade, there has been a significant increase in demand for radiation detectors that locate and identify potentially…