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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Murray Moore, D. Kirk Veirs, Paul H. Smith, Luke L. Anderson
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The nuclear industry relies heavily on air filters in waste drums, bag-out bags, respirators and storage containers to contain plutonium…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph V. Cordaro, George E. Reeves, Jason L. Varble, Jim Satkowski, F. K. Tietze, S.B. Wyrick
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The Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has a specialized need for analyzing low mass gas species…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Richard
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The European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA) ESARDA is a recognized association created in 1969 the main objective…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brad D. Patton, Robert M. Wham
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has stored a limited inventory of heavy actinides contained in irradiated targets, some partially processed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James A. Seneker, Andrew J. Jackson
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As the needs and requirements of nuclear material accounting change at a nuclear facility and as computing technologies evolve, it is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Neumann, Sven Schubert
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In mechanical design safety assessment of packages for the transport of radioactive material, regulations [1, 2] require the use of one of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. T. Rogerson Jr., Sam W. Brown
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Essentially all U.S. enriched 6lithium (6Li), except that in the military controlled deployed stockpile, is managed and stored at the Y-12…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Viktor G. Bozin, Vladimir A. Mosolov
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The physical protection system project plan has been developed for OAO Machine Building Plant (OAO “MSZ”) primary production building in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martha Williams, Connie P. Hall
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Theft of nuclear material by a facility insider is a recognized threat to nuclear security. An insider could take advantage of knowledge of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Benjamin Farr
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hybrid K-edge densitometer/X-ray fluorescence (HKED) system is being installed in the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center at Oak…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. D. Clarke, Marek Flaska, R. B. Oberer, S. A. Pozzi
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Active well coincidence counters (AWCCs) are widely used for nondestructive-assay for nuclearsafeguards applications. The measurement…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. M. Bourne, M. M. Bourne, S. D. Clarke, S. D. Clarke, M. Flaska, M. Flaska, A. Enqvist, A. Enqvist, S. A. Pozzi
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The characterization of the photon energy resolution of a liquid scintillation detector is desirable for simulating photon pulse height…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andreas Enqvist, Lu Huang, Marek Flaska, Sara A. Pozzi, Brian M. Wieger, Kyle Weinfurther
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Measurements have been performed at Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) to acquire neutron spectra of fissile isotopes in the energy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Feng Zhang, Willy Kaye, Yvan A. Boucher, Jason Jaworski, Christopher G. Wahl, Weiyi Wang, Sonal Joshi, Zhong He
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A new semiconductor-based radiation-detection system has been designed by the Orion team at the University of Michigan. The Polaris system…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sarah Frazar, Stephen V. Mladineo
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As the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)’s State Level approach to safeguards implementation is holistic and investigatory in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Taisia A. Piskureva, Alexander M. Chienov
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A long-term sustainability of the nuclear material MPC&A system is ensured by the implementation of an established, ongoing Program of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Miles A. Pomper
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A major outcome of the April 2010 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, DC, was the commitment by 47 nations to collaborate in developing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tzu-Fang Wang
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With recent advancements in the mechanical cooled HPGe detection system, it is possible to perform plutonium and uranium gamma-ray analysis…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Philips, A. Bosko, Ray Gunnink, T. Gerent
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The non-destructive assay of uranium bearing materials to determine uranium enrichment is one of the most common measurements in nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alex Glaser
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France endedssile material production for military purposes in the 1990s and has started to decommission and dismantle its production…