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NEXT GENERATION SAFEGUARDS INITIATIVE UNIVERSITY OUTREACH: THE UNIQUE LOS ALAMOS AND THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND SAFEGUARDS GRADUATE COURSE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian Boyer, C.P. Scherer, E. Elfman, Heather H. Erpenbeck, Chantell L. Murphy, Jack Brenizer, Brian Fane, Sara Z. Kutchesfahani, Deborah L. Zimmerman
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The Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) has the goal of modernizing technology, improving training, and adding resources to…
NM CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS (MC&A SYSTEM) AT THE OAO “MSZ” SITE AT THE CONSOLIDATED PRODUCTION BUILDING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Viktor G. Bozin, Albert E. Ekimov
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The Elektrostal Machine Building Plant- OAO Mashinostroitelniy Zavod, (OAO MSZ) has developed a general project plan and has installed a…
Non-Invertible Transforms for Image-Based Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William Karl Pitts, Alex C. Misner, Sean Robinson, Ken Jarman, Erin Miller, Allen Seifert, Benjamin McDonald, Tim White
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Imaging may play a unique role in verifying the presence and distribution of warhead components in warhead counting and dismantlement…
Nonproliferation Uncertainties, a Major Barrier to Used Nuclear Fuel Recycle in the United States
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Ehinger, E.D. Collins, Emory D. Collins
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A study and comparison of the goals and understandings of nonproliferation authorities with those of used nuclear fuel (UNF) recycle…
North Koreas Light-Water Reactor Ambitions
Type:JNMM
Volume:39
Issue:3
Author(s):Siegfried S. Hecker, Chaim Braun, Robert L. Carlin
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On November 12, 2010, Pyongyang chose to reveal the constructionof a new light-water reactor (LWR) and a recently completedpilot uranium…
Novel Concept and Applications for a Directional Fast Neutron Detector
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Stuenkel, David Stuenkel
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This paper describes a novel concept, theory, and preliminary results for a directional fast neutron detector (US Patent 7,521,686 B2) with…
NRF-BASED ISOTOPE MATERIAL DETECTION EXPERIMENTS WITH THE LLNL T- REX MEGA-RAY MACHINE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Hagmann, F. Albert, S.G. Anderson, C.P.J. Barty, G.A. Anderson, M.S. Johnson, M.Y. Shverdin, C.W. Siders, S.M. Betts, D.P. McNabb
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We present the experimental characterization and nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) based applications of T-REX (Thomson-Radiated Extreme…
NUCLEAR ARCHEOLOGY FOR CANDU POWER REACTORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bryan L. Broadhead
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The goal of this work is the development of so-called “nuclear archeology” techniques to predict the irradiation history of both fuel-…
Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group Round Robin 3 Exercise Results
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jon M. Schwantes, Richard C. Hanlen
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The Nuclear Forensics International Technical Working Group (ITWG) recently completed Round Robin 3 (RR3), the latest in a series of…
Nuclear Material Container Knowledge Database
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Zachary Martinez, John Driscoll, Paul Smith
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Los Alamos National Laboratory utilizes a wide variety of containers to store and transport nuclear material both within and external to…
Nuclear Nonproliferation and Safeguards Education at TAMU: Embracing Novel Teaching Practices
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William S. Charlton, David Boyle, Sunil Chirayath, Craig Marianno
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The Nuclear Security Science and Policy Institute (NSSPI) has established a Nuclear Nonproliferation specialization for the Master of…
Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence as an Educational Tool for the Next Generation of Safeguards Specialists
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher T. Angell
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Nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) is a powerful technique for assaying and identifying material, and one that is being actively explored…
NUCLEAR RESONANCE FLUORESCENCE FOR MATERIAL VERIFICATION IN DISMANTLEMENT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Glen A. Warren, Rebecca S. Detwiler
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Nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) is a well-established physical process that provides an isotope-specific signature that can be…
Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Simulation Techniques Using MCNP
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S.D. Clarke, S.A. Pozzi, W. J. Walsh
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Nuclear resonance fluorescence (NRF) is of particular interest to the detection of special nuclear material where isotopic characterization…
Nuclear Resonance Fluorescence Technologies for Nuclear Materials Management
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William Bertozzi, Curtis L. Hicks, Stephen E. Korbly, Robert J. Ledoux, Cody Wilson
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The detection and quantification of nuclear material isotopes is of utmost importance in the fields of non-proliferation, safeguards and…
NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS EDUCATION INITIATIVES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nicholas Butler, Adam Hecht, Edward Arthur
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The University of New Mexico has recently joined the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) sponsored by the National Nuclear…
Numerical simulation of nuclear materials detection, imaging and assay with MEGa-rays
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James M. Hall, F. Albert, C.P.J. Barty, V.A. Semenov
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Once fully operational, LLNL’s Nuclear Photonics Facility is expected to be capable of generating tunable, mono-energetic gamma-ray (“MEGa…
OBJECT-BASEDSATELLITE IMAGERY ANALYSIS FOR SAFEGUARDS APPLICATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Irmgard Niemeyer, Clemens Listner
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With the advances in satellite sensor technologies as to spatial resolution, the concept of object-based image analysis (OBIA) has become…
ON COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF REGISTRATION OF FISSILE MATERIAL BY VARIOUS METHODS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V. Alessi, V. D. Petrenko
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Fission process of nuclear material is accompanied by the yield of fission fragments and corre- ln2 m spondinAg em?ission of ?N-quanta and…
On-site Laboratories of Euratom: Ten Years of Excellent Results and Time to Renew
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Y. Aregbe, P. Schwalbach, K. Casteleyn, A. Le Terrier, P. van Belle, T. Enright, E. Zuleger, K. R. Luetzenkirchen, Maurizio Boella, S. Synetos, P. Chare
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In the European Union, nuclear material is reprocessed from irradiated power reactor fuel at two sites – La Hague in France and Sellafield…