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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Killeen, A. Vasmant, Bruce Moran, Vladimir Cisar, C. Mathews, R. Stevens, D. Kovacic
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In the Final Statement of the 2010 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), States party to the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. M. McConchie, Jonathan L. Thron, Martyn T. Swinhoe, W. Geist, Corey Freeman, Daren R. Norman, James Jones
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Active measurements were performed using a 10-MeV electron linear accelerator with custom inspection objects containing various nuclear and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dmytro Cherkas
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As a result of the nuclear accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in 1986, the explosion dispersed nuclear materials…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. Jeanne Hamilton
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Quality-system management of nuclear-material (NM) storage containers remains the foundation for successfully procuring, designing, testing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H.O. Menlove, Vlad Henzl, Martyn Swinhoe, S.J. Tobin, P. Blanc
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This work is a part of a larger effort sponsored by the Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) to develop an integrated instrument,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mike L. Fensin, H.O. Menlove, D. Henzlova, J. Hu, A. LaFleur, S.J. Tobin, M. Swinhoe, T.J. Ulrich, T. Burr, E. Rauch
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The Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) is sponsoring a multi-laboratory/university collaboration to determine the elemental Pu…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yusuke Kuno, Mitsutoshi Suzuki, S. Sakurai, M. WATAHIKI, Masaru Watahiki
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The national statement made by the Japan Government at 2010 Nuclear Security Summit (Washington D.C., USA) was to develop its nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tapani Honkamaa, Juha Rautjärvi, Antero Kuusi
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In 2008, the Finnish government decided to provide funding to a project for upgrading the radiation monitoring systems at the Finnish…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martin R. Sweet, Martin R. Sweet, Matthew R. Newell, Matthew R. Newell, Robert B. Merl, Robert B. Merl, Keith S. Morgan, Keith S. Morgan, Leonard G. Burczyk, Leonard G. Burczyk, Paul S. Graham, Heather M. Quinn
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A prototypical radiation tolerant Compact PCI (cPCI) processor board has been developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The processor…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Lee, J. Anderson, Brian Craig, H. Tsai, Y. Liu, J. Shuler
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To modernize the management of sensitive nuclear materials, Argonne National Laboratory has developed the ARG-US radio frequency…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nathan C. Rowe, Michael Whitaker, James R. Younkin, Chris A. Pickett
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Radio-frequency (RF) devices have revolutionized many aspects of modern industrial processes. RF technology can enable wireless…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lawrence Bowers, M. E. Bennett
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Emerging in 1981, the U.S. Department of Energy sponsored development of a mainframe-computer database consisting of information from…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.C. Chinni, C.R. Jones, D.A. Cremers, A. Beddingfield
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Field-deployable instruments based on the technique of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) are being developed for real-time…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Grant Schneider
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On May 3rd, 2010 at the beginning of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in New York, Secretary of State Hillary…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donna M. Beals, Matthew Sternat, Theodore F. Nichols
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Technical nuclear forensics (TNF) refers to the collection, analysis and evaluation of pre- and postdetonation radiological or nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hui Zhang
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Understanding the size of China’s stocks of fissile materials is important to assess China’s willingness to join a fissile material cutoff…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Judy J. Sanchez, Judy J. Sanchez, Paul H. Smith
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The Nuclear Process Infrastructure (NPI-1) group at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) coordinates with Nuclear Filter Technology, Inc…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David J. Mercer, Phillip A. Hypes, Paul R. J. Saey
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The world’s first nuclear device was detonated on 16 July 1945 near Alamogordo, New Mexico. The device, called “The Gadget,” was placed on…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bradley M. Loftin, Glenn Abramczyk, J.S. Bellamy, S.J. Nathan
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Radioactive material packages are withdrawn from use for various reasons; loss of mission, decertification, damage, replacement, etc.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.W. Johnson, J. E. Doyle, C. L. Murphy
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Renewed interest in arms-control treaties with Russia, following the model of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty of 1986…