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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Michael Whitaker, Brian Boyer, Dunbar Lockwood, Tim Margrave
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Beginning in 2007, the International Safeguards Division of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) has been sponsoring…
Type:JNMM
Volume:39
Issue:4
Author(s):Charles Pietri
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This summary was taken in part from the complete International Target Values (ITVs ) ITV 2010 report published by the International Atomic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George J. Havrilla, Stephen K. Doorn, Velma M. Montoya, Leif O. Brown
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In this paper, we describe our efforts to use spectroscopic signatures of materials to develop a passive tagging and sealing technology…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.A. Bostick, C. R. Hexel, J.A. Carter, Hunter Fontenot
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Surface smears using cotton swipes at nuclear facilities are one of the standard sampling protocols used by International Atomic Energy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kent Goodey, Cristen L. Duncan, C. L. Heinberg, Vladimir I. Boiko, Maxim E. Silaev, M. Hazel, Gilbert W. Butler
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Educational programs for training of specialists in the area of material protection, control and accounting (MPC&A) for Russian…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul M. Booker, Melissa A. Scholz, Charles Pezeshki
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To prepare future nuclear materials experts, it is imperative to engage students in real-world challenges before they enter the workforce.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shoichi Yatsu
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The Government of Japan obligates to implement the safeguards agreement with IAEA. The implementation could be performed by establishment…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. E. Méndez Torres, J. Reppert
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New coating technology enables the fabrication of low cost structural health monitoring (SHM) and tamper indication devices that can be…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Arian Pregenzer
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There are growing concerns about the resilience of the nuclear nonproliferation regime. The goal of this paper is to introduce the concept…
Type:JNMM
Volume:39
Issue:3
Author(s):Jack Jekowski
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In the last two issues of the JNMM, wetraced the remarkable journey by theObama Administration in its efforts topursue the seemingly…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L. G. Evans, Martyn Swinhoe, S. Croft, D. Hauck
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Neutron multiplicity analysis based on multiplicity shift register (MSR) logic applied to the pulse train in hardware or to list mode data…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kristof Horváth, Arpad Vincze
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The importance of the 3S concept has already been recognized from legislative point of view: in helping to avoid gaps, overlaps and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Kinney, P. Iontchev, T. Pochet
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In 2005, India and the United States of America announced the creation of a framework for mutual cooperation in nuclear energy to meet the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian W. Smith, Matrin Robel, Charles G. Bathke, Bartley B. Ebbinghaus, Brad W. Sleaford, Brian Collins, Kevin R. Hase, Andrew W. Prichard, Mark T. Niehus
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This paper reports the continued evaluation of the attractiveness of materials mixtures containing special nuclear materials (SNM)…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph R. Stainback IV, Kaveri Thakur
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Trainees who are provided with the opportunity to practice using hands-on field training techniques are more likely to retain information…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Schanfein
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Undeclared nuclear facilities unequivocally remain the most difficult safeguards challenge facing the International Atomic Energy Agency…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jane Poths, S. Bulyha, Cheolsu Kim, David Donohue
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The Environmental Sample Laboratory (ESL) of the IAEA Department of Safeguards has implemented the measurement of Pu in environmental…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eric M. Weis, Silvia S. Jurisson
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Groundwater contamination by 99Tc may pose a threat to the biosphere. Immobilization of pertechnetate by converting it to insoluble Tc2S7…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carlos D. Rael, A. Favalli, Martyn Swinhoe, S. Croft
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Safeguarding the commercial nuclear fuel cycle is key to complying with international non-proliferation treaties. For fuel assemblies…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew Dallimore, Calvin Giles, Geraint S. Dermody
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A 6LiF:ZnS(Ag) based technology has been developed as a replacement for He-3 detectors in Radiation Portal Monitors (RPMs). An early…