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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George J. Havrilla, Velma M. Montoya, W. T. Elam
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Ultra high energy X-ray fluorescence (UHEXRF) has been demonstrated as a feasible means for characterizing actinide content in spent…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Collins, George J. Havrilla, Velma M. Montoya, W. T. Elam, Sarvjit Shastri, Ali Mashayekhi
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Ultra high energy X-ray fluorescence (UHEXRF) has been demonstrated as a feasible means for characterizing actinide content in spent…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Burr, S. Tobin, H. Menlove, Martyn T. Swinhoe, James R. Gattiker, Tae-Hoon Lee, M. A. Schear, Jeremy Llyod Conlin, Pauline Blanc, J. Hu, J. Galloway, D. Higdon, A. LaFleur, H. Trellue
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The Next Generation Safeguards Initiative is developing nondestructive assay (NDA) methods to assay Pu mass in spent fuel assemblies.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George Berzins, Randy Jones, Calvin Moss, L. Karch, Richard Chiffelle
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During the past several years, we have evaluated radioisotope identifiers (RIIDs) for the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) at several…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Troy Ross
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Complex sensor platforms are used in safeguards applications to provide re- liable identication and monitoring of items of interest. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thmoas N. Pham, Steven L. Ward
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NRC staff is currently revising Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 74: Material Control and Accounting for Special Nuclear Material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Inose, Wataru Yuasa
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In order to transport nuclear materials safely and smoothly, it is important to understand the accurate position of the transport convoy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas M. Weber, Nathanael Brown, Matthew Allen, Keith Marlow
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Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with the Y-12 National Security Complex, has worked to develop a generalized method for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Richter, Y. Aregbe, J Truyens, M. Kraiem, H. Kühn, E. Stefaniak
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The European Commission's Institute for Reference Materials and Measurements (IRMM) is provides isotope reference materials and reference…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T.G. Schaaff, James A. Bradshaw, Harsh M. Parikh
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An inductively-coupled plasma mass spectrometer system (ICP-MS, SpectroMS, Spectro Analytical Instruments, GmbH) utilizing a large-array…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Julia Cantrell
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Enriched and Highly Enriched Uranium (EU – HEU) standards have been fabricated for use in the Nuclear Detection and Sensor Testing Center (…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tom Hines, Don Dihel, Lane Paschal, Greg Becker, Richard Mayer
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Radioactive working reference materials (WRMs) traceable to a nationally recognized reference base are essential in nondestructive assay (…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Friend, Amy Johnson, Bart Engbers
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In 2009, URENCO presented a paper at the ESARDA and INMM conferences which highlighted the need for a world-wide standard for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hee-Sung Shin, Junesik Ju, Sungho Eom, Se-Hwan Park, June-Sik Park
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Axial burnup distribution of a spent fuel assembly plays very important role in the application of burnup credit and the safeguards. When…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael J. Kristo
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Arguably, there can be no greater collaboration in the new science of pre-detonation nuclear forensics than that between the world’s two…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eric Rauch, Jeff Chapman, Denise Lee, Shaheen A. Dewji, Nolan Hertel
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Historically, the approach to safeguarding nuclear material in the front end of the fuel cycle was implemented only at the stage when UF6…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bradley M. Loftin, Glenn Abramczyk, Donald T. Trapp
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the Savannah River National Laboratory was asked to develop an adapter for performing the leak-rate test of a Chalfant-style containment…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Amy Wilson, David Young, Richard Green
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When the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Material Control & Accountability (MC&A) community began developing the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. McKinny, N. Johnson
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Abstract In response to the global shortage of Helium-3 gas and the increased demand for neutron detectors for homeland security, GE Energy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mickey Boatwright
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Performance Testing and Quick Card results are entered into the evaluation process of the Comprehensive Analysis of Safeguards Strategies (…