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The National Nuclear Security Administration Contractor Material Control and
Accountability Technical Qualification Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Geneva Johnson, Michelle Barboa, Steve Guerro, Amy Whitworth, Jeff Archuleta
Abstract:The MC&A community across the DOE Complex has experienced significant turnover and attrition over the past decade at both the Federal…
The Role of Nuclear Activities for Civil Purposes in the Context of the EU Sanctions Against Russia
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rebecca Grigolli, Giacomo Piacentini
Abstract:As a response to the Russian war against Ukraine, the European Union has adopted a comprehensive sanctions framework which adds further…
The scalability of gadolinium-doped
water-Cherenkov detectors for
nonproliferation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Viacheslav A. Li
Abstract:Among other applications, antineutrino detection offers a remote but still cooperative capability to discover or exclude operating nuclear…
Time-Dependent Multiplicity for Cf-252 Neutron Source
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Xiaobo Liu, Yaru Shi, Jiansheng Li
Abstract:A Cf-252 neutron source is widely used for testing and calibrating neutron multiplicity 11 counters. General equations for calculating the…
Time-Resolved Digital Data Processing Enhancements in
Neutron Active Interrogation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Colton Graham, Junwoo Bae, Christopher Meert, Abbas Jinia, Oskar Fick Searfus, Shaun Clarke, S. A. Pozzi, I. Jovanovic
Abstract:Detecting shielded contraband material, including illicit drugs, explosives, and special nuclear material using nuclear techniques has been…
TOWARD A NEW APPROACH FOR VITAL AREA IDENTIFICATION FOR CUTTINGEDGE NUCLEAR FACILITI
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam D. Williams, Andrew J. Clark, Alan Evans, Jesse J.` Bland
Abstract:Current best practices in vital area identification (VAI) focus on preventing radiological sabotage in terms of damage to reactor cores…
Towards establishing a service life for the SAVY-4000 nuclear material
storage container at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexander Steven Bishop, Jonah Jeremy Newton, Jonathan Gregory Gigax, Tristan Karns, Paul Herrick Smith
Abstract:The SAVY-4000 nuclear material storage container has been in use at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) as a DOE Manual 441.1-1…
Towards Export Controls Instead of Safeguards for Commercial Fusion Power Plants
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Hua, Sachin Desai
Abstract:Fusion energy is progressing towards commercial deployment, evidenced by the rise of private fusion enterprises, the US National Ignition…
Towards Identification of TRISO Pebbles at Arbitrary
Orientation Using X-ray Radiographs
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Stringer, Bryan van der Ende, C. Anghel
Abstract:Modern pebble-bed reactor concepts employing TRISO-based pebbles involve the circulation of thousands of such pebbles through the reactor…
TRANSPORT CALCULATION OF THE NEUTRON MULTIPLICITY
MOMENTS WITH ENERGY DEPENDENCE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Imre Pazsit, Victor Dykin, Senada Avdic
Abstract:In recent work we have developed a general one-speed transport theory model for the calculation of the multiplicity moments, used in…
Transportation and accounting : linking two national databases
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):FRANCOIS LANAVE
Abstract:IRSN is the French TSO in nuclear and radiation risks. Its activities cover all the related scientific and technical issues. Among these…
Trepanning Graphite Samples at a Shutdown Magnox Reactor:
A US-UK Joint Exercise for Nuclear Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Bowerman, R. Boyd, C. Finfrock, C. Gesh, R. Pires
Abstract:In April 2022, a team sponsored by the US DOE Office of Nuclear Verification (ONV) shipped trepanning equipment to the nuclear power…
Ultra-high energy resolution microcalorimeter gamma ray spectrometer for high precision
nuclear fuel cycle research
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.A. Schreiber, A.L. Wessels, DG McNeel, M. Keller, M.P. Croce, M.H. Carpenter, R.U. Schönemann, J.W. Ward, E.S. Teti, D.T. Becker, D. A. Bennett, J.D. Gard, J. Imrek, J.A.B. Mates, D.J. Mercer, N.J. Ortiz, D.R. Schmidt, D.S. Swetz, J. N. Ullom, A. Williams, M. Coleman, B. Storms, B. Bucher, E. Seabury
Abstract:Nuclear energy depends on the development of new reactor technologies which are increasingly safe, secure, and economical. In support of…
Uncertain to Unambiguous--Material Balance Evaluations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jeffrey B. Coleman
Abstract:The purpose of this document is to briefly outline the general methodology of the standard error of the inventory difference (SEID)…
Uncertain to Unambiguous—Shipper Receiver Evaluations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jeffrey B. Coleman
Abstract:The purpose of this document is to briefly outline the general methodology of the shipper receiver difference evaluation calculations with…
UNDERSTANDING STATES’ EXPERIENCE IN SAFEGUARDS:
CHALLENGES TO AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENTRY INTO FORCE AND IMPLEMENTATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Noah C Mayhew
Abstract:The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), States and groups of States have long engaged in outreach and capacity building on…
Uniform Manifold Approximation and Projection as Anomaly Detection Applied to Masking Scenarios of Plutonium
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Marcus Neuer, Elmar Jacobs
Abstract:Unsupervised learning strategies have proven successful for detecting anomalies in various applications. UMAP, the uniform manifold…
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Small Modular Reactor (SMR) Security
in Remote Sites
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ankur Chaudhuri, Jelena Vucicevic, Karthik Thiyagarajan
Abstract:In Canada and around the world, interest in the potential deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs) has been gaining momentum as a low-…
Updating and Enhancing the INPRO Proliferation Resistance Methodology for Better
Sustainability Assessments
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Scherer, Malin Ardhammar, B. Boyer, J.S. Lee, S. Poirier, S. Adams, C. Bathke, Sunil Chirayath, Giacomo Cojazzi, G. Renda, G. Reyes, B. van der Ende
Abstract:The International Project on Innovative Nuclear Reactors and Fuel Cycles (INPRO), begun in 2001, developed a methodology to assess the…
Updating the Annexes to the IAEA Additional Protocol
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark W. Goodman, PhD., Warren Stern
Abstract:The Model Additional Protocol has two technical annexes that set out activities and exports that the State must report to the IAEA. The…