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Pelindaba Nondestructive Assay Program for the Measurement and Declaration of Material to the International Atomic Energy Agency
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven E. Smith, Bert Rollen, Chris Behan, Angela Lousteau, Jeff Chapman, Alexander Solodov, Mosa Rasweswe
Abstract:
In 2001 the International Safeguards Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory was asked by the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA…
Performance Evaluation of State-of-the-Art Commercial UWB RFID Systems for Chain of Custody Processes
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Faranak Nekoogar, Farid Dowla
Abstract:
This paper presents a benchmark of commercially-of-the-shelf (COTS) ultra-wideband (UWB) radio frequency identification (RFID) systems for…
Performance of a Containment Vessel Closure for Radioactive Gas Contents
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kurt R. Eberl, P. S. Blanton, Paul T. Mann
Abstract:
The Bulk Tritium Shipping Package design complies with the packaging safety requirements of Title 10, Part 71, of the Code of Federal…
Performance of a Radiation Portal Freight Monitor based on Integrated Germanium Detector Modules
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald M. Keyser, Timothy R. Twomey
Abstract:
Portal monitors, container scanners, and mobile search systems, constructed with high resolution germanium (HPGe) detectors, are currently…
PERFORMANCE TEST BED FOR BORDER SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nathan C. Rowe, B. J. Stinson, J.R. Younkin, C.A. Pickett, G.D. Richardson, Brian Kaldenbach, Michael J. Kuhn, Steven S. Frank, T. L. Donaldson
Abstract:
Cooperative border security design relies on technology to assist in the prevention of transnational trafficking of illicit goods,…
PERTURBATION ANALYSIS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF REACTIVITY IN CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Vescovi, Tanya Sloma
Abstract:
A fissile package assessment per TS-R-1 guidance must be performed assuming that a contents specification provides the maximum neutron…
PERTURBATION ANALYSIS FOR DEMONSTRATION OF REACTIVITY IN CRITICALITY SAFETY ANALYSES - Presentation
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Vescovi, Tanya Sloma
Abstract:
A fissile package assessment per TS-R-1 guidance must be performed assuming that a contents specification provides the maximum neutron…
PF-4 Actinide Disposition Strategy (PADS)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert W. Margevicius
Abstract:
The dwindling amount of Security Category I processing and storage space across the DOE Complex has driven the need for more effective…
PHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF URANIUM CONCENTRATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard L. Moyers
Abstract:
An evaluation into the feasibility of using photometric techniques to determine in-process uranium concentrations is being conducted. An…
PILLAR STRUCTURED THERMAL NEUTRON DETECTORS: EFFECTS OF RADIATION FLUENCE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tzu-Fang Wang, Radoslav Radev, Rebecca Nikolic, Adam Conway, Q. Shao
Abstract:
Solid state thermal neutron detectors are desired to replace the current He tube based technology, which has some issues with stability,…
PLENARY SESSION PATRAM 2010 - Presentation
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Anita Nilsson
Political Dimensions of Determining “Effective” Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edward Ifft
Abstract:
After being largely out of favor during the eight years of the Bush administration, arms control is back in a major way, occupying prime…
Possible Applications of NDA Systems using Laser Compton Scattering (LCS) X-rays and J-rays in Material Accountancy and Safeguards Verification for Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Takehito Hayakawa, Toshiyuki Shizuma, Ryoichi Hajima, Nobuhiro Kikuzawa, Nobuyuki Nishimori, Micho Seya, Mamoru Fujiwara
Abstract:
ERL (Energy Recovery Linac) based laser Compton scattering (LCS) X- and J-ray sources 100 keV 3 MeV have possibilities of various…
POSSIBLE PROLIFERATION RISKS OF FUTURE TOKAMAK FUSION REACTORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthias Englert, Fabio Balloni
Abstract:
Although ?ssile material is usually not considered when thinking of fusion reactors (except in fusion-?ssion hybrid concepts), they have a…
POTENTIAL ROUTE EVIDENCE FROM FUGITIVE CHEMICALS ADSORBED TO PACKAGING MATERIALS AND METAL OXIDES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Lee Davisson, Hope A. Ishii, Roald N. Leif
Abstract:
Common polymeric materials used in packaging, such as paper and plastics (e.g. zip-lock bags), rapidly adsorb organic vapors and can…
POTENTIOMETRIC SENSOR FOR REAL-TIME MONITORING OF MULTIVALENT ION CONCENTRATIONS IN MOLTEN SALT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jan-Fong Jue, Peter A. Zink, Guy L. Fredrickson
Abstract:
Electrorefining of metallic spent nuclear fuel in high temperature molten salt systems is a core technology in pyroprocessing, which in…
Practical Results of the Creation of the Nondestructive Assay Measurement Training Laboratory at the Russian Methodological and Training Center
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Pshakin, G. M. Bezhunov, S. A. Bogdanov, V. V. Talanov, Debbie Dickman, B.G. Ryazanov
Abstract:
The Russian Methodological and Training Center (RMTC) was created at the Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (IPPE) in Obninsk,…
PRACTICAL RESULTS OF THE NUCLEAR MATERIAL PHYSICAL PROTECTION, CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING CONFERENCES SPONSORED BY THE GEORGE KUZMYCH TRAINING CENTER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Debbie Dickman, L. Duinslaeger, Pascal Daures, Vladimir I. Kirischuk, Olena P. Romanova, O. Cromboom, Sergey Drapey, Victor Gavrilyuk
Abstract:
The George Kuzmych Training Center (GKTC) was created at the Kyiv Institute of Nuclear Research (KINR) in Kyiv, Ukraine as a result of…
Practice of the Physical Protection of Nuclear Materials and Nuclear Facilities in China
Type:JNMM
Volume:38
Issue:4
Author(s):Liu Daming
Abstract:
China has had a nuclear industry for many years. Since the 1980s,when the reform and opening-up policy was adopted, China hasbeen making…
Preliminary Results from the 2010 INMM International Containment and Surveillance Workshop
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chris Pickett, Stephen A. LaMontagne, Keith Tolk, Frances Keel
Abstract:
The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management held an international workshop, entitled “Containment & Surveillance: Concepts for the…