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A New Software Application for Hybrid K-Edge Densitometry
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Philips, R.D. McElroy, M.F. Villani, S. Croft, R. Venkataraman, H. Zhu, J. Lamontagne
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For the past two decades, the CANBERRA hybrid K-edge/XRF densitometry system has been a powerful tool in international safeguards for…
A NEXT GENERATION SAFEGUARDS INITIATIVE: OUTLINE OF INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dunbar Lockwood, Mark Goodman, John McClelland-Kerr, Stephen LaMontagne, Donald T. Reed, Adam Scheinman, Kasia Mendelsohn
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The Next Generation Safeguards Initiative (NGSI) is a major new initiative of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). Its goal…
A NONPROLIFERATION IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF THE GNEP ALTERNATIVES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Goodman, James K. Sprinkle
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In January 2009, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nonproliferation and International Security released a draft Non-…
A REVIEW OF COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS FOR NUCLEAR APPLICATIONS AVAILABLE FROM THE RADIATION SAFETY INFORMATION COMPUTATIONAL CENTER (RSICC)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.L. Kirk
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The Radiation Safety Information Computational Center (RSICC) has been in existence since 1963. RSICC collects, organizes, evaluates and…
A SELECTION OF RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS AND FUTURE CHALLENGES IN SAFEGUARDS R&D AS IDENTIFIED BY THE EUROPEAN SAFEGUARDS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Janssens-Maenhout, L.-V. Bril, Arnold Rezniczek, K. Mayer, B. Richter, Maurizio Boella, G. Stein, Bruno Autrusson, Willem Janssens, Michel Richard, P. Peerani, Rudolf Weh, João G.M. Gonçalves, Elina Martikka, Filippo Sevini
Abstract:
In the year of its 40th anniversary, ESARDA can look back on a wealth of achievements in the European safeguards area, to which its members…
A Self Assessment of the Material Control and Accountability Implementation Function by National Nuclear Security Administration Headquarters (NNSA-HQ) Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Srini Venkatesh, Cathy Key
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A self-assessment of the Defense Nuclear Security (NA-70) Material Control and Accountability Program Self-Assessment to evaluate the…
A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESS FOR SAFEGUARDS DESIGN*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Benjamin B. Cipiti, Felicia A. Durán
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As the world engages in a nuclear renaissance, methodologies are needed to ensure the ability to meet requirements without adding…
A SYSTEMS-BASED APPROACH TO INSIDER SECURITY*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Duggan, Felicia A. Durán, Patrick Hester
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Malicious insiders represent the most capable of potential security threats to any organization. This threat ranges from petty theft and…
A Total Risk Assessment Methodology for Security Assessment
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gregory D. Wyss, Gregory D. Wyss, Gregory D. Wyss, Gregory D. Wyss, Gregory D. Wyss, Gregory D. Wyss, Gregory D. Wyss, Gregory D. Wyss, Daniel Pless, Daniel Pless, Daniel Pless, Daniel Pless, Daniel Pless, Daniel Pless, Daniel Pless, Daniel Pless, Ronald Rhea, Ronald Rhea, Ronald Rhea, Ronald Rhea, Ronald Rhea, Ronald Rhea, Ronald Rhea, Consuelo Silva, Consuelo Silva, Consuelo Silva, Consuelo Silva, Consuelo Silva, Consuelo Silva, Consuelo Silva, Paul Kaplan, Paul Kaplan, Paul Kaplan, Paul Kaplan, Paul Kaplan, Paul Kaplan, Paul Kaplan, Paul Kaplan, Richard Auilar, Richard Auilar, Richard Auilar, Richard Auilar, Richard Auilar, Richard Auilar, Richard Auilar, Stephen Conrad, Stephen Conrad, Stephen Conrad, Stephen Conrad, Stephen Conrad, Stephen Conrad, Stephen Conrad
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Sandia National Laboratories performed a two-year Laboratory Directed Research and Development project to develop a new collaborative risk…
ABACC and JRC Cooperation on 3D Laser Range Finder (3DLR) for Design Information Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Orpet J. M. Peixoto, Silvio Gonçalves de Almeida, João G.M. Gonçalves, Vitor Sequeira
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Design Information Verification (DIV) is a very important activity in verifying the operator declaration to detect possible changes that…
Accounting and Control of Radioactive Substances and Waste: Application of Neogeography Principles
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sergey U. Gevorkov, Vladimir A. Agamalyan
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The presentation is based on the results of research into application of neogeography principles in integration of information resources…
ACCREDITED STANDARDS COMMITTEE N15 DEVELOPMENTS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Melanie P. May, C. Mathews, Lynn Preston
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Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) N15, Methods of Nuclear Material Control, is sponsored by the Institute of Nuclear Materials…
Achievements in Testing of the MGA and FRAM Isotopic Software Codes under the DOE/NNSA-IRSN Cooperation on Gamma-Ray Isotopic Measurement Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Duc T. Vo, Tzu-Fang Wang, Pierre Funk, Anne-Laure Weber, Nicolas Pepin
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DOE/NNSA and IRSN collaborated on a study of gamma-ray instruments and analysis methods used to perform isotopic measurements of special…
ACTIVE NEUTRON COINCIDENCE COUNTING USING A NEUTRON GENERATOR FOR A FISSILE MATERIAL ACCOUNTING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tae-Hoon Lee, Hee-Sung Shin, Ho Dong Kim, Seong-Kyu Ahn
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An active neutron coincidence counter using a neutron generator as an interrogation source has been suggested. Because of the high energy…
Active Security” Operating Doctrine at the NNSA Office of Secure Transportation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James Thomas
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Over the past several years, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Secure Transportation (OST) has developed and…
ADVANCED INVESTIGATIONS TO EVALUATE SPENT FUEL CASK SAFETY FOR EXTENDED STORAGE PERIODS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Holger Völzke, Holger Völzke, Dietmar Wolff, Dietmar Wolff, Ulrich Probst
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Dry storage of spent fuel and high activity waste (HAW) from reprocessing is well established and qualified Type B transport and storage…
Advanced Safeguards and Proliferation Resistance of the Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yusuke Kuno, Naoko Inoue, Masao Senzaki
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The proliferation-resistant nuclear fuel cycle impedes diversion by host states seeking to acquire nuclear weapons or other nuclear…
Advanced Safeguards Technology Demonstration at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C.R. Orton, J.M. Schwantes, S. Bryan, T. Levitskaia, M. Douglas, C. Fraga, M. Liezers, S. Peper, R.N. Christensen, Leah M. Arrigo
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has established international safeguards standards for fissionable material at spent fuel…
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES FOR DESIGN INFORMATION VERIFICATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael L. Watkins, Joseph L. Rose
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This paper discusses several technologies that have the potential to enhance facilities design information verification. These approaches…
Advancing the Development and Usage of the Y-12 National Security Complex Nuclear Material Inventory Assessment
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jennife Vanover, Pat Hart
Abstract:
Per DOE Order 5660.1B, “Management of Nuclear Materials,” the Nuclear Material Inventory Assessment (NMIA) is an annual requirement to…