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LONG-RANGE STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE IAEA DEPARTMENT OF SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. Pujol, Bruce Moran, Jill N. Cooley
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In 2008, the IAEA Department of Safeguards initiated a departmental long-range strategic planning process in order to be better prepared…
Los Alamos National Laboratory Standard Nuclear Material Container
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Laura A. Worl, Tresa F. Yarbro, Cindy J. Mills, Timothy A. Stone
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The shut down of United States (U.S.) nuclear-weapons production activities in the early 1990s left large quantities of nuclear materials…
MAIN APPROACHES TO ORGANIZATION OF ASSESSMENT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING STATUS ON THE SITE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. E. Shmelyov, V. Y. Chukov, G.V. Lavrentieva
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The plans of work on the long-term support of operability of material control and accounting system include the activities directed at the…
Maintaining focus and seeking synergies – ensuring that small R&D programs are able to maximise the effectiveness of the efforts in support of safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Carlson, John Carlson, John Carlson, Russell Leslie, Russell Leslie, Russell Leslie
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The IAEA is largely dependent upon the Member State Support Programs (MSSPs) for the technologies and concepts that underpin the…
MASS VERIFICATION METHOD FOR SAMPLES CONTAINING URANIUM, PLUTONIUM, AND OTHER ACTINIDES USING AN ACTIVE WELL COINCIDENCE COUNTER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Angela L. Thornton, Jason Hayward, Braden Goddard
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The ability of inspection agencies and facility operators to measure samples containing mixtures of uranium, plutonium, and other…
MATERIAL RECONCILIATION: A SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR ACCURATE AND RAPID IDENTIFICATION OF ASSETS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chris Pickett, J.R. Younkin, G.D. Richardson, Bradley Weil, Wesley Bicha
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Y-12 National Security Complex have a long- standing history of expertise with handling…
MC&A System Integration in Processing Facilities During Conceptual and Preliminary Design (U)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jon Long
Abstract:
In the absence of definitive Material Control and Accountability (MC&A) guidance relating to design requirements for domestic,…
Measurement and Characterization of Nuclear Material at Idaho National Laboratory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Marek Flaska, Sara A. Pozzi, J.L. Dolan, D.L. Chichester
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A measurement plan and preliminary Monte Carlo simulations are presented for the investigation of well-defined mixed-oxide fuel pins.…
Measurement and Characterization of Nuclear Material at Idaho National Laboratory
Type:JNMM
Volume:38
Issue:1
Author(s):Jennifer Dolan, Marek Flaska, Sara Pozzi, D. L. Chichester D. L. Chichester
Abstract:
A measurement plan and preliminary Monte Carlo simulations arepresented for the investigation of well-defined mixed-oxide fuelpins.…
Measurement Error Modeling and Simulation for Solution Monitoring
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tom Burr, M. Hamada
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There are many types of data potentially available for solution monitoring for safeguards applications. Following a brief overview, we…
MEASUREMENT OF 238U MUONIC X RAYS WITH A GERMANIUM DETECTOR SETUP
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.-I. Esch, J. Hoteling, A. Adelmann, L. Mitchell, T.J. Stocki
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In the ?eld of nuclear non-proliferation muon interactions with materials are of great interest. This paper describes an experiment…
Measurement of Plutonium in Spent Nuclear Fuel by Self-Induced X-ray Fluorescence
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Tobin, Daniel C. Strohmeyer, Steven F. Saavedra, W. Charlton, C.R. Rudy, A.S. Hoover, A. Stafford
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Direct measurement of the plutonium content in spent nuclear fuel is a challenging problem in non-destructive assay. The very high gamma-…
Meeting Packaging Needs for Radioactive Material
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jeffery England, Jean Baladi, Marc Loibl
Abstract:
The Department of Energy (DOE) is working to de-inventory hazardous materials from several of its sites and consolidate the material for…
Methodology and Determination of Field of View of Neutron and Gamma Detectors in the Atucha Spent Fuel Storage Pool
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shivakumar Sitaraman, Young S. Ham, William Walters, Michael Wenner
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In this paper we seek to create a model by determining the field of view (FOV) of a detector (i.e. which assemblies contribute to the…
MOCK FUEL STORAGE MBA AT MURR
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael A. Flagg, Kathleen M. Trauth, J. David Robertson, John Gahl, W. Miller, Les Foyto, James S. Cole, Charles L. Weaver
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In conjunction with the 2009 State Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Materials Course (SSAC), a mock up of a possible fresh…
Modeling of X-Ray Fluoresence using MCNPX and Geant4
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Tobin, S. Tobin, S. Tobin, S. Tobin, Mike L. Fensin, Mike L. Fensin, Mike L. Fensin, Mike L. Fensin, A.S. Hoover, A.S. Hoover, A.S. Hoover, A.S. Hoover, A. Rajasingum, A. Rajasingum, A. Rajasingum, A. Rajasingum
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X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) is one of thirteen non-destructive assay techniques being researched for the purpose of quantifying the Pu mass…
Monte Carlo Optimization of a Two-Plane Compton Imager
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.A. Maestas, P.R. Stanfield, M. Flaska, S.A. Pozzi, A. Guergueiev, C.M. Herbach, J. Stein
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Compton cameras have been used for astronomical and medical imaging applications as early as the 1970s. Recent interest in their potential…
MONTE CARLO SIMULATION OF PORTAL MONITOR DETECTION PERFORMANCE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rollin Evans
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Monte Carlo results of portal monitor detector sensitivity are presented. The simulated detector uses the difference in count statistics…
Monte Carlo Simulations of Multiplicity Measurements of the Plutonium BeRP Ball
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.C. Miller, S. A. Pozzi, B.D. Dennis, S.D. Clarke
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The objective of this work was to demonstrate the ability of the MCNP-PoliMi code to predict the detected neutron multiplicity…
MONTE CARLO STUDY OF FEASIBILITY OF PASSIVE, TIME-COINCIDENCE MEASUREMENTS FOR MONITORING LARGE FISSILE STORAGE ARRAYS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John T. Mihalczo, Jason Hayward
Abstract:
Monitoring the amount of HEU in large (metric tons) storage arrays with passive time coincidence distribution measurements is complicated…