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THE REMOTELY MONTIORED SEALING ARRAY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Goldfarb, M. Stein, Bernard Wishard, Barry Schoeneman, M. Fontanarosa
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A resource intensive activity conducted by safeguards inspectors during their inspections to nuclear facilities is to verify the…
The Role of Borders In Radioactive and Nuclear Materials Counterproliferation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ruth Duggan
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The three primary vectors of proliferation are material, technology, and expertise. In combating the proliferation of radioactive and…
The Role of the Russian Methodological and Training Center in Providing Nondestructive Assay Technical Assistance to Russian Enterprises
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Ryazanov,, S. A. Bogdanov, V. V. Talanov
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The Russian Methodological and Training Center (RMTC) was initially created to provide not only personnel training in the areas of…
THE SHIPMENT OF RUSSIAN-ORIGIN HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM RESEARCH REACTOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL FROM KAZAKHSTAN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Igor Bolshinsky, Jay Thomas
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In May 2009, the Global Threat Reduction Initiative and the Institute of Nuclear Physics (INP) of the National Nuclear Center of the…
The State-level Approach to International Safeguards
Type:JNMM
Volume:37
Issue:4
Author(s):Jill Cooley
Abstract:
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THE STATE-LEVEL APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jill N. Cooley
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Implementation of IAEA safeguards and the drawing of safeguards conclusions has changed dramatically over the last decade from a system…
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s International Involvement
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas A. Grice, Marshall D. Kohen
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The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has an extensive history of engagement with international partners, both in government and…
The Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant Sustainability Program of Nuclear Material Protection, Control and Accounting System Upgrades
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Esther Ku, Rashid Yuldashev, Michael Carroll, Albert Garrett, Richard Dowe Dabbs, Scott Patrick, Alexander Vakhonin
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The Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant (UEIP), located in Novouralsk, Russia, has cooperated with the US Department of Energy/National…
The Use of 3D Laser based Systems for IAEA SG Design Information Verification DIV)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Manfred Zendel, Stephanie Poirier, M. Moeslinger, Stephan Haslam
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Design Information Verification (DIV) is becoming increasingly important in International Safeguards as a way of verifying that facility…
THE UTILITY OF SOCIAL MODELING FOR PROLIFERATION ASSESSMENT Preliminary Findings
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. A. Coles, Alan Brothers, Zoe Gastelum,, Sandy Thompson
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Methodologies for assessing proliferation risk are often focused around the inherent vulnerability of nuclear energy systems and associated…
THORIUM BLENDED AND REGULAR MOX BURN-UP STUDIES FOR FAST REACTOR FUEL CYCLE SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jean Ragusa, Paul Nelson, Sunil Chirayath
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Fast reactor fuel cycle (FRFC) is regaining importance because of its vital role in the long term development of nuclear power. The safety…
TIME-SPECTRAL ANALYSIS ALGORITHMS FOR LEAD SLOWING-DOWN SPECTROSCOPY OF SPENT FUEL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L. E. Smith, Kevin K. Anderson, Jennifer J. Ressler, Mark W. Shaver, Avigdor Gavron
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Nondestructively determining the plutonium content in spent fuel assemblies continues to be a considerable challenge in the safeguarding…
Title – A National Tracking Center for Monitoring Shipments of HEU, MOX, and Spent Nuclear Fuel: How do we implement?
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark J. Schanfein, Philip Casey Durst
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Nuclear material safeguards specialists and instrument developers at US Department of Energy (USDOE) National Laboratories in the United…
TITLE: Transition of Responsibility for Maintenance, Support and Further Development of MPC&A Systems from the USPT to NCCP
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James Lloyd, Irina Zubairova, Andre Tomashkov, Alexei Vorobyov
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This presentation describes the final stage of cooperation under the MPC&A program between the U.S. DOE and Rosatom at the Novosibirsk…
TRAINING IN ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSES FOR SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ross W. Williams, Amy M. Gaffney, Nancy A. Hutcheon
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Next Generation Safeguards Initiative, a new course, Training in Environmental Sample Analysis for IAEA Safeguards, is being offered as a…
TRAINING PROGRAM TO PREPARE THE U.S. DOE LABORATORIES FOR THE ENTRY INTO FORCE OF THE PROTOCOL ADDITIONAL TO THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY FOR THE APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS IN THE U.S.A.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rebecca Stevens, Brian Boyer, John Valente, Edward Wonder, Jae Jo, Eva Uribe
Abstract:
In 2008, a joint team from Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) consisting of specialists in…
TRANSFERRING MOX TECHNOLOGY TO THE UNITED STATES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Laurence Bourachot, Jean-Pierre Bariteau, Dirk Leach
Abstract:
Recognizing the threat of surplus weapon-grade plutonium to global security, the governments of the United States of America and the…
Transition to Integrated Safeguards at Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Plants
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Pellechi, D Hurt, J. Araujo, Zdravko Starovich, Adel Tolba, J. Lepingwell, Pavel Titov
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This paper presents the improvements in efficiency and effectiveness of the safeguards approach applied at depleted, natural and low…
Trial Operations of the Tamper-Indicating Devices at the Krasnoyarsk Electrochemical Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Krishan Mutreja, Esther Ku, Bradley Weil, Michael Carroll, Eduard Antonov
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As a result of the U.S.–Russian Tamper Indicating Device (TID) Working Group’s accelerated efforts to facilitate the modernization of TID…
U.S.-CHINA RADIOLOGICAL SOURCE SECURITY PROJECT: CONTINUING AND EXPANDING BILATERAL COOPERATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles Streeper, Zhu Zhixuan, Noah G. Pope, James Lloyd, Rick Rawl, Mark Hawk, Zhou Qifu, Alexander Feldman
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The successful radiological security cooperation between the U.S. and China to secure at-risk sites near venues of the 2008 Beijing Summer…