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ADVANCED NEUTRON IMAGING TECHNIQUE (ANIT) WITH DIFFICULT ASSAYS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.F. Villani, C G Wilkins, S. Croft, N. Menaa, S. Kane
Abstract:
The Passive Active Neutron Waste Assay System (PANWAS) has been in operation for 3 years measuring 200 l and 400 l waste drums [1, 2,3] at…
Advanced Safeguards Technology Demonstration at Pacific Northwest National Labortatory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C.R. Orton, J.M. Schwantes, S. Bryan, T. Levitskaia, D. Duckworth, M. Douglas, C. Fraga, S. Lehn, S. Peper
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The IAEA has established international safeguards standards for fissionable materials at spent fuel reprocessing plants to ensure that…
Advances in low level uranium and plutonium isotope mass spectrometry using multiple ion counting and filament carburization
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Roger Wellum, S. Richter, A. Alonso-Munoz, R. Jakopic, H Kuehn, Y. Aregbe
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After upgrading IRMM's mass spectrometric capabilities for certification measurements for uranium and plutonium using large sample sizes…
Advances Towards Readily Deployable Antineutrino Detectors for Reactor Monitoring and Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. S. Bowden, A. Bernstein, S. Dazeley, J. Lund, D. Reyna, L. Sadler
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Nuclear reactors have served as the neutrino source for many fundamental physics experiments. The techniques developed by these experiments…
AGE DETERMINATION OF SINGLE PLUTONIUM PARTICLE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Shinonaga, A. Ciurapinski
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This paper describes a method for the determination of the age of plutonium in micrometersized particles. Environmental sampling is an…
Alpha Detector Pixelization Effects on NMIS Imaging
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John T. Mihalczo, B. R. Grogan, J.A. Mullens, P. A. Hausladen, S. M. McConchie
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The Nuclear Materials Identification System (NMIS) conducts non intrusive scans of containers and other objects using active interrogation…
An Analysis of Advanced Safeguards Approaches For New Large-Scale Uranium Enrichment Plants
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Philip C. Durst
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A team of international nuclear safeguards experts and specialists were funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, NNSA Office NA-243, to…
An Assessment of Russian Nuclear Materials Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan Voss
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Since the early 1990’s, prior to the demise of the Former Soviet Union, there has been considerable international concern over the security…
An Assessment of the Global Nuclear Threat
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan Voss
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The possibility of an attack by chemical, biological, radiological or NWs has been identified as the greatest threat faced by the United…
An improved self-checking weighing practice and a method for contamination detection for use in IDMS nuclear material assay
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. van Belle, E. Zuleger, L. Duinslaeger
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In Nuclear Safeguards applications and applications related to Nuclear Material Accountancy the need for accurate nuclear material assay is…
An International Developmental Model for Nonproliferation Education
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. Mark Leek
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This paper presents a heuristic model for the international development of nonproliferation education programs. The paper draws on the…
An MC&A Database for Healthcare Facilities and University-Based Research Activities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Elena Obrezkova, Kathleen M. Trauth, Jack Crawford
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A variety of health and university-based research facilities handle, and therefore must control, various nuclear materials. These…
AN OVERVIEW OF THE GLOBAL THREAT REDUCTION INITIATIVE DOMESTIC SECURITY PLAN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Craig Johnson, Sonny Smith, Ethan Bodnaruk, John Pelletier
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In May 2004, the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration established the Global Threat Reduction Initiative (…
AN UNATTENDED AND SECURE MONITOR CONCEPT FOR SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CONTAINERS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Philip C. Durst, Morris S. Good, James R. Skorpik, David W. Wootan, Bruce E. Watson
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Continuous monitoring of spent nuclear fuel is critical to (1) an expanding, global nuclear power industry; (2) safeguards to detect any…
AN UPDATE ON U.S. DOMESTIC REACTOR CONVERSION PROGRAM TO LEU
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nicole Nelson-Jean, Dana M. Meyer
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The Department of Energy’s Idaho National Laboratory, under its programmatic responsibility for managing the University Research Reactor…
ANALYSIS OF CONTEMPORARY PUBLICATIONS ON PROBLEMS OF RADIOECOLOGY OF THE URALS REGION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Anastasia Lipilina
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The report presents the analysis of publications found in the Internet, scientific articles and mass media, on problems of Krasnoufimsk…
Analysis of the Possible Influence of Nuclear Energy Development Scenarios on the Scale of Inspection Activity to Maintain the Nonproliferation Regime
Type:JNMM
Volume:37
Issue:1
Author(s):A. Andrianov, Yu.A. Korovin, Gennady Pshakin
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An analysis of the influence of possible nuclear energy developmentscenarios on the scale of inspection activity required tomaintain the…
Analytical calculation and simulation of the light pulse distribution in organic scintillation detectors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sara Pozzi, Imre Pazsit, Andreas Enqvist
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We develop a fully analytic and self-contained description of the amplitude distribution of light pulses in an organic scintillation…
Application for Automated Inventory Management of Weapons and Related Assets
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. J. Stinson, J.R. Younkin, C.A. Pickett, G.D. Richardson
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is developing a system that uses a new inductive communication technology called RuBee™, to manage…
APPLICATION OF A NEW NEUTRON MULTIPLICITY DEADTIME SCHEME
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.F. Villani, S. Croft, N. Menaa
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Deadtime corrections for passive neutron coincidence counting are traditionally formulated in terms of the Totals counting rate. The…