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EVALUATION OF RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSION USING THE HAZARD PREDICTION & ASSESSMENT CAPABILITY (HPAC) CODE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tucker F. Stachitas, Martin E. Nelson
Abstract:
This report evaluates the capabilities of the Aerial Radiological Detection Identification and Mapping System (ARDIMS) as it will be…
Evaluation of the Non-proliferation Activities of ISTC and STCU
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Richard, Isabelle Daoust Maleval
Abstract:
This article describes the objectives, methodology and results of the evaluation mission of the non proliferation activities of the…
EVOLUTION OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF EURATOM SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Maurizio Boella, Richard Clarke
Abstract:
The European Commission has now reached broad agreement with the European Council and other major stakeholders on the implementation of…
EXCESS PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION: REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edwin S. Lyman
Abstract:
The bilateral program for disposition of U.S. and Russian excess weapons plutonium has strayed so far from its original nonproliferation…
Executive Summary and Highlights: Los Alamos National Laboratory
Type:JNMM
Volume:36
Issue:4
Author(s):J.W. Tape, T.D. Reilly
Abstract:
The nuclear materials safeguards research and development(R&D) program at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)began in December 1966…
EXPANDED AND ACCELERATED HEU DOWNBLENDING: DESIGNING OPTIONS TO SERVE THE INTERESTS OF ALL PARTIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew Bunn
Abstract:
Accelerating and expanding the downblending of highly enriched uranium (HEU) beyond the current 500-ton U.S.-Russian HEU Purchase Agreement…
EXPANDING RUSSIAN HEU BLEND DOWN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Laura Holgate
Abstract:
One of the most successful US-Russian cooperative nuclear projects has been the US-Russia Highly Enriched Uranium Purchase Agreement, which…
Expansion of Nuclear Energy: Demand, Domestic and International Initiatives, and Nonproliferation and Safeguards Challenges
Type:JNMM
Volume:36
Issue:4
Author(s):Brian Boyer, Sara Scott
Abstract:
This session dealt with the safeguards challenges inherent in theexpansions in nuclear power. The panelists examined the…
EXTENDING CALIBRATIONS OF THE TOMOGRAPHIC GAMMA SCANNER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.F. Villani, S. Croft, S.C. Kane, R. Venkataraman
Abstract:
Tomographic Gamma Scanning (TGS) is a means of nondestructively assaying gamma-emitting radionuclides in waste containers. The TGS…
Factors for Analyzing Insider Attack
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wan Ki Yoon, Hosik Yoo, Jae-Kwang Kim, Jung-Soo Kim, Sung-Soon Chang, Sung-Woo Kwak
Abstract:
An insider is more dangerous than an outsider since he or she may have vital information about the facility they work at in terms of…
FACTORY ASSESSMENT OF LARGE VOLUME NUCLEAR CALORIMETERS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Croft, Juliette Guerault, C. Mathonat, G. Etherington
Abstract:
Among non intrusive and non destructive assay techniques for the characterization of nuclear materials, calorimetry is considered to be the…
False Positive Probability as a Function of Background for Short Data Collection Times in a Germanium Detector Portal Monitor
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald M. Keyser, Timothy R. Twomey
Abstract:
The interdiction of illicit radioactive materials relies on detecting the emissions from the material when passed in front of or through a…
Feasibility of Using RFID in the Material Accountancy and Safeguards Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Masato Hori, Masayuki Mizui
Abstract:
New Safeguards concepts were studied to improve material accountancy and inspection efficiency to reduce both inspector and operator…
FIELD TRIAL OF MAILBOX CONCEPT AT A URENCO ENRICHMENT PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Korbmacher, J. Dackner, P. J. Friend, M. Jordan
Abstract:
A field trial of a mailbox concept was carried out in 2007 at the Urenco gas centrifuge enrichment plant (GCEP) at Gronau. The agreed…
Foreign Research Reactor Uranium Supply Program: The Y-12 National Security Complex Process
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Nelson, R. J. Dunavant, B. G. Eddy
Abstract:
The Foreign Research Reactor (FRR) Uranium Supply Program at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) supports the nonproliferation…
Fuel Assurances: IAEA Fuel Bank
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Laura Holgate
Abstract:
International fuel banks have been proposed as techniques to limit the proliferation risks inherent in enrichment technologies since the…
Fuel Cycle Facilities for the Future; a Global Concept
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Caroline Jorant
Abstract:
This paper shall first recall the concept of a multinational approach to the fuel cycle, with an emphasis on treatment / recycling…
Gamma-Ray Assay of Nuclear Material Holdup
Type:JNMM
Volume:36
Issue:2
Author(s):T.D. Reilly
Abstract:
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GCEP ATTRIBUTE MONITORING SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald Kovacic, M.D. Laughter, Jim Morgan
Abstract:
Current international safeguards practices for gas centrifuge uranium enrichment plants (GCEPs) can be significantly improved by developing…
GeMini: The Next Generation Mechanically-Cooled Germanium Spectrometer
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Morgan Burks
Abstract:
The next-generation mechanically-cooled germanium spectrometer has been developed. GeMini (GErmanium MINIature spectrometer) has been…