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INTEGRATED DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE MPC&A COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK AT THE MINING AND CHEMICAL COMBINE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Bonner, Tim Hasty, Doyle Hembree, Krishan Mutreja, Konstantin Kudinov, Vyacheslav Revenko, Joseph Curtiss, Jerry Lopez
Abstract:
A wide array of physical protection and material control and accounting (MC&A) upgrades at the Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) are…
Integrated Nuclear Safeguards and Security Workshops: A Joint Cooperative Effort between the U.S. and the People's Republic of China
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Liu Daming, Brent McGinnis, Rose Ann Babcock
Abstract:
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) hosted a 26-member Chinese delegation, including both government officials and…
Integrating Nuclear Material Accounting Systems With Engineered Nuclear Material Control Through The LANMAS Software
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. R. (Randy) Fraser, Rick Wyant
Abstract:
The Local Area Nuclear Material Accountability Software (LANMAS) is the Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear materials accounting software…
INTEGRATING PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE INTO THE DESIGN OF CENTRIFUGE FACILITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald Kovacic, J. Morgan, Brent McGinnis, Michael Whitaker
Abstract:
The current international safeguards practices for gas centrifuge uranium enrichment facilities can be significantly improved by developing…
Integration of Safeguards, Security, Operations and Safety (SSOS)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Virginia Cleary, Gary Rochau, David York
Abstract:
Traditional design of nuclear facilities has focused on operational requirements with safety included where necessary. Typically safety…
International Atomic Energy Agency Support of Research Reactor Highly Enriched Uranium to Low Enriched Uranium Fuel Conversion Projects
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Pablo Adelfang, Ira Goldman, Edward Bradley
Abstract:
The IAEA has been involved for more than twenty years in supporting international nuclear nonproliferation efforts associated with reducing…
INTERNATIONAL COST EFFECTIVE TRANSPORT OF REPROCESSED UO3
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Marc Flynn
Abstract:
Sellafield Limited provides a storage service to its customers for uranium products in the form of UO3; this service is not indefinite so…
International Security Program Preparedness
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Dawn Eipeldauer
Abstract:
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is developing a unique education program from a systematic and multidisciplinary perspective that…
INTERNATIONAL TRANPORT OF URANIUM CONCENTRATES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Catherine Green
Abstract:
There has been discussion within industry for a number of years regarding standards for shipping uranium concentrates from producers (mine/…
INTERNATIONAL WORKING GROUP FOR SABOTAGE CONCERNS OF TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CASKS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bruno Autrusson, Olivier Loiseau, Martin A. Molecke, Ken B. Sorenson, G. Pretzsch, Wenzel Brücher
Abstract:
The International Working Group for Sabotage Concerns of Transport and Storage Casks, IWGSTSC, gathers multiple organizations from…
INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON BEST PRACTICES IN MATERIAL HOLD-UP MONITORING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cameron Coates, C.A. Pickett
Abstract:
In the fall of 2006, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) hosted an INMM-sponsored International Workshop on Best Practices in Material…
International Workshop on Gamma Spectrometry Analysis Codes for U/Pu Isotopics
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Peerani, P. Peerani, Duc T. Vo, Duc T. Vo, Jacqueline Shipwash, Jacqueline Shipwash, Steven E. Smith, Steven E. Smith, Alexander A. Solodov, Alexander A. Solodov, Brent McGinnis, Brent McGinnis, Tzu-Fang Wang, Tzu-Fang Wang, Jose Augusto Perrotta, Jose Augusto Perrotta, Alena V. Zhernosek, Alena V. Zhernosek, Sarah Frazar
Abstract:
Over the past twelve years, the United States Department of Energy (DOE) and the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of…
Interpreting the Results of Proliferation Resistance Studies
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Shea, Michael Zentner
Abstract:
Two approaches for measuring the proliferation resistance of nuclear energy systems are currently under development. This paper provides a…
Introduction to Special Edition on Reducing the Threat from Radioactive Materials
Type:JNMM
Volume:35
Issue:3
Author(s):Stephen Mladineo
Abstract:
At the July 2006 Annual Meeting of the Nonproliferation and Arms Control Division, Ruth Duggan volunteered to lead a new standing…
INVESTIGATION OF DROP IMPACT BEHAVIOUR OF CASK USING RIGID POLYURETHANE FOAMS AS SHOCK ABSORBING MATERIALS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Jun OKADA, Satoshi ASHIDA, Masayuki TANIGAWA, Akio OIWA, Hitoshi TOBITA
Abstract:
Drop impact behaviors of the cask using rigid polyurethane foams (R-PUF) as shock absorbing material were investigated by experiments and…
INVESTIGATION OF SEAL EFFECTS ACCORDING TO AXIAL COMPRESSION VARIATION OF METAL SEALS FOR TRANSPORT AND STORAGE CASKS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ulrich Probst, Peter Hagenow, Holger Völzke, Dietmar Wolff, Peter Wossidlo, Behboud Abbasi, Andreas Achelpöhler-Schulte, Sebastian Schulz
Abstract:
Casks for the transport and storage of heat generating radioactive waste in Germany are normally provided with screwed lid systems, which…
IRSN’S EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK LIST FOR THE TRANSPORT PACKAGE DESIGN SAFETY APPRAISALS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Sophie Le Mao, Marianne Moutarde, MT. Lizot, G. Sert
Abstract:
Since 1996, IRSN, the technical support of the French Competent Authority for the safety of transports of radioactive materials, has…
ISSUES IMPEDING GLOBAL RECOVERY AND TRANSPORTATION OF DISUSED PLUTONIUM SOURCES: LIMITED TRANSPORT OPTIONS AND DENIALS OF SHIPMENT
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Justin M. Griffin, Jim Shuler
Abstract:
This paper discusses challenges faced by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Off-Site Source Recovery Project in its mission to recover U.S.-…
ISSUES ON EXEMPTION LEVELS FOR PACKAGE SURFACE CONTAMINATION SIMPLY DERIVED FROM IAEA-TECDOC-1449 “RADIOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF NON-FIXED CONTAMINATION OF PACKAGES AND CONVEYANCES”
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Haruyuki Ogino, Takatoshi Hattori
Abstract:
The present regulation on surface contamination [Bq/cm 2 ] is determined from a simple radiological model for the most hazardous…
ITEM MONITORING AT THE Y-12 NATIONAL SECURITY COMPLEX
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rachel Hayes, Amy McCormack
Abstract:
Y-12's Item Monitoring program was implemented in early 2007 for one of the main processing areas. The implementation was in conjunction…