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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert N. Ceo, Bob Ceo, Sean Stanfield, Joe Wachter
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Radioactive wastes that are bound for the waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP0 or other disposal sites are subject to characterization before…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Garry Tittemore, Gail Ballantyne
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In this paper we discus how the National Nuclear Security Administration implemented a domestic radiological protection program using New…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kenneth B. Sheely, Ioanna Iliopulos, Michael Haase, Mike Ondrik, Craig Johnson, Wayne Leach, N. Nicole Nelson-Jean, John Pelletier, Mike Ondrik, Guy Martelle
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The Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) has undertaken the demonstration of a prototype system to monitor and track radiological and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Phil Robinson
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Since 2005, officials from the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Global Threat Reduction Initiative (GTRI) have been working in…
Type:JNMM
Volume:35
Issue:3
Author(s):Igor Khripunov
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Twenty years ago, in September 1987, an abandoned radioactive source of cesium chloride (a highly-radioactive substance containing Cs…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Andy Langston
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GNF has replaced its aging fuel bundle and drum type containers with the new generation RAJ-II and NPC packages. Both packages are…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Snyder
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Rancho Seco History 2,480 acre site 913-MW B&W design; commercial in 1975 Shutdown June 1989 by referendum SAFSTOR option…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.D. Laughter, D. C. Glasgow, D. M. Fischer
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Delayed neutron activation analysis (DNAA) provides a powerful tool for rapid, cost-effective determination of the fissile isotope content…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Mitsufumi Asami, Seiki OHNISHI, Naoteru Odano
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In Japan, it is in the planning stage of building interim storage facilities for transportable storage casks. Nuclear spent fuels stored…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Daiichiro Ito, A. Terada, Hiroaki Taniuchi, Makoto Hirose, Hideo Akiyama, Kazushige Kuriyama, Mitsuo Ishii
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Para. 672 in the IAEA Regulations (TS-R-1)1) shows the exceptions from the requirements for package containing fissile material. This…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David J. Sweeney, William S. Charlton
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As a transparency aid for international verification processes it would be beneficial for international monitors to be able to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jae-Kwang Kim, Jung-Soo Kim, Sung-Woo Kwak, Ho-Sik Yoo, Sung-Soon Jang
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Due to the tragic event of Sep. 11, 2001 and the discovery of experimental documents that Al- Q’aida had succeeded to build a dirty bomb,…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Carlos Lopez, Ken Sorenson, John R. Cook, Andrew J. Murphy
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The regulatory-driven design of radioactive material transportation packages leads package vendors to perform analyses that demonstrate the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Doug Ammerman, Bob Kalan, J. Cook, Andrew J. Murphy
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The regulatory-driven design of radioactive material transportation packages leads package vendors to perform analyses that demonstrate the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles Messick, Jerald L. Taylor, Kelly Cummins
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The Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Policy Concerning Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel, adopted by The United States Department…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Amy Whitworth, Amy Wilson, Rachel Hayes, Cathy Key, Geneva Johnson, Angie Temples
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The NNSA is undertaking an effort entitled the Safeguards First Principles Initiative to develop a principle-based standard for Nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew Bunn, Tom Bielefeld
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Urgent actions are needed to prevent a nuclear or radiological 9/11. Terrorists are actively seeking nuclear weapons and Radiological…
Type:JNMM
Volume:35
Issue:3
Author(s):Cari Borrs
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There is a growing worldwide concern about potential terrorist acts involving radioactive sources, mainly when used in conventional…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Didier Colmont, Philippe Roblin
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Before being back-filled with an inert gas and as preparation for shipment, a spent-nuclear-fuel shipping cask must usually be vacuum-dried…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wan Ki Yoon
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A nuclear program has an inherent dichotomy, peaceful use to generate energy and its potential to be converted into military use. East Asia…