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Application of the Local Coincidence Veto Technique to Holdup Measurements in Glove Boxes
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard Menlove, M.C. Miller, Martyn T. Swinhoe, J. B. Marlow, Kazunori Fujimaki, Junji Shimizu, Kazuhiko Hiruta
Abstract:
The Local Coincidence Veto (LCV) technique was originally developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory to reduce cosmic ray background (…
APPLICATIONS OF ORIGEN TO SPENT FUEL SAFEGUARDS AND NON-PROLIFERATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Schwalbach, Ian C. Gauld, Stephen M. Bowman
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Development of accurate and reliable methods to safeguard spent nuclear fuel residing in dry interim storage facilities is of key interest…
Assessing Proliferation Resistance of Nuclear Reactor Systems Using Fuzzy Logic-Based Barrier Method
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jun Li, Man-Sung Yim
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Development of a fuzzy logic-based barrier (FLB) method for the evaluation of proliferation resistance of nuclear fuel cycle systems is…
ASSESSING THE BENEFITS, COSTS, AND RISKS OF NEAR-TERM REPROCESSING AND ALTERNATIVES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew Bunn
Abstract:
Policies for management of spent nuclear fuel should focus on those options that offer the best combination of low cost, low proliferation…
ATMOSPHERIC DISPERSION MODELS OF A RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSAL DEVICE OR A “DIRTY BOMB”
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay
Abstract:
A Dispersal Device (RDD), according to the Department of Defense (DOD), is defined as a device, weapon or equipment, other than a nuclear…
Attractiveness to Theft of a Vitrified Plutonium Waste Form Relative to Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel – A Pairwise Comparison Approach
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John G. Vlahakis, Ph.D.
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This paper compares the potential attractiveness to theft of a lanthanide borosilicate (LaBS) glass vitrified plutonium waste form (VPWF)…
AUTOMATED OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS OF HIGH RESOLUTION REMOTE SENSING DATA IN THE CONTEXT OF NPT VERIFICATION EXEMPLIFIED FOR IRANIAN NUCLEAR SITES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Nussbaum, I. Niemeyer, M. J. Canty
Abstract:
Since the availability of high-resolution satellite imagery, the use of remote sensing data has become very important for nuclear…
Automated Safeguards System Design for a LEU Enrichment Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark M. Pickrell, S. Tobin
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The objective of this work is to safeguard a declared, low-enrichment plant against the illicit production of highly enriched uranium (HEU…
Backpack Deployed ‘Portable Radiation Search Tool’ Solid-State Neutron and Gamma Ray Detector Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. D. Hull, R. Sheldon, S. Pauly
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Nucsafe has deployed a Third Generation Portable Radiation Search Tool (3G PRST) that incorporates numerous improvements based upon…
Basic principles of development of requirements to instruments used to prevent illicit transportation of nuclear and radioactive materials at borders.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Leonid Kagan, Dr. Andrei Stavrov
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The threat of illicit proliferation of radioactive nuclear materials and attempts to use them for terrorist purposes has resulted in…
Bayes' Approach to System Random Inspections for Nuclear Materials Control and Accounting
Type:JNMM
Volume:34
Issue:2
Author(s):M.V. Gorbatenko, A. M. Zlobin, V. I. Yuferev
Abstract:
A general approach, based on Bayes’ theorem, to define a random sample size that would assure meeting a preset statistical criterion is…
Bibliography of Tomographic Gamma Scanning Methods Applied to Waste Assay and Nuclear Fuel Measurements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.J. Estep, S. Croft, S.C. Kane, David S. Bracken
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The non destructive assay of nuclear materials, such as drummed radioactive waste, by tomographic gamma scanning (TGS) methods is a…
CELLULAR TRACKING SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sanjoy Mukhopadhyay
Abstract:
Cellular Tracking System Radiation safety and homeland security are issues of utmost importance in the United States and the world at large…
Chalcopyrite Crystal Radiation Detectors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lisa Orona, U. N. Roy, M. Groza, Y. Cui, Arnold Burger
Abstract:
Silver gallium diselenide (AgGaSe2) are crystals having the chalcopyrite structure which have been grown and tested for potential use as…
Characterization of a Portable Neutron Coincidence Counter
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Menlove, William S. Charlton, Angela L. Thornton, C. D. Rael, Angela Thornton, W. Charlton
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Neutron coincidence counting is an important passive, nondestructive-assay method that can be used to quantify the amount of plutonium in…
Characterization of Chemical Impurities in Plutonium Oxide Inventories at the Plutonium Finishing Plant by Prompt Gamma-Ray Analysis
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joel M. Tingey, Susan A. Jones, Calvin H. Delegard
Abstract:
Prompt gamma-ray analysis is based on identification and intensity measurements of gamma rays produced by the interaction of plutonium and…
Collaborative Approaches to Nuclear Material Security. A Model for Integration - Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):I.A. Baranov, V. P. Kalinin, V. Ya. Sirotyuk
Abstract:
The cooperation between the Petersburg Nuclear Physics Institute (PNPI) of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Sandia Laboratories and Pacific…
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY, LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY, AND THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTER AT ISPRA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cameron Coates, J. Gonçalves, Vítor Sequeira, Steven E. Smith, Wayne Ruhter, Ana Claudia Raffo Caiado, Mona Dreicer, Marco Fiocco, Jairus Hines, Lucian Mihailesco, Daniel Chivers
Abstract:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have jointly performed tests to demonstrate…
COMBINED RADIATION DETECTION METHODS FOR AFCI MPAC PROJECT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Denis Beller
Abstract:
Materials Protection, Accounting, and Control (MPAC) during the separation of used nuclear fuel has been identified as a critical…
Comparison of the performance of MGA and FRAM for radioactive waste characterization
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Bosko, E. Alvarez, S. Croft
Abstract:
We investigate the results of a limited set of measurements performed using a system of large volume Broad Energy Germanium (BEGe)…