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Development and Attestation of Gamma-Ray Measurement Methodologies for use by Rostekhnadzor Inspectors in the Russian Federation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Bokov, A. Samoilov
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Development and attestation of gamma-ray non-destructive assay measurement methodologies for use by inspectors of the Russian Federal…
DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPACT DIGITAL CERENKOV VIEWING DEVICE WITH IMPROVED SENSITIVITY FOR THE VERIFICATION OF LONG-COOLED LIGHT WATER REACTOR SPENT FUEL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Lindberg, M. Larsson, K. Axell, A.F. Gerwing, D.A. Parcey, R. Kosierb, L. Hildingsson, Dennis Chen
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An improved Digital Cerenkov Viewing Device (DCVD) for use in imaging spent nuclear fuel stored in water ponds has been constructed and…
Development of a Consistent Approach to Security System Sustainability at Weapon Laboratories and Material Production Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Krishan Mutreja, Michael Carroll, Dr. Thomas J. Abraham, Dowe Dabbs, Dr. Rekha S. Pillai
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Material Protection Control and Accounting (MPC&A) upgrades are nearing completion at the Russian Federation weapons material…
Development of a One-Group Cross Section Library for Use in Sensitivity Analyses for Graphite-Moderated Reactors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William S. Charlton, Kristin E. Chesson
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Several methods have been developed previously for estimating cumulative energy production and plutonium production from graphitemoderated…
DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE-LEVEL INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS APPROACH FOR CANADA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Doo, N. Whiting, M. Hosoya
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The Protocol Additional (AP) to the Safeguards Agreement (INFCIRC/164/Add.1) between Canada and the Agency was signed on 24 September 1998…
Development of an Out-Year Planning Document for MPC&A Work at the RMTC as a Base for Future Center Activity and Sustainability
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Boris Ryazanov, V. Goryunov, V. Shapsha
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The Material Protection Control and Accounting (MPC&A) Program has been working for several years with the Russian Methodological and…
DEVELOPMENT OF CAPABILITY TO SEPARATE AND MEASURE URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM JOINTLY PRESENT IN LOW-LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES AT BRAZILIAN AND ARGENTINE LABORATORIES WORKING FOR ABACC
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Doyle M. Hembree, Jr., Khris B. Olsen, Jose Augusto Perrotta, Ross W. Williams, Michael Whitaker, Price Russ, Maria Luiza Godoy, Roberto Servant, Ariel Ledesma, Juan Carlos Gomez
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In the framework of the cooperation agreement between the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC…
Development of Non-Destructive Assay System to Measure Pu inventory in Glove Boxes
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard Menlove, M.C. Miller, Martyn T. Swinhoe, J. B. Marlow, Kazunori Fujimaki, Carlos D. Rael, Junji Shimizu, Kousuke Yamaya, Kazuhiko Hiruta
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JNFL MOX Fuel Fabrication Plant (J-MOX) is a large, highly automated facility, handling a large amount of plutonium in a bulk form (MOX…
DEVELOPMENT OF THE ALUMINAGEL MATRIX DRUM CALIBRATIONS FOR THE NECSA IQ3 SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bert Rollen, B. Gillespie, J. Tanaka
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The U.S. Department of Energy \\ National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE\\NNSA) Office of Global Security Engagement and Cooperation…
Developments in IAEA Non-Destructive Assay of Nuclear Materials and Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Zendel, L. Bourva, A. Lebrun, M. Moeslinger, S. Jung, V. Ryzhikov
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Non Destructive Assay (NDA) measurement techniques play a central role in the verification of nuclear material placed under safeguards. In…
DIRECT AND INDERECT PERFORMANCE TESTS OF PHYSICAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. V. Leonov, V. Y. Chukov
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Performance tests of physical protection systems are one of the important and necessary components of providing sustainability of all the…
DISCUSSIONS OF VERIFICATION OF A FISSILE MATERIAL CUTOFF TREATY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hui Zhang
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A universal fissile material cutoff treaty (FMCT) will be a key building block in nuclear disarmament, nonproliferation and prevention of…
DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS ON-SPECIFICATION HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM THROUGH THE ON-SPECIFICATION FUEL PROGRAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Sanders
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for the disposition of approximately 174 metric tons of uranium (MTU) declared excess to…
Documenting Unattended and Remote Monitoring Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kimberly Van Dyke, Heather Nordquist
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Excellent documentation is a key element in developing and maintaining unattended and remote monitoring (UNARM) systems efficiently. After…
DOWN-BLENDING HIGH-ENRICHED URANIUM IN KAZAKHSTAN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James Lemley, Kenji Murakami, Hans-Juergen Schreiber, Jorge Vallejo-Luna, Ivan Hladik
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To achieve the goal of reducing inventories of High Enriched Uranium (HEU) within its borders, the Government of Kazakhstan arranged to…
DUAL CONTAINMENT AND SURVEILLANCE: IMPLEMENTATION DIFFICULTIES AND LESSONS LEARNED
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eric V. Fitzgerald
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The nuclear material industry in seeking to incorporate new technology within the working confines of controlling documents has been slow…
Education on Nuclear Safeguards for European Nuclear Engineering Students
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Janssens-Maenhout, L.-V. Bril, J. Goncalves
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The knowledge retention problem in the nuclear field was acknowledged by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)…
Effects of Variations in Half-Lives on Decay-Corrected Characterized Values of Plutonium Standards in Calorimetric Exchange Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Srinivasan, Michael Soriano, W. Losinger
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A combination of calorimetry and high resolution gamma spectrometry is one of the preferred non-destructive quantitative analysis methods…
EMERGING THREATS AND GAP MATERIALS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wayne Leach, John Rooney
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Emerging threats and gap material is a GTRI subprogram that identifies, recovers and secures significant vulnerable nuclear materials that…
Enhanced Nuclear Materials Control and Acountability by Imaging
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. A. Hausladen, J.T. Mihalczo, Philip Bingham, James Mullens, John S. Neal
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Tomographic and radiographic imaging capabilities have been added to the Nuclear Materials Identification System1 (NMIS) at ORNL. These…