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Author(s):Kaoru Naito
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Japan, the only nation in the world that has suffered atomic bombing, has been firmly committed to nuclear disarmament and non-…
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Author(s):Richard Williams
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In unattended radiation monitoring applications, automated real-time data analysis is used to detect anomalous events. For bulk count rate…
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Author(s):J. Kirkpatrick, W. Russ, M. Morichi
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Since the introduction of lanthanum halide scintillation detector materials, efforts have been made to accurately characterize their…
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Author(s):Pierre Le Parlouer, Jean-Francois Mauger
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Calorimetry has been used for many years in the nuclear field (civil and military) but the knowledge of the applications remains very…
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Author(s):Barbara Hoffheins, M.C. Browne, J. S. Kraus, Steven P. Kadner
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been faced with increasing obsolescence in many of its detection instruments. As a result…
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Author(s):Donald A. Close, Tom Hill, K. D. Ianakiev, T. Marks, B S Alexandrov, R.B. Strittmatter, J. M. Goda, D. J. Dale, W. S. Johnson
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Los Alamos National Laboratory has developed a nondestructive assay instrument for continuous, unattended measurement of the enrichment of…
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Author(s):Benny Martinez, Sammi D. Owens, James West, Darrin J. Wallace
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Protection of Nuclear Material in today's threat environment requires intelligent integration, data analysis and communication from all…
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Author(s):I. Vorobieva Vorobieva, D. Klinov, I. Matveenko
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The mission of the Master Class Program on Nonproliferation is to prepare a new generation of nuclear professionals qualified to be capable…
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Author(s):S. A. Bogdanov, Boris Ryazanov, Victor Gourunov, Dmitry Volnistov, Gregory Kelley, Kris Schneider
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During the past several years, Russia and the United States have been developing and implementing enhanced MC&A policies and procedures…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tracy R. Wenz, Victoria Longmire, G. Butler, Benny Martinez, Caroline M. Boyle, Sammi D. Owens, Darrin J. Wallace, Hee Jin Chang
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This paper is on new methods and technologies available to automate the physical inventory process for inventorying nuclear material at…
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Author(s):Mark M. Pickrell, D. Pelowitz, James West
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Safeguards measurements at a Natural Uranium Conversion Plant (NUCP) have not been a traditional aspect of IAEA safeguards because it has…
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Author(s):J. Y. Poinso
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The Valduc Research Center, which reports to the CEA’s Military applications Division, generates solid waste contaminated with alpha…
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Author(s):Yuri Churikov
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1. Development and implementation at the enterprises of the modern computerized control and accounting systems of NM. Systems should be…
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Author(s):Tim D. Welch, Rehka S. Pillai, William J. Reich
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The U.S. Department of Energy Material Protection, Control, and Accountability (MPC&A) Program has supported security upgrades to…
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Author(s):John D. Randolph, P. Singh, Tim D. Welch, Rehka S. Pillai
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) supports Material Protection Control and Accountability (MPC&A) upgrades in the Russian Federation…
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Author(s):Benjamin B. Cipiti, Paul E. Rexroth, E. V. Thomas, B. A. Purvis
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The gathering momentum for reprocessing in the US and the desire to promote clean nuclear energy across the world is requiring a renewed…
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Author(s):D. L. DONOHUE, A. J. Pidduck
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The International Atomic Energy Agency uses Environmental Sampling for Safeguards (ESS) to give additional assurance of the absence of…
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Author(s):A. Andrianov
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Potential threat of fissile materials usage for the terrorist purposes is being widely discussed problem of nuclear power nowadays. As it…
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Author(s):Ronald M. Keyser, Timothy R. Twomey, Daniel L. Upp, Frank Sergent
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The Minimum Detectable Activity (MDA) for identification is one of several important performance measures for Advanced Spectroscopic Portal…
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Author(s):R. K. Berg, D. L. Haggard, J. R. Hilliard, G. M. Mapili, A. V. Mozhayev
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A mobile NDA system was composed and qualified for Safeguards measurements of multiple standard waste boxes (SWB) generated as a result of…