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Design Information Verification at the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Ai, Akio Kawai, Kaunori Fujimaki, Yukiyasu Tokai, Masao Nakakomi
Abstract:
In Japan, the Design Information Verification (DIV) activities have been performed by Japan Safeguards Office (JSGO) and International…
Detection of Highly Enriched Uranium Using a Pulsed Inertial Electrostatic Confinement D-D Fusion Device
Type:JNMM
Volume:34
Issue:1
Author(s):Ross Radel
Abstract:
This paper overviews the work that has been done to date toward the development of a inexpensive, reliable, and portable means to detect…
Detection of Highly Enriched Uranium Using a Pulsed Inertial Electrostatic Confinement D-D Fusion Device
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ross Radel
Abstract:
This paper overviews the work that has been done to date towards the development of a inexpensive, reliable, and portable means to detect…
DETECTION OF UNDECLARED NUCLEAR MATERIAL AND ACTIVITIES IN CAPABLE HOT CELLS USING ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leendert Bevaart, Kaluba Chitumbo, R. Zarucki, Andre Lagattu, Erwin Kuhn
Abstract:
This paper describes the experience gained by the IAEA in the detection of undeclared nuclear material and activities in hot cells at…
Determination of Pu in Spent Fuel Assemblies by X-Ray Fluorescence
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Staples, C. Rudy, K. Seredniuk
Abstract:
One of the more difficult non-destructive assay problems for gamma-ray spectroscopy is the determination of the Pu in spent nuclear fuel.…
DEVELOPING AN INTERNATIONAL APPROACH TO NON-PROLIFERATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul A. Gaukler, Charles H. Peterson
Abstract:
While many developing countries would benefit from nuclear generation, resistance to introduction of nuclear generation in non-weapon…
Development of a novel Lanthanum Halide-based solid solution gamma radiation scintillation material
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lucas Clarke, Jim Williams, Steve Duclos, Alok Srivastava, M. Christine Hill, Qun Deng, Hongshen Shi
Abstract:
This paper will describe scintillator materials based on certain types of halide-lanthanide matrix materials. The matrix materials contain…
DEVELOPMENT OF A TIME MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR USE WITHIN INFORMATION BARRIERS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jason Shergur, Phillip A. Hypes, M.C. Browne, J. Audia, Duncan MacArthur, K. Ianakiev
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We report on the development of a subsystem that, when used with an Attribute Measurement System (AMS), can determine the current date…
Development of Analysis Method for Plutonium amount and Burn up by Measurement of Xenon Isotopic Ratio in Dissolver Off-gas at Reprocessing Facility
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Philip H. Hemberger, Cyndi A. Wells, William S. Charlton, Masanori Okana
Abstract:
We have studied a new technique to evaluate the amount of Pu in spent fuel and burn up from the Xe isotopic ratio in off-gas at…
Development of database on the topics and participants of training courses in the field of MC&A and physical protection of nuclear materials and nuclear facilities in Ukraine
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sergiy Drapey, Victor Gavrilyuk, Olena Romanov, Volodymyr Kyryshchuk
Abstract:
GKTC specializes in the advanced training of Ukrainian specialists in the field of MC&A and physical protection of nuclear materials…
Development of Instrumentation for the Measurement and Safeguarding of Uranium in a Natural Uranium Conversion Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Eccleston, Mark M. Pickrell, M.C. Miller, D.G. Langner, D.H. Beddingfield
Abstract:
The need for enhanced/integrated safeguards approaches requires an analysis of activities that may be undertaken looking at the nuclear…
Development of the Accounting Reports Control System based on the Web and RDBMS for a State Level in the Republic of Korea
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):In Jun, Soo-Jin Park
Abstract:
The 35 nuclear facilities, including nuclear power plants, which are operating in Korea and the National Nuclear Management and Control…
DISTRIBUTED CAPACITANCE MOTION SENSOR EMPLOYING ELECTRICAL SIGNATURE ANALYSIS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L. C. Maxey, H. D. Haynes
Abstract:
Capacitance sensors are among the most sensitive sensors employed for metrological and security applications. A variety of commercial…
DOWNGRADE OF THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE’S FB-LINE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ed T. Sadowski, Robbie Lynn, Randy Yourchak
Abstract:
This paper will discuss the Safeguards & Security (S&S) activities that resulted in the downgrade of the Savannah River Site’s FB-…
Efforts to Develop, Test and Evaluate New Techniques for Strengthening International Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Michael Whitaker
Abstract:
There has been a global effort to evaluate and identify new measures and technologies for strengthening international safeguards. The U.S.…
Energy Dependent Bias in the Weighted Point Model
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. H. Geist, Peter Santi
Abstract:
While the weighted point multiplicity model has successfully reduced the bias that is associated with variable multiplication of neutrons…
Enhancement of the Nuclear Safeguards Demonstration System at the University of Missouri Research Reactor
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Gahl, Olawale Oladiran, Michael Ondrik, J. Neustrom
Abstract:
An operational monitoring system has been installed at the University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) for hands-on training and…
Evaluation Methodology for Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection of Generation IV Nuclear Energy Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert Bari, Richard Nishimura, Per Peterson
Abstract:
The Generation IV International Forum (GIF), initiated in 2000 and formally chartered in mid-2001, is an international collective…
EVALUATION OF REMOTE SENSOR SYSTEMS FOR MONITORING URANIUM MINES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bhupendra Jasani, Heidi Anne Smartt, D. S. Blair, Chris L. Stork, Jody Smith, Mort Canty
Abstract:
The use of satellite remote sensing instrumentation to gather multispectral and hyperspectral data is often viewed as the panacea for…
EVOLUTION OF A HAND-HELD DEVICE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY PURPOSES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Markku Koskelo, W. Russ, Stephen Croft
Abstract:
Over the course of the last two and a half years, Canberra has designed and launched a Hand-Held Radioisotope Identification Device (HHRIID…