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Opening Plenary Speech Promoting Global Best Practices
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles B. Curtis
Abstract:
It’s an honor to address the premier international professional society for nuclear materials management. My talk today is a simple appeal…
Operations and Maintenance of MC&A Equipment at Rosatom Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Skripka, V. V. Sviridova, N. V. Isaev, B. Jensen, J. Sanders, A. Yagofarova
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In the course of the U.S.-Russia cooperative work in the area of Material Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A), Rosatom…
Operator declarations (OPD) for Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kazunori Fujimaki, Kazuhiko Hiruta, Hideki Yoshida, Jan Wuester, Masataka Suzuki, Bruno Chesnay
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about which data should be provided as operator declaration for Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant(RRP), and data item and structure was basically…
Optimizing 3He tube design for various operational conditions: A review of the design parameters of 3He gas proportional counters used for neutron detection
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John W. Leake, R.D. McElroy, S. Croft, K. P. Lambert
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Gas filled cylindrical proportional counters are long established and widely used for the detection of thermal neutrons. The practical and…
Outdoor Verification System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vítor Sequeira, Marco Fiocco, J. Goncalves, Gunnar Bostrom
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The paper presents a prototype of a system capable of building a reference model of a large outdoor area. The reference model is based on…
PASSIVE (NMIS) MEASUREMENTS ON PLUTONIUM OXIDE SAMPLES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John T. Mihalczo, Sara Pozzi, P. Peerani, Paul A. Hausladen, James Mullens, Jan Loeschner, Lucia Cartegni
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This paper describes the measurements and Monte Carlo simulations that were performed in March and April 2005 on plutonium oxide standards…
PEAK STRIPPING METHODOLOGY FOR PLUTONIUM ANALYSIS IN THE PRESENCE OF NEPTUNIUM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chris A. Hodge
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Quantitative Plutonium analysis depends upon the accurate identification of the assay peak. The Np[Pa] equilibrium pair introduces…
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF THE NEUTRON COINCIDENCE COUNTER FOR THE ADVANCED SPENT FUEL CONDITIONING PROCESS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ho-Dong Kim, S. Y. Lee, T. K. Li, H.O. Menlove, Seong-Won Park, W. I. Ko
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The Advanced Spent Fuel Conditioning Process (ACP) is a pyrochemical dry reprocessing technique to convert oxide-type spent nuclear fuel…
Performance of a Moderating Neutron Spectrometer That Uses Scintillating Fibers
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Bliss, M. Bliss, R.A. Craig, D.S. Barnett, M.A. Knopf, S.A. Hartley, R. J. Mc Conn, R. I. Scherpelz, D. N. Anderson
Abstract:
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has constructed a portable (
Performance of an HPGe-based and NaI-based Radionuclide Identifier (RIID) in the Identification of Radioactive Materials
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald M. Keyser, Timothy R. Twomey, Daniel L. Upp
Abstract:
The process for detection and interdiction of illicit trafficking of radioactive and nuclear materials relies on Portal Monitors or hand-…
Performance of Energy Window Ratio Criteria at Radiation Portal Monitoring Sites
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis R. Weier, R.T Kouzes, Mitchell Woodring, J H Ely, D J Bates
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Radiation portal monitors are being used to detect radioactive materials in vehicles transporting cargo. As vehicles pass through the…
Personnel Training and Support of Necessary Qualification is one of Basic Directions of Nuclear Materials MPC&A Systems Operation at Luch
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.P. Mizin, V. Yu. Chukov, K.L. De Castro, S. V. Leonov
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The reliable system of nuclear materials physical protection, control and accounting has been created at FSUE “SRI SIA Luch” as a result of…
Perspectives on Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation Sabotage
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Man-Sung Yim, James Angell
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A transportation risk assessment is performed for spent nuclear fuel and comparisons are made to the transportation fatality risk of…
Physical Protection Information Database Development at the Interdepartmental Special Training Center
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Daniel R. Miller, Robert Newhouse, Sergei Golovchenko, Charles D. Harmon, Alexander S. Grigoriev
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The following paper provides a general overview of the development and implementation of an information database that will be used by the…
Preparing for Entry into Force of the U.S. Additional Protocol – DOE/NNSA Guidance, Outreach and Training Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Karyn R. Durbin, Carrie Mathews, Michael Bedke
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To bolster U.S. diplomatic efforts and strengthen the IAEA nonproliferation regime, the United States voluntarily opted to implement the…
PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF THE INFORMATION PART OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL COMPUTERIZED MC&A SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.P. Mizin, Victor N. Fedoseev, Oleg I. Shanin
Abstract:
Nuclear material control and accounting computerized systems developed in Russia have some shortcomings caused basically by high cost of…
Problems relating to provision of safety and security of operating RTGs and RTGs intended for recovery as well as their replacement with alternative power sources.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vladimir Sukhoruchkin, Gene Hauser, Brian Kaldenbach, Mark Sazhnev, Alexander Grigoriev, Eugeni Melkov, Alexei Khoudykin, Brian Waud, William Abramson, Nikolai Yurasov, Stanislov Testov, Alexei Ol'khovsky
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Russia has up to one thousand radionuclide thermoelectric generators (RTGs) located on its territory. Over 80% of the RTGs belong to…
Progress in Nuclear Nonproliferation Education in Russia
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Elena K. Sokova, Mark H. Killinger, Eduard F. Kryuchkov, Kara L. DeCastro, Charles D. Harmon
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The U.S. Department of Energy actively supports the development of Russian nuclear nonproliferation expertise through education and…
PROGRESS OF THE AVNG SYSTEM - ATTRIBUTE VERIFICATION SYSTEM WITH INFORMATION BARRIERS FOR MASS AND ISOTOPICS MEASUREMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tim Elmont, Douglas R. Mayo, S. John Luke, Duncan MacArthur, Diana Langner, Dmitry Budnikov, Igor Jarikhine, Alexander Livke, Alexander Modenov, Anton Morkin, Sergey Safronov
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An attribute verification system (AVNG) with information barriers for mass and isotopics measurements has been designed and its fabrication…
PROGRESSIVE APPLICATION DECOMMISSIONING MODELS FOR U.S. POWER AND RESEARCH REACTORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Walter Sawruk, PE, Zdeneck Studnicka
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This paper presents progressive engineering techniques and experiences in decommissioning projects performed by Burns and Roe Enterprises…