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Safeguarding Geological Repositories for Spent Nuclear Fuel: Past, Present, and Future
Type:JNMM
Volume:33
Issue:3
Author(s):Alfredo Diaz Mosquera
Abstract:
Under the Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) a non-nuclear weapons state signatory of the treaty must conclude a comprehensive safeguards…
SAFEGUARDING TRANSFERS OF SPENT FUEL TO DRY STORAGE AT MULTI-UNIT CANDU STATIONS UNDER INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leo A. Gourgon, James A. Casterton, Robert Benjamin
Abstract:
Currently, safeguarding transfers of spent reactor fuel to dry storage at multi-unit CANDU stations in Canada consumes a significant number…
SAFEGUARDS INTENSITY AS A FUNCTION OF SAFEGUARDS STATUS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Carlson, Russell Leslie
Abstract:
A key characteristic of the IAEA’s traditional safeguards system was uniformity – essentially the Agency applied the same inspection…
Safeguards Perspectives for the Spent CANDU Fuel Transfer in the ROK
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Young-Myung Choi, Jang Soo Shin, Won Woo Na, Seung-Ho Ahn
Abstract:
The KHNP had adopted the dry storage policy at Wolsong unit 1 (KOF1) in 1992, which transfers the spent fuel bundles stacked in the pond to…
SAME: See Anywhere and Map Everywhere An Integrated Information Portal for Location Data Discovery, Visualization and Analysis
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Q.S. Bob Truong, Vincent Tao, Laura Huang
Abstract:
This paper presents a new framework on the development of an integrated information portal (IIP). The IIP serves as an on-line platform…
Sandia National Laboratories 14th International Security ConferenceStrengthening the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime: Focus on the Civilian Nuclear Fuel Cycle
Type:JNMM
Volume:33
Issue:4
Author(s):Arian Pregenzer, David Saltiel
Abstract:
Leaders around the world and across the ideological spectrum agree that the global nonproliferation regime is facing a serious test. The…
SATELLITE HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGING IN SUPPORT OF NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS MONITORING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. A. Borstad, Q.S. Bob Truong, R.A. Neville, K. Staenz, Jose Lim, Leslie N. Brown, G. Healey, R. Kelley
Abstract:
Nuclear safeguards regulators now have access to a growing body of remote sensing imagery that provides a range of types of information.…
Scope and Accomplishments of the National Nuclear Security Administration’s U.S. Radiological Threat Reduction Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert Campbell, Joel P. Grimm
Abstract:
The U.S. Radiological Threat Reduction (USRTR) Program (previously the Off-Site Source Recovery Project) recovers and manages excess and…
SEARCH AND SECURE – AN ENDURING APPROACH TO ORPHAN SOURCE DETECTION AND CONTROL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Soo Hoo, Mark Soo Hoo, Ioanna Iliopulos, Ioanna Iliopulos, Michael Haase, Michael Haase, Richard Meehan, Richard Meehan, Scottie Walker, Scottie Walker, William Rhodes, Tom Coulter
Abstract:
In July 2004, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration initiated a program of cooperation with the…
Secure Sensor Platform (SSP) for Materials’ Sealing and Monitoring Applications
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Barry Schoeneman, Barry Schoeneman, Steve Blackenau, Steve Blankenau
Abstract:
Sandia National Laboratories is currently pursuing the development of the nextgeneration fiber optic loop seal, the Secure Sensor Platform…
SETTING PRECEDENTS IN GLOBAL WMD ELIMINATION EFFORTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alex Riedy
Abstract:
The Department of Energy (DOE)/National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) has an exceptional history of leading precedent- setting…
SIMULATION OF THE PHOTON INTERROGATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sara Pozzi, Maura Monville, J.T. Mihalczo
Abstract:
The detection of shielded highly enriched uranium is a challenging problem that is being addressed by numerous researchers. Ports of entry…
Site-Specific Planning for Transition from US to NCCP Maintenance and Support - Operation of the MPC&A Systems Installed under the Joint MPC&A Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Irina Zubairova, Margaret Barham, Alexander Vasiliev, Tim Hanley, Scott Roecker
Abstract:
This paper addresses the efforts of the joint US/Russian Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) Material Protection Control and…
South Asian View of Fissile Material Production Control
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gaurav Rajen
Abstract:
This paper surveys Indian and Pakistani academic and official statements on the control of fissile material production. The paper takes a…
SPECIAL INSPECTIONS REVISITED
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Carlson, Russell Leslie
Abstract:
Under comprehensive safeguards agreements (INFCIRC/153) a “special inspection” is an inspection that is additional to specified routine…
Spectral Interferences with a 241Am Transmission Source
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald A. Close, Calvin E. Moss, G. H. Gardner, W. S. Johnson
Abstract:
The Enrichment Monitor, developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory, uses a transmission source to verify the enrichment of UF6 gas…
Spent Fuel Sabotage Test Program and Surrogate Aerosol Particle Analyses Update
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. A. Molecke, D. A. Lucero, M. W. Gregson, T. Burtseva, O. Nolte, B. Autrusson, O. Loiseau, J.E. Brockmann, R. E. Luna, F. Lange, W. Brucher
Abstract:
This multinational, multi-phase spent fuel sabotage test program is quantifying the mass and chemistry of aerosol particles produced when a…
Starting up the implementation of the Additional Protocol in the European Union
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stamatios Tsalas, Aila Asikainen
Abstract:
The EU Member States and the European Commission, EURATOM, signed the Protocols Additional to their Safeguards Agreements on 22, September…
Status of Portable Non-Destructive Assay at the Plutonium Finishing Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian D. Keele, Elizabeth W. Curfman, John A. Pestovich, Joseph Pestovich, Terri L. Welsh
Abstract:
Collimated portable gamma-ray detectors are used to quantify the plutonium holdup in support of facility deactivation and decommissioning.…
STATUS OF U.S. PRESIDENTIAL INITIATIVES TO ENHANCE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE IAEA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Stephen Adams, Ph.D.
Abstract:
On February 11, 2004, President Bush made three proposals with regard to strengthening the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). First…