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STEREO RADIOGRAPHY USING THE STEPSCAN SOFTWARE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert J. Estep, Al Criscuolo
Abstract:
The StepScan software was developed by our group at Los Alamos National Laboratory to acquire digital radiographs using a Varian 3040…
Strategic Plan for Implementing a Sustainable System of MC&A Equipment and Methodological Support at Rosatom Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Victor Erastov, V. V. Sviridova, N. V. Isaev, V. A. Romanov, A. S. Sviridov, G. V. Titov, L. Neymotin, J. Sanders
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The Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) Equipment and Methodological Support (MEMS) Strategic Plan (SP) is a joint U.S.-Russian…
Structuring Inspections Randomly Scheduled in Time
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathan Sanborn
Abstract:
Randomized inspection strategies allow for the possibility of detecting a broader range of diversion scenarios and for the possibility of…
STUDY FOR THE FORMATION OF INMAC
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexander A. Solodov, William S. Charlton
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Today the proliferation of nuclear weapons is a great threat to world peace and stability. The question of strengthening the…
Superheated-Droplet Neutron-Detection Technology and the CRTI Project*#
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. R. Lemley, Edward Kaplan, Thomas Tsang
Abstract:
Many radiation detection systems currently deployed for counter-terrorism applications detect only gamma radiation. Although recommended by…
Supply Chain Concepts for Sustaining Transportation Security Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Rekha S. Pillai, Tim D. Welch, Glen Harrison, Yuri L. Davidov
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During the last decade, transportation equipment and related security systems at a number of sites in the Russian Federation (RF) have been…
SURVEILLANCE REVIEW SYSTEM (SURS): A NEXT-GENERATION INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS REVIEW
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Ondrik, J. P. Damico, Charles Pearsall, Bill Spahn
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Review and analysis of Safeguards surveillance data has always been a very time-consuming process because IAEA inspection personnel need to…
Tag and Seal Usage in the Highly Enriched Uranium Transparency Implementation Program (HEU-TIP)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joe Glaser, Janie Benton, D. S. Blair, C. C. Bodmer, D. A. Nelson, Jr.
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As part of the 1993 Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Russian Federation…
Technical Challenges in Implementation of Safeguards at Chernobyl Unit 4 (\"Shelter\")
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Balsley, M. Kohl, Colin Carroll, Valerij Bytchkov, Kenji Murakami, B. D. Boyer, James Halbig, Giovanni Ingrao, Aleh Zatsepin, Andrei Shatsman
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Ukraine discussed the issue of safeguarding nuclear material at the Chernobyl Unit 4 \"…
Temperature compensation of NaI (Tl) scintillation detectors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.C. Browne, J. Audia, Robert Y. Parker, K. Ianakiev, Boian Alexandrov
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The temperature dependence of inorganic scintillators is nonlinear over the temperature range for outdoor implementation, mainly due to the…
TESTING RESULTS OF FACILITY AND METHODS FOR NON DESTRUCTIVE ASSAY OF PLUTONIUM MASS IN WASTES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. A. Bogdanov, Boris Ryazanov, V. Nizhnik, Valery I. Bulanenko
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It is necessary to control plutonium mass in solid wastes before their shipment in storage for accounting and control nuclear materials at…
The Calculation of Self Attenuation Factors for Simple Bodies in the Far Field Approximation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Curtis, M. Wormald, Stephen Croft
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Microsoft Excel spreadsheet functions have been developed for the calculation of the self attenuation of gamma-rays in simple bodies viewed…
THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL REPORTING SYSTEM AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE U.S. ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald Kovacic, Kevin M. Hannan
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The American Heritage® Dictionary, Fourth Edition, defines implementation as (1) the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order…
The Detection of Enrichment of Uranium System: A Portable System for Nondestructive Assay of TRIGA Spent Nuclear Fuel
Type:JNMM
Volume:33
Issue:2
Author(s):John King, Gary N. Hoggard
Abstract:
The Detection of Enrichment of Uranium System (DEUS) is a portable nondestructive assay system capable of measuring the U-235 mass…
The Development of Low-Level Measurement Capabilities for Total and Isotopic Uranium in Environmental Samples at Brazilian and Argentine Laboratories by ABACC
Type:JNMM
Volume:33
Issue:4
Author(s):Olga Y. Mafra Guidicini Olga Y. Mafra Guidicini, Khris B. Olsen, Doyle M. Hembree, Joel A. Carter, J. Michael Whitaker, Susan M. Hayes
Abstract:
In June 1998, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC), with assistance from the U.S.…
The Effect of Standardizing Material Property Definitions on Nuclear Material Inventories in the U.S. Department of Energy
Type:JNMM
Volume:33
Issue:2
Author(s):John R. Shultz John R. Shultz
Abstract:
In the United States, nuclear material of strategic concern is accounted for in a database called the Nuclear Materials Management…
THE EMERGING SAFEGUARDS CHALLENGE OF LASER ISOTOPE SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Whichello, K. Chitumbo, Victor Braguine, T. Edwards
Abstract:
The concept of uranium enrichment by laser isotope separation (U-LIS) has been around for decades, but the technology required was…
THE ENHANCED CURRICULUM FOR STRENGTHENED SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM TRAINING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Vidaurre-Henry, A. Osipov, P. Rodriguez
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The enhanced curriculum for the Strengthened Safeguards System has the overall objective of providing inspectors with the skills and…
THE EROSION OF PHYSICAL PROTECTION STANDARDS UNDER THE MOX FUEL PROGRAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edwin S. Lyman
Abstract:
The 2000 Plutonium Management and Disposition Agreement commits the US and Russia to dispose of 34 metric tons of plutonium drawn from…
The Estimation of the Minimum Detectable Activity from Measured Passive Neutron Coincidence Counter Data
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C G Wilkins, E. Alvarez, B.M. Young, D. Curtis, Stephen Croft, Bob D. McElroy
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We describe the method applied within Canberra’s waste assay software, NDA2000, for estimating the Minimum Detectable Activity (MDA)…