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THE GREEK RESEARCH REACTOR: PHYSICAL PROTECTION BEYOND INFCIRC/225
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. E. Matikas, N. Catsaros
Abstract:
The physical protection system of the Greek Research Reactor, GRR-1, has been considered as first priority issue since the beginning of the…
The IAEA Transport Safety Appraisal Service (TranSAS)
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Gerardus J. Dicke
Abstract:
Representatives of all Member States of the IAEA meet once a year in September at the General Conference in Vienna, Austria, to consider…
The Implications of a New Era in Arms ControlPerspectives and Analysis
Type:JNMM
Volume:32
Issue:2
Author(s):Stephen Mladineo, Karyn R. Durbin, Joseph P. Indusi, John Smoot, Michael Vannoni, Larry Satkowiak
Abstract:
The signing of the Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty (SORT), also called the Treaty of Moscow, by the United States and the Russian…
The Industry Commitment to Global Transport Safety Standards
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Lorne Green
Abstract:
Standards and regulations have no intrinsic practical effect without taking into account those who are the object of such standards and…
The Integrated Inspector Information System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. P. Damico, Florin Abazi, Jan Wuester, Greg Gerrein
Abstract:
The Integrated Inspector Information System (I3S) is a component of the Data Collection and Evaluation System (DCE) for the Rokkasho…
THE LAMBS SOFTWARE: THE MATERIAL BASIS SET METHOD ON THE PALM OS FOR HANDHELD ISOTOPE IDENTIFIERS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.J. Estep, William Murray, Mat W. Brener, Ben A. Sapp, Michael Martinez
Abstract:
We have developed software for implementing the material basis set (MBS) method for isotope identification on two handheld isotope…
The Local Area Nuclear Material Accountability Software (LANMAS)
Type:JNMM
Volume:33
Issue:1
Author(s):Carol R. Raeder, Daniel Farmer, Helen Burns, Bob Trivett, Lawrence Bowers
Abstract:
The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Materials Inventory and Technology Development (SO-20.3) continues to support the…
The MC&A Council at SSC RF - IPPE as a Coordinating Body for System Sustainability*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leslie G. Fishbone, V. Ya Poplavko, John Valente, Tim Hanley, Analoly Ilyantsev, G. Myakishev
Abstract:
The State Scientific Center of the Russian Federation - Institute of Physics and Power Engineering’s (SSC RF - IPPE) practice of nuclear…
The NCS 45 Cask Family: an Updated Design Replaces an Old Design Lessons Learned during Design, Testing and Licensing
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Wolfgang Bergmann, Franz Hilbert
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The NCS 45 cask family is intended to replace the cask types R52, TN6/1 and TN6/3. These packagings – country of origin France – were in…
The Need for a Public Information Program to Promote Understanding of the Validity of the Safety of IAEA Transport Regulations for Shipment of Radioactive Material
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Minoru Kubo
Abstract:
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) first published Safety Series No. 6 (1961 Edition) in May 1961 for application to the…
The New BAM Drop Test Facility for Big Full-Scale Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Karsten Müller, Mathias Minack, Bernahd Droste
Abstract:
The Federal Institute for materials research and testing (BAM), Germany, constructed in 2004 a new drop test facility that allows drop…
The new generation of the MOSAIK® casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Dieter Brüning, Sigrun Bauriedel, Frank Jonas
Abstract:
MOSAIK® -casks were developed for the transport of different types of radioactive waste. Furthermore, the casks are to be used for a save…
The Next Generation Surveillance System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Aparo, J. Whichello, C. Carroll
Abstract:
The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) Department of Safeguards will deploy a new generation surveillance system at facilities…
The Perspectives of Nuclear Energy in Europe
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ralf Güldner
Abstract:
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The Research Institute of Atomic Reactors (RIAR) Experience with Material Consolidation and Conversion (MCC) of Excess Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Materials.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles Roche, K.L. De Castro, Thomas Wander, William Hopwood, Russell E. Johns, A.V. Bychkov, V.A. Kisly, V.B. Mishenev
Abstract:
In 1999 RIAR (Research Institute of Atomic Reactors) started activity with Material Consolidation and Conversion (MCC) in collaboration…
The Role of George Kuzmycz Training Center in the Improvement of Reliability of Physical Protection of Ukraine’s Nuclear Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Phil Robinson, Victor Gavrilyuk, David F. Beck, Sarah Dickerson, Anna Gavrilyuk, Nick Winowich
Abstract:
The Training Center for Physical Protection, Control and Accounting of Nuclear Material was established on October 8, 1998. The Training…
The Role of NMMSS in the Implementation of the US/IAEA Safeguards Agreement
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian G. Horn, Gary L. Hirsch
Abstract:
In 1978, the United States passed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act (NNPA) and initiated the requirement to track foreign material in the…
The Role of Operations Monitoring in Supporting MPC&A Inspection Activities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William T. Pratt, Lorilee Brownell, R. White, Yuri Volodin, Igor O. Khrokalo
Abstract:
The Material Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A) Program has been working since 1995 with nuclear sites in Russia to upgrade the…
The Russian System for Certification: Quality Assurance for MPC&A Systems at Nuclear Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lorilee Brownell, Daniel R. Miller, Andrei Ivashin
Abstract:
The following paper provides a general overview of the current certification process for specialized equipment and software used to upgrade…
The SNM Scanner: A Non-invasive Protocol for Effective Monitoring of Special Nuclear Material Inventories
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. G. Lanier, Lucile Dauffy
Abstract:
We suggest a system of monitoring special nuclear material inventories which uses simple mathematical techniques to compare the gross…