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ABACC LABORATORIES QUALITY ASSURANCE THROUGH SECONDARY STANDARDS EXCHANGE PROGRAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jay M. Thompson, Olga Y. Mafra Guidicini, Michael Soriano
Abstract:
In September 1999, the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC), with assistance from the New…
ACCOUNTING ANALYSIS, AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE FRENCH NUCLEAR MATERIALS PROTECTION AND CONTROL SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eric Gosset, Cédric DE WALSCHE
Abstract:
The French regulations concerning protection and control of nuclear materials state that the Institute for Radiation Protection and Nuclear…
Accounting for Recycled Uranium Produced from Reactor Irradiated Fuel
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leonard W. Myers, Peter Dessaules, Robert W. Garber
Abstract:
Recycled uranium generally contains trace amounts of reactor-produced isotopes, including plutonium, because it originates by chemical…
Addressing North Korea, Iraq and Iran: Noncompliance, Inspections and Impacts on the Nonproliferation Regime
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph F. Pilat, Kory W. Budlong Sylvester
Abstract:
As the United Nations Security Council was debating a return of international inspectors to Iraq to find and eliminate its weapons of mass…
An Advanced High Sensitivity Digital Cerenkov Viewing Device
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Lindberg, M. Larsson, K. Axell, J.D. Chen, A.F. Gerwing, L. Hildingsson, R. Maxwell, F. Vinnå
Abstract:
The current Cerenkov Viewing Device (CVD) used by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors has difficulty in verifying very…
An Approach for Depleted and Low-Enriched Uranium Verification by Passive - and X-Ray
Type:JNMM
Volume:31
Issue:4
Author(s):Sayed A. El-Mongy
Abstract:
Tons of depleted uranium (DU) are generated every year as a byproduct of enrichment processes. DU is a safeguarded nuclear material…
An Approach to Campaign-Based Inventories
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brenda R. Douglass, Fred L. Lyons, Charles A. Finleon, Douglas K. Sullivan
Abstract:
The DOE Manual 474.1-1 (Manual for Control and Accountability of Nuclear Materials) provides requirements for the frequency at which…
An Approach to Next-Generation Software for Russian MC&As
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Pavel P. Mizin, Oleg I. Shanin, Victor Fedseyev Fedoseyev
Abstract:
Like other big program systems, the capabilities of Russian nuclear materials control and accounting (MC&A) systems of are limited by…
AN ENRICHMENT METER BASED ON CdWO4 SCINTILLATOR
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. B. Oberer, M. R. Ellis, Zane Bell, D.E. Smith, J.L. Goodman
Abstract:
Sodium iodide has long been the standard for low-resolution scintillation detectors used for enrichment meters. However, its relatively low…
An Integrated Facility for Full-Scale Testing of Spent Fuel Rail Transportation Casks
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas J. Ammerman
Abstract:
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Package Performance Study requires an integrated cask testing facility with the capacity to conduct…
AN INTEGRATED SAFETY-SECURITY PROCESS FOR EVALUATING CONSEQUENCES OF POSTULATED ACTS OF SABOTAGE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David F. Beck
Abstract:
When combating threats with an organic capability equal to or less than the applicable design basis threat (DBT), protection systems are…
AN OVERVIEW OF TAMPER-INDICATION DEVICES (TIDS)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rustem Samigulin, Sergei Blagin, Kenneth Boldt
Abstract:
Over the last six years, TID development has been an international technology collaboration between the Russian Federal Nuclear Centers and…
An Update on SAL Analytical Capabilities for Safeguards Environment Sampling
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Y. Kuno, D. Donohue, S. Vogt, V. Maiorov
Abstract:
Capabilities of the Safeguards Analytical Laboratory (SAL) in Environment Sampling for Safeguards (ESS) are updated in this paper. Basic…
Analysis of Neutron Reflection in Correlation Measurements
Type:JNMM
Volume:32
Issue:1
Author(s):Jarrod D. Edwards, John K. Mattingly, Sara Pozzi
Abstract:
The Nuclear Materials Identification System (NMIS) procedures that rely on the fast correlation measurement of neutrons and gamma rays…
Analysis of Neutron Reflection in Correlation Measurements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jarrod D. Edwards, Sara Pozzi, J.K. Mattingly
Abstract:
Nuclear Materials Identification System (NMIS) procedures that rely on the fast correlation measurement of neutrons and gamma rays from…
Analysis of Spent Fuel Transportation Cask Response to a Tunnel Fire Exposure
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. S. Bajwa
Abstract:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Spent Fuel Project Office is responsible for enforcing regulations that ensure that transportation…
ANIMATING VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Michael Duffy, G. Lloyd
Abstract:
Computer simulation is a proven method for analyzing real- life operational problems in a realistic and cost-effective manner. When coupled…
APPLICATION OF A MATHEMATICAL MODEL TO A PRACTICAL EXAMPLE OF A FUEL CYCLE TO OBTAIN AN OPTIMUN INTEGRATED SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lucia Valentino, E. D'Amato, F. SAULE
Abstract:
This paper consists of the application of a Mathematical Model developed and presented by the Nuclear Regulatory Authority to a given fuel…
Application of Radioactive Markers for Nuclear Materials Control
Type:JNMM
Volume:31
Issue:2
Author(s):A.V. Bushuev, A. L. Bosko, E.V. Petrova, I.M. Proshin, V.N. Zubarev
Abstract:
This paper addresses the possibility of increasing the sensitivity of g a m m a - s p e c t rometric assays of nuclear materials by…
Application of VAM-CFTM to High-Consequence Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cal Jaeger
Abstract:
The Vulnerability Assessment Methodology for Chemical Facilities (VAM-CFTM) was intended to be a tool to provide a systematic, risk-based…