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DESIGNING OPEN SOURCE INFORMATION SEARCH TOOLS FOR ORGANISATION-WIDE USE IN SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Hill
Abstract:
The IAEA Board of Governors approved the implementation of Part 1 of Strengthened Safeguards in June 1995. Since then, the Agency has been…
DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF RADIATION SOURCES TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rollin Evans, George Berzins, Randy Jones, Calvin Moss
Abstract:
Sensitive detection and identification of rapidly moving radioactive sources has been demonstrated as part of a prototype system developed…
Detection of Beta, Gamma, and Neutron Radiation from Nuclear Materials in Packages and Mail
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gary W. Carriveau, Gary W. Carriveau
Abstract:
A variety of contraband and terrorist material can be transported via normal shipment channels, including the US Postal service as well as…
Detection of Nuclear Material During Fast Road Transport
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Köble, M. Risse, W Rosenstock, J. Peter
Abstract:
For the search and detection of nuclear material during road transport we equipped a conventional car with a radiation measurement system.…
DETECTION OF OPAQUE VOXELS IN A HETEROGENEOUS MATRIX USING TOMOGRAPHIC GAMMA SCANNING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert J. Estep, Lynn A. Foster, Shane Dittrich, Matt Piotrowski
Abstract:
The Tomographic Gamma Scanner (TGS) can be used to produce transmission images of opaque voxels. The detection of opaque voxels in a…
DETERMINATION OF URANIUM, CURIUM AND PLUTONIUM IN THE HULLS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Kuno, H. Nemoto, M. Okano
Abstract:
We have studied the destructive assay for determination of retained curium, plutonium and uranium in leached hulls in order to verify the…
DEVELOPMENT AND INITIAL FIELD TESTING OF THE CHERNOBYL MOBILE MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SPENT FUEL CONTAINER TRANSPORT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Don Glidewell, R.L. Lucero, S. Klosterbuer, S. Kraus, V. Bytchkov, Mark Schanfein, Massimo Aparo, Dorel Popescu, Jack C. Bartberger, Giovanni Ingrao, Aleh Zatsepin, Alexander Novikov, Anthony W. Perlinski, Karl Ferstl, Evgeny Lebedev, Andrey Schatsman
Abstract:
After the shut down of the last operating reactor of the Chernobyl NPP in December 2000, a major project for the transfer of the spent fuel…
Development and testing of procedures for carrying out emergency physical inventory taking after detecting anomaly events concerning NM security
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leslie G. Fishbone, John Valente, V.F. Efimenko, Analoly Ilyantsev, V. Regoushevsky, Y. Milovanov, V. Stroykov
Abstract:
In the State Scientific Center of Russian Federation – Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (SSC RF - IPPE, Obninsk), which is under…
DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF THE HOUND II HAND-PORTABLE EXPLOSIVES DETECTION SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rebecca Horton, John E. Parmeter, Mark Baumann, David Hannum, Mary-Anne Mitchell, Christina D. Novick
Abstract:
Over the past several years, Sandia National Laboratories has pursued the development of handportable trace chemical detection systems that…
Development and Use of the CAFE-3D Code for Analysis of Radioactive Material Packages in Fire Environments
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carlos Lopez, Jorman Koski, Ahti Suo-Anttila
Abstract:
A computational fluid dynamics (CFD) based fire model has been successfully coupled to standard finite-element computer codes in order to…
DEVELOPMENT OF A CORROSION RESISTANT, NEUTRON ABSORBING STRUCTURAL MATERIAL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William Hurt, T.E. Lister
Abstract:
The National Spent Nuclear Fuel Program, located at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, coordinates and integrates…
DEVELOPMENT OF A PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE ANALYSIS METHODOLOGY FOR ASSESSING SAFEGUARDS EFFECTS IN FUEL CYCLES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William S. Charlton, D. Grant Ford, Michael Whitaker, Claudio Gariazzo
Abstract:
A methodology is under development at the University of Texas in collaboration with Oak Ridge National Laboratory to allow for the…
DEVELOPMENT OF A STANDARD PRACTICE FOR THE THERMAL QUALIFICATION OF TYPE B RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PACKAGES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. S. Bajwa, Carlos Lopez, Jorman Koski, James Nakos, Jack Hovingh
Abstract:
A Standard Practice (ASTM E2230-02) has been developed to aid in thermal qualification of Type B radioactive material packages under Title…
Development of an Optical Fiber Radiation Probe system for Spent Fuel Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jung-Soo Kim, Jong-Sook Hong, Il-Jin Park, Jang-Soo Shin
Abstract:
A radiation probe system composed of two PM tubes, two passive fiber cables(PFC) and one optical fiber scintillator(OFS) was designed to be…
DEVELOPMENT OF ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES FOR SAFEGUARDS ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES AND THEIR APPLICATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Sakurai, S. Usuda, K. Watanabe, M. Magara, F. Esaka, K. Yasuda, Y. Saito, M. Takahashi, H. Gunji, S. Kurosawa, N. Kohno, J. Inagawa, D. Suzuki, H. Fukuyama, K. T. Esaka, K. Iguchi, S. Ichimura, T. Onodera, Jy Chai, T. Taguchi
Abstract:
The present status of JAERI’s project to establish analytical techniques mainly for safeguards environmental sample s is described. So far…
Development of Isotopic Dilution Mass-Spectrometry in Russia in Support of MC&A
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Marshall, A. Stepanov, V. Domkin, Yu.A. Panteleev, T.P. Makarova, L.S. Bulianitsa, S.A. Nikitina, M.V. Pen’kin
Abstract:
Isotope dilution mass spectrometry (IDMS) is widely used to accurately determine U and Pu isotope and elemental concentrations in impure…
Development of Low-Level Environmental Sampling Capabilities for Uranium at Brazilian and Argentine Laboratories by ABACC
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joel A. Carter, Doyle M. Hembree, Jr., Susan M. Hayes, Khris B. Olsen, Olga Mafra Guidicini, Michael Whitaker
Abstract:
The Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC) with assistance from the U.S. Department of Energy (…
DEVELOPMENT OF ORIGEN-ARP METHODS AND DATA FOR LEU AND MOX SAFEGUARDS APPLICATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.J. Chare, Ian C. Gauld, R.C. CLARKE
Abstract:
Many commercial nuclear power plants in Europe operate hybrid cores of low-enriched uranium (LEU) and mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel assemblies,…
Development of Streamline Inspection for Transfer of CANDU Spent Fuel to Dry Storage
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gyungsik Min, Jung Soo Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Il-Jin Park, Yang-Myung Choi
Abstract:
To provide the needed space in the spent fuel ponds for the continued CANDU reactor discharges, spent fuels have to be transferred from the…
Development of the National Inspection Reports Control System in the Republic of Korea
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gyungsik Min, Young-Myung Choi, In Jun
Abstract:
According to the Korean Atomic Energy Act, national inspection is being performed independently at the same time as the IAEA inspection. So…