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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Phillip A. Hypes, John R. FitzPatrick, C.R. Rudy
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The isotope 233U is produced in reactors by neutron irradiation of 232Th. It has nuclear properties that can be exploited for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Mount, William J. O’Connell, Curtis Cochran
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A performance model of the measurement performance of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) passive-active neutron (PAN) drum…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald M. Keyser, Timothy R. Twomey, Daniel L. Upp
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The detection and identification of chemical and nuclear materials for safeguards and interdiction purposes often depend on the analysis of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Farnitano, Andreas Dinkel
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Two main driving forces have led in recent years to the initiative to replace or re-engineer the IAEA Safeguards Information System, ISIS.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Benny Martinez, Irina Zubairova, Margaret Barham, Tim Hanley, Irina Miroschnichenko
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This paper addresses the efforts of the joint US/Russian Novosibirsk Chemical Concentrates Plant (NCCP) Material Control and Accounting (MC…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Timothy James Miller
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The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston has investigated the performance of low and high resolution gamma-ray detectors for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kevin Linker, Mary-Anne Mitchell, Charles Brusseau, Kevin L. Linker, Douglas R. Adkins, Kent B. Pfeifer, Steven B. Rohde, Charles A. Brusseau, Douglas Adkins
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Sandia National Laboratories has developed a portable explosives detector utilizing a small chemical detector and macro-sampling/…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph F. Pilat, Kory W. Budlong Sylvester
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Information analysis is positioned to play a significant role in the emerging, redesigned international safeguards system. With the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hui Zhang
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It would be relatively easy for a terrorist group as well-organized as the September 11 attackers to make a gun-type weapon out of highly-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Rodríguez, Stella M. Bonet Durán, Sergio Menossi
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The inadvertent and illegal movements of radioactive and nuclear materials are issues of increased national and international awareness.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Abedin-Zadeh, Michael Goldfarb, George Weeks
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Containment and Surveillance systems are used as complementary measures to nuclear material accountancy. Surveillance and sealing systems…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Lepingwell, H. Rilakovic, J. Oakberg, N. Moukhametchina
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Traditional safeguards information, combined with that from other sources available to the IAEA, provides the IAEA with an enhanced view of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christophe Xerri, D. Grenèche
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Proliferation Resistance is an essential feature in the wish list for the development of nuclear energy systems. Proliferation Resistance…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald Kovacic
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The Additional Protocol Reporting System (APRS) will be a secure internet-based information system designed to meet the legal requirements…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stig Isaksson
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The Swedish Nuclear Power Inspectorate, SKI is the regulatory authority for nuclear activities in Sweden and therefore responsible for the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Walter Sawruk, PE, Mark Campagna
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A more urgent need now exists since 9/11 to protect vital assets at nuclear plants from physical security threats. Any approach to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jarrod D. Edwards, Sara Pozzi, J.T. Mihalczo, John S. Neal, W.L. Bryan
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Preliminary results from efforts to implement on-line, fast pulse shape discrimination (PSD) methods in the Nuclear Materials…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H.O. Menlove, Johnna Franco, A. Simpson, M.J. Clapham
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As the Deactivation and Decommissioning (D&D) programs, at sites such as Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS) progresses,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chris A. Hodge, Ron D. Jeffcoat
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The Savannah River Site’s KAMS facility was designed for the receipt and storage of incoming SNM shipments. MC&A requires confirmation…
Type:JNMM
Volume:31
Issue:3
Author(s):Ralph Best, Steven J. Maheras, Steven P. Ross, Ruth Weiner
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Much has been said about the risks to the public from exposure   to radiation emanating from shipping casks transporting spentnuclear…