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Summary of the Closing Plenary Session of the 44th INMM Annual Meeting
Type:JNMM
Volume:32
Issue:1
Author(s):James Lemley, Amy Whitworth
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Sustainability of IAEA Non-Destructive Assay Systems for Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Carchon, A. Lebrun, G. Bosler, R. Abedin-Zadeh
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In performing its safeguards verification mandate, the IAEA relies on sophisticated equipment and associated software to make independent…
Systems Engineering Considerations for Selection of Type B Packages
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gary Lanthrum
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The Department of Energy has a significant quantity of surplus special nuclear materials. The Department is accelerating its disposition of…
TECHNOLOGY ROADMAPPING FOR IAEA SEALS*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Barbara Hoffheins, Susan E. Pepper, Mark Goodman, William O’Connor, Cynthia Annese
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In the fall of 2002, the U.S. Support Program (USSP) initiated an effort to define a strategy or “roadmap” for future seals technologies…
The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert GG Holmes, Rebecca A Robbins
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A significant proportion of the Mixed Transuranic (TRU) waste scheduled to be consigned to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) is…
THE CONFLICTING GOALS OF PHYSICAL PROTECTION AND MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert K. Larsen, Berry Crain, Jr.
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Conflicts occur when physical protection (PP) systems intended to limit access to nuclear material make it difficult to perform routine…
THE CRITICAL ISSUES FORUM: AN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM FOR NONPROLIFERATION EDUCATION IN HIGH SCHOOLS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fred Wehling
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WMD threats to international and homeland security have created a need for K-12 education on WMD issues, but few programs for…
THE DATA REVIEW EXPERT SYSTEM, SOFTWARE FOR THE AUTOMATED REVIEW OF NONDESTRUCTIVE ASSAY DATA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S.E. Betts, John Determan
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Scientists at several U. S. Department of Energy sites, using nondestructive assay techniques, determine the entrained transuranic mass and…
THE DETECTION OF THE ILLICIT MOVEMENT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS BY MEANS OF HIGH-RESOLUTION GAMMA-RAY SPECTROMETRY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James R. Lemley, Garman Harbottle, Walter R. Kane
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Four classes of malevolent acts my be detected and interrupted by measurement of gamma rays emitted from nuclear materials: 1) The removal…
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF SAFEGUARDS ACTIVITIES: PERFORMANCE AND REPORTING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Carlson, Russell Leslie, Annette Berriman, Peter Riggs
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In order to retain the confidence of the international community it is necessary for the IAEA to provide clear and meaningful reports on…
The Establishment of a U.S. Support Program Internship Program*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan E. Pepper, J. Lepingwell, Robert Gaetano
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In 2002, the U.S. Support Program to IAEA Safeguards established a program of one-year paid internships with the IAEA Department of…
The Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty: A Venue for Future Progress in Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and the Prevention of Nuclear Terrorism
Type:JNMM
Volume:32
Issue:1
Author(s):Thomas Shea
Abstract:
The idea of controlling the production, distribution, and use of fissile material as a nuclear arms control measure has been around in…
THE FMCT: Potential Treaty Elements and Perspectives on the Treaty
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas E. Shea
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At present, all nations of the world, with the exception of India, Israel and Pakistan, are Parties to the Treaty for the Non-Proliferation…
The IAEA Additional Protocol Information System Designed for Evolving Needs
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Elsa Augustenborg
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The paper will be of interest to those involved in implementing the 1997 protocol additional to safeguards agreements and especially to…
The Impact of Russian Methodological and Training Center Methodological Activity on the Russian Nuclear Material Accountancy and Control Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Ryazanov,, V. V. Talanov, Debbie Dickman, V. Goryunov, Sergio Guardini
Abstract:
The RMTC was created by the Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy (MINATOM) to become not only the most important nuclear materials control and…
THE MATERIAL CONSOLIDATION AND CONVERSION PROJECT: CURRENT STATUS AND FUTURE PROSPECTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Wander
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The Material Consolidation and Conversion (MCC) Project is designed to reduce the proliferation attractiveness of weapon-usable nuclear…
THE NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES OF AMBIGUOUS “SAFEGUARDS” TERMINOLOGY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Morten Bremer Maerli, Roger G. Johnston
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The terms “disgruntled”, “transparency”, “verification”, and “safeguards” are often used in ambiguous, inappropriate, misleading, and…
THE NEW OPTIC FIBER ELECTRONIC SEAL : FO-IRES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Autrusson, D. Brochard
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At the request of the French Support Program to the IAEA Safeguards, the Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN)…
THE NEW ORIENTATION OF EURATOM SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):U. Blohm-Hieber, F. MacLean, Stamatios Tsalas, R.C. CLARKE, K. Martin
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For more than three decades, from the seventies to the end of the last century, Euratom remained one of the most stable parameters in the…
THE NUCLEAR MATERIAL MEASUREMENT PROGRAM PLAN FOR GOSATOMNADZOR OF RUSSIA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.R. Byers, K.R. Byers, Dmitry Bokov, Dmitry Bokov
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As the Russian State regulatory agency responsible for oversight of nuclear material control and accounting (MC&A), Gosatomnadzor of…