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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Harold Wheat Jr.
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The Technical & Measurement Support (T&MS) section of the Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability (NMC&A) Organization…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.Wesley Hines, T. Jay Harrison
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The Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, TN, maintains the nation’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium (HEU) for use in nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph F. Pilat, Kory W. Budlong Sylvester
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The development and use of probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) has been instrumental in securing tangible improvements in a variety of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tresa Yarbro, Diana J. Sena, Jenifer Sattelberger, Elizabeth Ronquillo
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A deviation has been granted by DOE/NNSA to allow termination of safeguards on some plutonium bearing residues that are currently stored in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Don Glidewell, Susan A. Caskey, Heidi Anne Smartt, Anibal Bonino, M Krimer, R.S. Vigile, A.C. Pérez
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As the result of the existence of several regional delegations all over the country, a requirement was made to conform a secure data…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jung-Soo Kim, Jong Soo Kim, Young Myung Choi, James S. Regular
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A remote monitoring system is operating in 14 PWR in Korea. The history of RMS in Korea started in 1998. A Memorandom of Understanding on…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Maj. L. Don Opperman Jr.
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In mid-1998, many U.S. and Russian experts were reportedly favoring warhead transparency approaches based on the use of chain-of-custody…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Scott E. Garner, Roland M. Bustos, Kathleen M. Greutzmacher, Michael J. Romero, Davis V. Christensen
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The Decontamination and Volume Reduction System (DVRS) operated by the Solid Waste Operations (SWO) Group at Los Alamos National Laboratory…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carl P. Gertz, Bruce D. Becker
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The performance objectives of the U. S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration Nevada Operations Office Low-level…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. L. Haggard, Steven Schlegel, Elizabeth W. Curfman, Dennis M. Fazzari, TL Welsh
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The purpose of this paper is to present qualification data generated from water and air-bath calorimeters measuring radioactive decay heat…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroyoshi Kurihara
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The development of model Additional Protocol to the Safeguards Agreement by the IAEA in 1997 has strengthened the IAEA safeguards…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Don Glidewell, Don Glidewell, Susan A. Caskey, Heidi Anne Smartt, Heidi Anne Smartt, Masato Hori, Yu Hashimoto, Jason Coombs, Jason Coombs, Susan Caskev
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Wireless networking using the IEEE 802.11standards is a viable alternative for data communications in safeguards applications. This paper…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Donohue, S. Vogt, W. Raab, Y. Kuno, V. Maiorov
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Two new XRF screening instruments – TRIPOD and the FEI 8030C TXRF analyzer have been installed at the IAEA Safeguards Analytical Laboratory…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Farnitano, Robert C. McNair
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The U.S. Support Program (USSP) to IAEA Safeguards provides funding for safeguards inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William K. Paulus, Rick A. Ramirez
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Violence, vandalism, and terrorism are prevalent in the world today. Managers and decisionmakers must have a reliable way of estimating…
Type:JNMM
Volume:30
Issue:4
Author(s):S. Tukhvatulin, M. Mukusheva
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“The twentieth century. It was a time when humanity fi rs t disturbed the eternal rest of atom, and the atom bit back, showing that it…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Vincent Tao, Q.S. Bob Truong
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Satellite imagery has been used by various organizations, including the IAEA, as an effective tool for various safeguards applications such…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.T Kouzes, W. K. Pitts, Bruce Geelhood, Randy Hansen, Bob Bass
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By collecting information using a Host-supplied monitoring instrument behind an information barrier, the Host has confidence that their…
Type:JNMM
Volume:30
Issue:4
Author(s):Hui Zhang
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N egotiations on a Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) at the Conference on Disarmament (CD) in Geneva have been at an impasse since…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George Bunn, Lyudmila Zaitseva, Friedrich Steinhausler
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An analysis of both the potential terrorist attack modes and the vulnerability of civilian nuclear installations identifies common threat…