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Type:JNMM
Volume:30
Issue:2
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Recently, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) moved to place neptunium under international oversight in certain circumstances.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The aim of the AMETHYST (AutoMatic Event auTHentication sYSTem) project is to encourage the development of a high-performance, perimeter-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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In a uranium enrichment cascade composed of integrated type centrifuges containing advanced centrifuges, it seems to be relatively easy to…
Type:JNMM
Volume:31
Issue:1
Abstract:
The term in the early-1990s, and the term into the safeguards lexicon in the late-1990s. Although the terms might be new, the concepts…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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This paper examines the development of the use of scene change detection and motion alarm as used by the Euratom Safeguards Office (ESO).…
Type:JNMM
Volume:31
Issue:1
Abstract:
The safeguards verification of irradiated fuel bundles requires not only physically identifying them but also confirmation through spent-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The end of the Cold War has produced a large surplus of fissile material as a result of the dismantling of thousands of nuclear weapons.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The FRAM code was originally developed to analyze high-resolution gamma spectra from plutonium items. Its capabilities have since been…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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A measurement technique was developed to extract the general shape of a plutonium object containing 240Pu using second order cross…
Type:JNMM
Volume:30
Issue:3
Abstract:
This paper decribes a methodical way to find critical drop angles or better a range of drop angles for oblique drops of packages used for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The present study shows how the detection of 662 keV and 344 keV gamma rays varied with detector angle for a shielded NaI detector. There…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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This paper describes the development of an autonomous tracking system capable of monitoring the movement of transport vehicles and of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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This paper presents a brief description of the application of the materials control and accountability (MC&A) program at the Oak Ridge…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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An extension to the Generalized Geometry Holdup (GGH) assay method was developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory that enabled the Y-12…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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In the wake of September 11, governments worldwide have recognized the need for a border management system that keeps pace with expanding…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The State System of Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (SSAC) of Argentina has a permanent goal of improving its effectiveness and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The rapidly growing area of cooperative international security calls for pervasive deployment of smart sensors that render valuable…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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Environmental sampling within nuclear facilities is now used by the International Atomic Energy Agency as part of routine inspections to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston has traditionally stored plutonium (Pu) contact wastes on site, in 205 l steel drums…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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Authentication is the process by which the Monitoring Party gains appropriate confidence that the information reported by a monitoring…