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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Myron Kratzer
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Shakespeare wrote in Romeo and Juliet “What’s in a name?..A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This familiar adage must have…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Gary Clark, James E. Gilmer
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In September 2000, the United States and the Russian Federation entered into an agreement which stipulates each country will irreversibly…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Bot
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In the recent years, the IAEA has undertaken a significant program to upgrade its safeguards monitoring equipment to allow remote access to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven C. Myers, Kathleen M. Gruetzmacher, Roland M. Bustos, Scott G. Ferran
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A study was undertaken at the Los Alamos National Laboratory to compare the results of the SNAPTM gamma spectroscopy analytical technique…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hideo KOBAYASHI, T. Suzuki, Mika Yoshida Sumi
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The analytical laboratory of the Plutonium Fuel Center (PFC) of Japan Nuclear Cycle Development Institute (JNC) is participating in a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Soo Hoo, David R. Ek, Russell Hibbs, James Blackenship
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The U.S. Department of Energy and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have enjoyed a long history of cooperation and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James A. Larrimore
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Discovery of a clandestine nuclear weapon program in Iraq led to a series of developments, which have resulted in a major evolution of the…
Type:JNMM
Volume:30
Issue:2
Author(s):Charles Pietri
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The International Target Values 2000 for Measurement Uncertainties in Safeguarding Nuclear Materials, by the International Atomic Energy…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Bot
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As a result of events of September 11, 2001, increased scrutiny is being given to border security as well as cross-border trade. One area…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bobby H. Corbell, Sharon M. DeLand, Robert L. Martinez, William B. Chambers
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An operational “dual use” remote/unattended monitoring system was installed in a Pantex magazine during the summer of 2001 to allow for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yasushi MIURA
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The implementation of the Additional Protocol to Japan/IAEA Safeguards Agreement was examined before it entered into force through trials…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Seung Sik Park, Young-Myung Choi, Sung Gi Park, Wan Sou Park, Sun-Ki Kim
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According to Korean Atomic Energy Act, national inspection is being performed independently at the same time as the IAEA inspection. As…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gilbert S. Roybal
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A facility responsible for processing Special Nuclear Material (SNM) makes several Non Destructive Assay Measurements (NDA) on an item…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):João G.M. Gonçalves, Vitor Sequeira
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There are situations where visual surveillance proves ineffective in detecting changes occurring in a specific environment, caused either…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. K. Halbig, M. Farnitano, J. Carelli, J. S. Kraus
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been faced with increasing obsolescence in many of its detection instruments. As a result…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Darby, Korwyn B. Christensen
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The Department of Energy (DOE) is investing in a computer-based tool designed to quickly analyze the risk of an adversary gaining access to…
Type:JNMM
Volume:30
Issue:3
Author(s):Shirley A. O'Rourke
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There has been a long-standing quality program described in 10 CFR Part 71, for Type B packaging. In addition, Title 49 CFR Parts 173.474…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tom Wander
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The Material Consolidation and Conversion (MCC) Project began in fiscal year (FY) 1999. It is designed (a) to reduce the proliferation…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Ryazanov,, B. Ryazanov,, Victor Gourunov, Cary Crawford, Gregory Kelley, Mark Howard, G. Pshakin, Sheldon Fuller
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During the past several years, Russia and the United States have been developing and implementing enhanced MC&A policies and procedures…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Larry Desonier
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Throughout the world, advanced monitoring systems are needed to help monitor and control many kinds of nuclear materials. These monitoring…