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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
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):Sylvester Suda, Mu Wu
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Lorex Industries, Inc. developed its laminar flow meter (LFM) technology for unattended measurement and monitoring of uranium hexafluoride…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jack A. Syage, Karl A. Hanold, Mark A. Hanning-Lee
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In this paper we review a new technology for personnel screening of explosives. The detection system consists of an innovative sample…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Pavel P. Mizin, Thomas Wander
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In fiscal year 1999, the Ministry of the Russian Federation for Atomic Energy and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Material Protection,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lee Prim, David A. Young
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In the era of decreasing resources and increasing operational requirements, the challenge of successfully implementing the Material Control…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William E. Haag
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During the week of May 10-14, 2000, the Cerro Grande Fire scorched over 40,000 acres of prime forestland and destroyed over 400 homes in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. R. Liaw, R. B. Turski, Y.Y. Liu
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According to the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 71), any fissile material package must be controlled by either the shipper or the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Bernard Lenail
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Those who took part in PATRAM 1998, held in Paris, probably remember that it was a success. For those who – like me, the Program chair of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Donald S. Hillstrom, Donald A. Jensen, P.E, J. Greg Field
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The U.S. Department of Energy is retrieving spent nuclear fuel from the Hanford K Basins for storage in specially designed Multi-Canister…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Taner Uckan, Rick Oberer, Josè March-Leuba, Danny Powell, Joe Glaser
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The highly enriched uranium (HEU) Transparency Agreement between the U.S. and Russian Federation (RF) requires implementation of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H.Y. Rollen Jr., S.E. Smith, J.M. Whitaker, R.L. Mayer II, B.R. McGinnis, A.D. Bonino, M.A. Righetti, E. Gryntakis
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A suite of measurement methods and software was developed to verify uranium inventory at small gaseous diffusion plants and to enable the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Barrie McLeod, Thomas Pollog
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This paper describes the method that has been developed by the Department of Energy’s Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V. P. Berchik, L. A. Kasumova, C. L. Heinberg, D. M. Tynan
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Under the Situation and Crisis Center (SCC) management, the Information Analytical Center (IAC) of the Ministry of Atomic Energy (MinAtom)…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sharon M. DeLand, Olin H. Bray, Christina L. Jenkin, Chris Pickett, Terri Hall
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The management of nuclear materials inventories in an era of stockpile reductions, aging facilities, and lifetime extensions for remaining…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Gary Lanthrum, Dean A. Jones, Jennifer Bechdel, Mark A. Turnquist
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The Department of Energy owns a number of nuclear materials that require physical protection. This protection is required for the materials…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Oleg Bukharin
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Warhead assembly and disassembly activities in Russia will be phased out at two out of four existing facilities, including the Avangard…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A. OKUMURA, M. TSUJI, T. YAGISHITA, T. Saegusa
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Casks are widely used for transportation and storage of nuclear spent fuel and radioactive waste. Generally, a cask has a thick shielding…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G.S. Starodubtsev, A.I. Prishchepov, L.T. James, P.T. Cahalane, W. T. Aichele, T. D. Goolsby, D. R. Manatt, G. F. Niederauer
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ministry of the Russian Federation (RF)…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Schmidt
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On May 13, 1996 the US-Department of Energy issued a Record of Decision on a “Nuclear-Weapons Non-proliferation Policy concerning Foreign…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Brown, Charles G. Interrante, Ian Spivack, Lee R. Abramson
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Materials containing the element boron, as well as other materials with a high cross-section for absorbing thermal neutrons, are used…