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Trusted Radiation Identification System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Keith M. Tolk, Richard L. Lucero, Kevin D. Seager, Dean J. Mitchel, Kenneth W. Insch
Abstract:
The Trusted Radiation Identification System (TRIS) was developed at Sandia National Laboratories to provide a means for confirming the…
TYPE A PACKAGE LIMITS OF SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIONUCLIDES
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R. R. Rawl, K. F. Eckerman, J. S. Hughes, L. Bolgona
Abstract:
Limits on the activity allowed in Type A packages in transport are prescribed in the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) “Regulations…
Type I and II Error Associated with Verification and Confirmation Measurements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian G. Scott
Abstract:
DOE M 474.1 states that “For Category I and II items, the acceptance/rejection criteria for verification measurements and, where possible,…
U-233 GRADED SAFEGUARD REQUIREMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph D. Rivers, Melanie P. May
Abstract:
The Department of Energy (DOE) is currently storing Uranium-233 (U-233) material, which has been determined to be excess material. Work is…
U.S. Regulatory Research Program for Implementation of Burnup Credit in Transport Casks
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. V. Parks, J. C. Wagner, I. C. Gauld, B. Broadhead, C. E. Sanders
Abstract:
In 1999 the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (U.S. NRC) initiated a research program to support the development of technical bases and…
U.S. VIEWS ON INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald Cherry, Jonathan Sanborn, Theodore Sherr
Abstract:
The United States supports the IAEA’s effort to integrate INFCIRC/540 and INFCIRC/153 measures as a means of strengthening the…
UF6 RELEASE CALCULATIONS AND RADIOLOGICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF A UF6 CONTAINER SUBJECT TO A LONG DURATION FIRE
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):O. Doaré, K. Dieschbourg, C. Huet
Abstract:
Assuming that a 12 tonne-UF6 cylinder without thermal protection is subject to a long duration fire without intervention of the emergency…
UF6 Sample Package Development
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Elizabeth Darrough, Ph.D, John M. Hortel, Steven A. Porter, Charles J. Temus
Abstract:
The United States Enrichment Corporation (USEC) developed the 2000 MED package that is designed to protect an ANSI N14.1 standard 1S…
UNDERSTANDING AND ADDRESSING EQUIPMENT LIMITATIONS THROUGH TESTING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Michael Whitaker, Steven E. Smith, Peter J. Chiaro, Jr., Hubert Y. Rollen, Jr.
Abstract:
Safeguards demands have brought about the use of new, advanced equipment. These new systems are typically more complex than previous…
Unique Problems Associated with Response to a Transportation Incident Overseas
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Blake Williams, John Patterson
Abstract:
Following the completion of spent fuel loading in Argentina for shipment to the U.S., ancillary cask handling equipment was packaged for…
United States' Views on Integrated Safeguards
Type:JNMM
Volume:29
Issue:4
Author(s):Jonathan Sanborn, Ronald Cherry, Theodore Sherr
Abstract:
The United States supports the IAEA's effort to integrate INFCIRC/540 and INFCIRC/153 measures as a means of strengthening the…
UREG/CR-6672: PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS DEVELOPED FOR IMPORTANT PARAMETERS EMPLOYED IN THE RADTRAN 5/LHS INTERFACE
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. L. Sprung, G. S. Mills, K. S. Neuhauser
Abstract:
The construction of cumulative distributions of values for RADTRAN variables that take on a wide range of values in the real world is…
US-India Technical Collaboration to Promote Regional Stability
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James E. Doyle, James R. Griggs, Mark H. Killinger, Kenneth E. Apt
Abstract:
Two US-India documents were signed in 2000 that provided new impetus for scientific and technical cooperation between the two countries.…
USE OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS IDENTIFICATION SYSTEM’S (NMIS) HIGHER ORDER SIGNATURES (HOS) TO ANALYZE DETECTOR INTERACTIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John T. Mihalczo, John K. Mattingly, J.A. Mullens, L.G. Chiang, R.B. Oberer, Sara A. Pozzi
Abstract:
Cross talk occurs when a particle that is detected in a detector is subsequently detected in a neighboring detector. In this paper a method…
USE OF OPTICALLY STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE IMAGING PLATES AND READER FOR ARMS CONTROL APPLICATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Miller, Paul Tomeraasen, Brion Burghard, Rick Traub
Abstract:
Optically Stimulated Luminescence (OSL) technology has been pioneered at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for applications…
USE OF REMOTE MONITORING IN SAFEGUARDS IMPLEMENTATION IN THE NIS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dorel Popescu, Valerij Bytchkov, Ibrahim Cherradi, Dimitri Finker, Guy Martelle, Kenji Murakami, Zdravko Starovich, Prasom Suksawang
Abstract:
During the past several years, the Agency has gone through a comprehensive program of implementing safeguards at nuclear facilities in the…
Use of Risk Assessment in Onsite Radioactive Material Transfers
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kenneth W. Stephens
Abstract:
Although the regulations governing packaging and transportation are requirements-based, there is a solid case to be made for using a risk-…
USE OF RISK ASSESSMENT IN ONSITE RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL TRANSFERS
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Kenneth W. Stephens
Use of Standard Review Plans and Interim Staff Guidance Memoranda in Reviewing Radioactive Material / Spent Reactor Fuel Applications
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. L. Brown, S.C. O’Connor
Abstract:
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has developed Standard Review Plans (SRPs) to guide the NRC staff in performing consistent…
Use of the ASME Codes in Designing Type B Shipping Packages for the DOE
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):D. R. Henley
Abstract:
The Code of Federal Regulations1 states that the effects of the normal condition of transport loads and the hypothetical accident condition…