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Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M. Elizabeth Darrough, Ph.D, T. L. Fletcher, A. W. Cypret
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ODUCTION/BACKGROUND USEC performed several finite element analyses (FEAs) of the Paducah Tiger Overpack—the protective overpack used to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cyndi A. Wells, William S. Charlton, William D. Stanbro
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Because interest is high in recycling neptunium (Np) as well as americium (Am) back into the fuel cycle to decrease the radiotoxicity of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Victor Fedoseyev, Ekaterina Evplanova
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The basics of nuclear materials accounting in Russia were formulated a few years ago. By now, the format used in the reporting may be…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Frank-Michael Börst, Ingo Reiche
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In Germany, the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS) as the competent authority for package design approval has to evaluate…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. MALESYS
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Radioactive materials are transported according to national, regional and international regulations widely based on rules set by the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas R. Brown, Michael Ingle
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Ancore’s Vehicular Explosive and Drug Sensor (VEDS) is uniquely suited to detect explosives or drugs concealed in cars, vans and trucks. It…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. MARUOKA, T. MATSUOKA
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has developed a transportable storage cask design; the \"MSF series\". The MSF series casks adopt…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Leslie Orea
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Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) provides a promising means of quickly and economically estimating service lives of elastomeric seals…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Schneider, U. Filges, J. Knorr, A. Ellinger, B. Richter
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Accountancy and control of nuclear material at research reactors is an essential part of the IAEA’s safeguards measures. Currently, there…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Igor Khripunov, Masha Katsva
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The nuclear security community has become increasingly aware that technical solutions alone will not suffice for protecting sensitive…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John L. JACKSON, Warren R. Strong
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Over the past 12 months, Sandia National Laboratories, New Mexico (SNL/NM), has successfully conducted an evaluation of its nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick T. Rhoads
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The focus of this paper will be on the disposition of the United States’ inventory of surplus plutonium, especially the disposition of the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yu Hashimoto, Nobutomo Takahashi
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An additional protocol between Japan and the IAEA was signed in December 1997, and ratified in June 1999 by the Japanese Diet. To enforce…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alice K. Caponiti
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Our technology cooperation with Russia is aimed at attaining Russian strategies, actions, and outcomes for the disposition of Russia’s…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Laura S. H. Holgate
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“Our cooperative work with Russia on plutonium disposition is a key element of U.S. efforts to reduce the global danger from weapons of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.E. Vanier, W. R. Kane, J. R. Lemley, L. Forman
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Under Project Sapphire the governments of the United States and Kazahkstan arranged for the removal of high-enriched uranium (HEU) material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph W. Jackson
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The Technology Modeling and Analysis group of the Los Alamos National Laboratory is using 3Dprocess simulation to evaluate options for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tresa F. Yarbro, Karen W. Hench, Sammi D. Owens, Sandra E. Wilson
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The UK Ministry of Defence in collaboration with AWE Aldermaston developed a spreadsheet to assist in planning nuclear materials…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Graham Leach, Stephen G. Tarr
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One of the key activities undertaken by PSDB is the assessment of commercial, off-the-shelf, Perimeter Intrusion Detection Systems (PIDS).…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Morten Bremer Maerli
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Large military stockpiles of highly enriched uranium (HEU) exist in Russia and the United States that are well in excess of weapons and…