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AMETHYST: Automatic Alarm Assessment: Operational Experience
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Graham Leach, Michael Horner, Tristan O'Dwyer
Abstract:
The aim of the AMETHYST (AutoMatic Event auTHentication sYSTems) project is to encourage the development of a high-performance perimeter…
An Annotated Taxonomy of Tag and Seal Vulnerabilities
Type:JNMM
Volume:28
Issue:3
Author(s):Roger G. Johnston, Anthony R.E. Garcia
Abstract:
Tags and tamper-indicating seals have important applications for nuclear materials management. Seals are used to detect tampering or…
AN ESTIMATE OF THE AMOUNTS OF 235U, 239PU AND THE MATERIAL ATTRACTIVENESS IN NAVAL IRRADIATED NUCLEAR FUEL FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND GENERATION OF RUSSIAN SUBMARINES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ole Reistad
Abstract:
Calculations of the content of 235U, 239Pu, fission products and actinides in irradiated nuclear fuel from Russian submarines of first and…
AN INTEGRATED INVENTORY INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sharon M. DeLand, William Chambers, Grace Thompson, Nicole Andrews
Abstract:
Since the end of the Cold War, the focus of the Department of Energy (DOE) Defense Programs (DP) has shifted from developing and producing…
An Introduction to Focused Approach to Verification Under FMCT
Type:JNMM
Volume:28
Issue:2
Author(s):Victor Bragin, John Carlson
Abstract:
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An Update of IAEA Analytical Capabilities for Safeguards Goals, Results and Challenges
Type:JNMM
Volume:28
Issue:2
Author(s):Stein Deron, D. Donahue, E. Kuhn, K. Sirisena, A. Tsarenko
Abstract:
Until 1991, the principal function of the IAEA's Safeguards Analytical Laboratory and Network of Analytical Laboratories for Safeguards…
ANALYSIS AND DATABASING SOFTWARE FOR INTEGRATED TOMOGRAPHIC GAMMA SCANNER (TGS) AND PASSIVE-ACTIVE NEUTRON (PAN) ASSAY SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.J. Estep, Constance A. Buenafe, Sheila Melton
Abstract:
The CTEN_FIT program, written for Windows 9x/NT in C++, performs databasing and analysis of combined thermal/epithermal neutron (CTEN)…
Analysis of Unattended Monitoring System Data Using Knowledge Generation Software
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Brabson, S. Deland, James D. Smith
Abstract:
Unattended monitoring systems can reduce the need for on-site human presence while still assuring the proper safeguardso f nuclear material…
ANALYTICAL LABORATORY APPLICATION OF ADVANCED HYBRID DENSITOMETER SOFTWARE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Collins
Abstract:
This paper describes the results of hybrid k-edge/x-ray fluorescence densitometer (HKED) research performed at the International Atomic…
Application of a Virtual Private Network to the Finnish Remote Environmental Monitoring System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan A. Caskey, Heidi Anne Smartt, Tapani Honkamaa, Robert Martinez
Abstract:
One of the primary concerns of employing remote monitoring technologies for IAEA safeguards applications is the high cost of data…
Application of Optical Fiber Scintillator for Unattended Monitoring in Spent Fuel Storage Silo
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wan Ki Yoon, Sung Gi Park, Jong Soo Kim, Eun Ho Kwack, Jae-Sung Lee
Abstract:
ROK is carrying out a feasibility study on a remote monitoring at Wolsong CANDU fuel dry storage silo as IAEA support program SP-1. The…
Application of State-Level Integration to Safeguards in Sweden
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Larsson, Göran Dahlin
Abstract:
Sweden, together with the other EU-states, signed the Additional Protocol, on September 22, 1998. After that each state is going through…
APPLICATION OF STOCHASTIC AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE METHODS FOR NUCLEAR MATERIAL IDENTIFICATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sara A. Pozzi, R.J. Segovia
Abstract:
Nuclear materials safeguard necessitates the use of non-destructive methods to determine the attributes of fissile samples enclosed in…
APPLICATION OF THE HARWELL INSTRUMENTS MODEL N95 NEUTRON COINCIDENCE COUNTER TO THE MEASUREMENT OF SMALL WASTE PACKAGES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Croft, P.M.J. Chard, I. G. Hutchinson
Abstract:
The N95 is a high sensitivity passive neutron coincidence counter designed for high accuracy, high sensitivity plutonium assay. The 240Pu…
Application of Virtual Private Networks in International Remote Monitoring Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert L. Martinez, Heidi Anne Smartt
Abstract:
One of the primary concerns of employing remote monitoring technologies for IAEA safeguards applications is the high cost of data…
ASSURING COMPLIANCE WITH MPC&A REQUIREMENTS IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION: LICENSING, INSPECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT BY GOSATOMNADZOR OF RUSSIA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fred Morris, Yuri Volodin, Boris Krupchatnikov, Alexander Sanin, Douglas M. Tynan
Abstract:
The Federal Law “On the Use of Atomic Energy” established the authority of government oversight agencies for the safe use of atomic energy…
Attribute Measurements Using a Neutron Multiplicity Counter
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas R. Mayo, Diana Langner
Abstract:
Neutron multiplicity counting (NMC) was developed as a rapid, nondestructive assay method for the passive measurement of plutonium in…
Attributes and Thresholds in Measurements for Transparency Initiatives
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. William Johnson
Abstract:
The collection of programs broadly termed “Transparency Initiatives” frequently involves physics measurements that are applied to items…
AUTOMATED PLUTONIUM ASSAY SYSTEM (APAS) REDUX
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. F. Duff, C.R. Rudy, J. Birden, J. F. Lemming
Abstract:
In 1977 calorimeter measurements of containers of PuO2/UO2 (mixed oxide, or MOX) powder were made in a demonstration of an Automated…
Behaviour of Minor Actinides in a Large Reprocessing Plant.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Mitterrand, X. Rincel
Abstract:
Minor actinides have been under careful scrutiny these last few years. The behaviour of neptunium, americium and curium have been studieed…