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Non-destructive Assay Reference Materials – Facilitating Their Implementation through Training Courses and Topical Workshops
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Guardini, Robert Marshall, C. Mathews, Andrey V. Mozhayev
Abstract:
The process of requirements of definition, design, prioritization, fabrication, certification, and application of Non-Destructive Assay (…
NON-NUCLEAR TECHNOLOGIES: POTENTIAL APPLICATION TO SUPPORT FISSILE MATERIAL SAFETY AND SECURITY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Smoot, Dr. Gordon B. Dudder, Dr. Alexander N. Vereshchaga, Andrey A. Sushko, Sergey G. Ermitchev
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This paper presents the results of an investigation related to the problem of non-nuclear technical application to support fissile material…
NON-PROLIFERATION ASPECTS OF NUCLEAR FUSION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bernd Richter, G. Stein, W.-D. Lauppe, G. Stein
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Growth of world population as well as world-wide economic development accompanied by increasing energy demand will represent a major…
Nondestructive Techniques Applicable to ANM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sin-Tao Hsue, M. Collins, Takeshi Tsujino, Mitsuhiro Midorikawa
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Recent action by the International Atomic Energy Agency Board of Governors has reinforced the need to oversee of neptunium and americium in…
Nuclear Cities Initiative Program Status
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William J. Desmond
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Joint effort to engage and redirect Russian nuclear weapons specialists into peaceful commercial enterprises. • Assists Russian Federation…
NUCLEAR MATERIAL MANAGEMENT IN THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V.A. Pitel
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The decision on a question of ownership of nuclear materials and the procedure for its use and disposition are among the key institutions…
Nuclear Materials Management at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tresa Yarbro, Diana J. Sena, Susan A. Jones, Roberta Simpson
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Nuclear materials mangement within the DOE complex involves many activities in support of programmatic requirements. At Los Alamos National…
Nuclear Weapons Material and Expertise at Vinca: Coping with Yugoslavia?s Past and Potential Nuclear Weapons Programs
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William C. Potter
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Yugoslavia--at least in the eyes of the West--is a pariah state. But it is a pariah state whose predecessor, the Socialist Federal Republic…
NUMATIC, a Nuclear Material Data Error Analysis Code
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven Holloway, Marek Onoszko
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NUMATIC (Nuclear Material Inventory Control) is a generic Monte-Carlo simulation tool that permits the modelling of facilities which…
On Attributes and Templates for Identification of Nuclear Weapons in Arms Control
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.E. Vanier, W. R. Kane, J. R. Lemley, L. Forman
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Two approaches have been proposed for arms-control transparency measurements: attributes and template comparisons. Characteristics…
Openness and Transparency, Cornerstones of Canada’s Approach to Integrated Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leo A. Gourgon
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The future of strengthened safeguards rests on the successful implementation of Integrated Safeguards achieved through openness and…
OPERATOR DATA AUTHENTICATOR
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Whichello, M. Ondrik, S. Kadner, M. White
Abstract:
In order to facilitate the inspection process, a method has been developed to electronically authenticate a facility operator’s declaration…
Optimization for Enrichment Monitor Operations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald A. Close, David Loaiza, Calvin E. Moss, W. S. Johnson
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Enrichment Monitors specifically designed for several different UF6 processing facilities have been installed since the 1980’s. Recently,…
OVERSIGHT BY MEANS OF FLOWSHEET VERIFICATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mike Beaman, Graham Andrew, P. D. Wilson
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The IAEA Board of Governors has tasked the Secretariat with maintaining oversight of neptunium and americium such that the Board can be…
Overview of Ambient Field Testing Program at Yucca Mountain
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alan J. Mitchell, Denise Parsons
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Since its initiation, the Ambient Field Testing Program at Yucca Mountain has been providing critical data necessary for input to the final…
OVERVIEW OF HEU TRANSPARENCY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AT THE ELECTROCHEMICAL PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gennady Skorynin
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Through June 2000, U.S. monitors have visited the Electrochemical Plant a total of seventeen times as part of the HEU Transparency…
OVERVIEW OF HEU TRANSPARENCY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AT THE MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Valeri Yemelyanov
Abstract:
Under the 1993 Highly-Enriched Uranium (HEU) Purchase Agreement, the United States is purchasing, over 20 years, low enriched uranium (LEU…
OVERVIEW OF HEU TRANSPARENCY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION AT THE SIBERIAN CHEMICAL ENTERPRISE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V. I. Sinaevsky, Vladimir Sinaevsky
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Through June 2000, U.S. monitors have visited the Siberian Chemical Enterprise a total of twenty-three times as part of the HEU…
OVERVIEW OF LAB-TO-LAB WARHEAD DISMANTLEMENT ACTIVITIES: A RUSSIAN PERSPECTIVE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. R. I. Voznyuk
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The unclassified lab-to-lab warhead dismantlement transparency program is an initiative designed to sustain a technical dialogue with U.S.…
Overview of the U.S. – Russian Laboratory-to-Laboratory Warhead Dismantlement Transparency Program: A U.S. Perspective
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andrew J. Bieniawski, Paul B. Irwin
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The U.S.- Russian Lab-to-Lab Warhead Dismantlement Transparency program is an initiative designed to sustain an unclassified technical…