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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.C. Miller, W. H. Geist, H.Y. Huang, N. Ensslin, D.R. Mayo, P.A. Russo, A. Sharif Heger, R. F. Grazioso
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Computational and experimental evaluations of two new, commercially manufactured neutron detector elements are being performed. The purpose…
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Author(s):Philip H. Hemberger, Rob York, A. Dougan, B. Pohl, Jeffery Richardson, Lara Cantuti, H. Williams, D. Martin
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Astrakhan is the major Russian port on the Caspian Sea. Consequently, it is the node for significant river traffic up the Volga, as well as…
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Author(s):C.R. Rudy
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The enrichment of uranium changes the thermal power and neutron emission rate of uranium in a way that can be exploited for 235U assay.…
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Author(s):Albert Liebetrau
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Accountability tanks in nuclear facilities are typically equipped with bubbler probe systems for measuring pressure to determine liquid…
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Author(s):Carl A. Beard, Brian Van
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For active neutron multiplicity assay, an external neutron source is required. This aids complexity over passive neutron multiplicity assay…
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Author(s):Robert D. Oldham, Robert D. Oldham
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The determination of the uncertainty of mass (weight) measurements associated with the safeguards of nuclear materials is critical to the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hastings Smith, G. Sanford, Whit Creer, W. Kilmartin, H. Terry Hawkins, Ron Hawkins
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This paper describes the recommended approach for the U.S. site technical teams to identify training resources at Russian sites and support…
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Author(s):Mark Abhold, Michael Collins
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Final disposal of spent reactor fuel presents new challenges to the safeguards community. Spent fuel assemblies intended for permanent…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sara Scott, Vasily V. Zhidkov, Krystyna M. Dziewinska
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The Mining and Chemical Combine (MCC) (known in Russia as Gorno-Khimichesky Kombinat, Krasnoyarsk-26) is located within the closed city of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ho-Dong Kim, Rena Whiteson, Mike Boor, Byung-Wook Lee, Myung Seung Yang, Benny Martinez, Dae-Yong Song, Robert Landry, Jong-Sook Hong, Kee-Hoh Byeon
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KAERI (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) has developed a nuclear material accountability system for DUPIC (Direct Use of Spent PWR…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Bot, Reinhard Messner
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The current trend in safeguards area is to deploy instrumentation that has the ability to operate in an autonomous fashion for long periods…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.R. Sweet, W. Harker, H. Maruyama, S. Takahashi, Mark E. Abhold, Steven E. Buck, Takashi Asano, S. Namekawa
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Remote transmission of safeguards data has been identified in Program 93+2 as a possible development area that could improve the efficiency…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wan Ki Yoon, Young Gil Lee, Hong Ryul Cha, Seung Sik Park, Wan Woo Na
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This paper reports the development of safeguards inspection for Wolsong reactors at TCNC. KEPCO is operating four CANDU reactors which are…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Smoot, R. A. Babcock, Yuri Volodin, Mike DeVaney, Andrey A. Vistgof
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The Federal Nuclear Radiation and Safety Authority of Russia, Gosatomnadzor (GAN) is working to strengthen the regulatory oversight on…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David M. Gordon, Ronald Cherry, Amy B. Whitworth
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On June 12,1998, the United States (U.S.) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) signed the Additional Protocol to the U.S./…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Judy Beckes Talcott, G. Martelle, S. Kadner, W. Doyle, K. Chitumbo, M. White, R. Gronvius, E. Falco
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\"E-Safeguards\" recognizes the emergence of the network as the viable operational medium for the new millennium. Presently, safeguards is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Keith Tolk, Gerald C. Stoker
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An eddy-current scanning system is being developed to allow the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to verify the integrity of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Foggi, E. Petraglia
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At nuclear fuels reprocessing plants, the solutions containing nuclear materials are sampled by means of airlifts. Airlifts may however…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Kraus, S. Kadner, W. Doyle, E. Kehl, T. Toltchenkova
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The implementation of new safeguards methodologies in the former Soviet republics creates a need for an equipment management system. As…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Pshakin, B. Ryazanov,, John DeMyer
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The development of the Russian Methodological and Training Center (RMTC) has been an impor- tant element of nuclear materials protection,…