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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bernard Weiss, A. Nilsson
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With increased awareness of the need to protect nuclear material from unlawful activities, the international community is taking action to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven P. Kadner, S. Kraus, M. Ondrik, W. Doyle
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The ultimate objective of the widespread efforts to secure neclear materials in the former Soviet Union is for the cooperating states to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jill Cooley, Dirk Schriefer, K. Chitumbo, A. Nilsson
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Information remains a cornerstone in safeguards. Strengthened safeguards builds on 1) States contributing more information to the IAEA and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. H. Geist, Lou Carrillo, N. Ensslin, D.R. Mayo, P.A. Russo, M. S. Krick
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We have developed a new Fast Neutron Coincidence Counter (FNCC) that uses an array of BC454/BGO phoswich scintillators to detect neutrons…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Crawford
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Department of Energy policies for safeguarding nuclear materials historically have not included the quantification of performance in order…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard D. Snell, Fluor Daniel
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US DOE published the CRWMS Project Viability Assessment Report of a potential repository at Yucca Mountain (VA) in december 1998. Comments…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alfredo L. Biaggio, Marco A. Marzo, Orpet J. M. Peixoto
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The evolution of the inspection effort spent by ABACC at the CANDU 600 Nuclear Power Plant at EMBALSE is presented. The Plant includes a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jose March-Leuba, Jim Sumner, Bob Vines, Danny Powell, Donald A. Close, Calvin E. Moss, Taner Uckan, Edward Mastal, W. S. Johnson, Janie Benton, P.L. Kerr, Alexander Bystrov
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The governments of the United States and the Russian Federation signed a bilateral Agreement in February 1993 for the United States to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Mount, Jeffrey Glosup
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In partial response to a Department of Energy (DOE) request to evaluate the state of measurements of special nuclear material, Lawrence…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Ewing, G. Walters, Kirsten F. Laurin-Kovitz, S. Aumeier, D. Kotter, Kenny Gross
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Complex special nuclear materials (SNM) storage systems can benefits from automated monitoring and data integration systems that maximize…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Barham, Thomas A. Gafford
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Using the standard definition of Integrated Safeguards to refer to the complementary nature of Material Control and Accounting (MC&A)…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. K. Halbig, K. D. Ianakiev, S. Klosterbuer, S. Kraus, R.Michael White, J. Audia, Robert Y. Parker, D. G. Pelowitz, Y. Bai, W. Spahn, Steven E. Buck
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This paper reviews the overall architecture and components of the Integrated Monitoring and Review System (IMARS) which has been developed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rodney Martin, Mark H. Killinger, Richard V. Badalamente
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The IAEA's Strengthened Safeguards Systems is being designed not to detect not only diversion from declared activities, but to undeclared…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Don Glidewell, Massimo Aparo, Martin R. Sweet, Mark Abhold, George W. Eccleston
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The IAEA has always co-ordinated longer-term instrumentation initiatives, standardized safeguards equipment and limited the number of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Mel Maki, Glenn Brown
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Outdoor perimeter volumetric field disturbance sensors reliably detect peturbations to the field caused by an intruder, while rejecting…
Type:JNMM
Volume:28
Issue:1
Author(s):Roger Wellum, James Tushingham, Margaret E.M. Tolbert
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A special session was included during the INMM Annual Meeting about "International Certified and SI Traceable: The Ultimate Aim for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Don Glidewell, Steven P. Kadner, Luis Rovere, David J. Mercer, Jaromir Vones, Gene Bosler, Guy Martelle, Sigfried Schneider, Curt Maxey, M. White, J. Busse, Anibal Bonino
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The Autoridad Regulatoria Nuclear of Argentina (ARN), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), ACACC, the United States Department of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan M. Hayes, John H. Cappis, J. Busse, John Kerr
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The U.S. has pursued bilateral nuclear cooperation agreements with other countries since 1954. Beginning in the 1980’s, the U.S. Department…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Beth Wichman
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Automated monitoring of stored nuclear material has been suggested for variety of reasons, including monitoring the state of health of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroyoshi Kurihara, Hiroshi Tsuboi, Hiromi Terada
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The implementation of a strengthened , more cost-effective system of international safeguards, as detailed in the IAEA's Programme 93+2,…