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Miniature Explosives Preconcentrator for Use in a Man-Portable Field Detection System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John E. Parmeter, Kevin Linker, David Hannum, Charles L. Rhykerd Jr., Nathan R. Varley
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We discuss the design and testing of a miniaturized explosives preconcentrator that can be used to enhance the capabilities of man-portable…
MOBILE SURVEILLANCE AND MONITORING ROBOTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Larry R. Shipers, Howard R. Kimberly
Abstract:
Long-term nuclear material storage will require in-vault data verification, sensor testing, error and alarm response, inventory, and…
MODERNIZATION OF NAVY NUCLEAR FUEL STORAGE PROTECTION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Admiral N. Yurasov, Admiral N. Yurasov
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In 1996 cooperation between the USA and Russia on join reduction of nuclear threat was broadened, and in it, among other things, there was…
Modification of Short Notice Random Inspection approach for LEU fuel handling facility by introducing the game theory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shin-ichi Kumakura
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The short Notice Random Inspections (SNRI) are proving to be a practical method to make betyter use of the inspection resources while…
MONDIAG- A diagnostic Software application Package For Evaluation Of Process Monitoring Data
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.A. Hunt, D. Landat
Abstract:
In the safeguarding of nuclear facilities more efficient utilisation of resources has oriented research applications to make use of…
Monte Carlo Error Estimation Applied to Safeguards Problems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert J. Estep, David K. Miko
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Monte Carlo randomization of nuclear counting data into N replicate sets is the basis of a simple and effective method for estimating error…
Monte Carlo Simulation of Active and Passive Measurements in the CTEN Instrument
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.J. Estep, Charles L. Hollas, Sheila Melton
Abstract:
Research using the Combined Thermal/Epithermal Neutron (CTEN) instrument has been ongoing at Los Alamos National Laboratory to develop…
MOX FUELS FABRICATION AND EXPORT: HIGHLY SAFEGUARDED ACTIVITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):X. Rincel, Jacques Regnier, D. Lebaillif
Abstract:
Recycling is the only way to reduce the plutonium stockpile and now the only available reactors for this operation are LWRs; years of…
MPC&A Enhancements for the Murmansk Shipping Company Icebreaker Fleet
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael O’Brien, Byron Gardner, Mac Forehand, David Caskey, Nikolai Bondarev, G. Tittemore, V. Maltsev, David Lambert
Abstract:
The United States and the Russian Federation entered into a cooperative agreement in 1994 that resulted in a nuclear weapons non-…
MPC&A Program Certification Primer-Certification in Russia
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James D. Williams, Fred Morris, Douglas R. Manatt, David Kostorowski, Ronald B. Melton, William J. Hunteman
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Certification as it relates to the Material Protection Control & Accountability (MPC&A) program in Russia, is the process of…
MPC&A Site Operations and Sustainability: A Policy Review
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Baumann, N. Nicole Nelson-Jean, William J. Toth, Carrie Smarto, Katherine Garner, Michael Haase
Abstract:
The U.S. Department of Energy's nuclear MAterial Protection, Control and Accounting (MPC&A) program has been working since 1994 with 40…
Multilateral Nonproliferation Cooperation US-Led Effort To Removed HEU/LEU Fresh and Spent Fuel From Tbilisi, Georgia To Dounreay, Scotland
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexander W. Riedy, Thomas A. Shelton, James M. Viebrock
Abstract:
I early March 1998, the U.S. Government approved a plan in cooperation with the U.K. and Georgian Governments to rapidly retrieve and…
Multilateral Nonproliferation Cooperation: U.S.-led Effort to Remove HEU/LEU Fresh and Spent Fuel from the Republic of Georgia to Dounreay, Scotland (Auburn Endeavor/Project Olympus)
Type:JNMM
Volume:27
Issue:4
Author(s):Thomas A. Shelton, Alexander W. Riedy, Stanley D. Moses, Helen M. Bird
Abstract:
In early March 1998, the United States government approved a plan in cooperation with the United Kingdom and Georgian governments to…
Needs and Activities of Euratom related to Development and Innovation for Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. Kloeckner, Peter Chare, D. Van der Eecken
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Euratom is continuously searching to improve the means to attain its safeguards objectives. This is reflected both in the initiatives and…
NEUTRON AND PHOTON DETECTORS FOR URANIUM AND PLUTONIUM APPLICATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Zane W. Bell, J.A. Williams, R.L. Clark, J.K. Mattingly
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Uranium and plutonium storage present different challenges to radiation detectors. The former does not generate significant numbers of…
Neutron Measurements outside Containers of Spent fuel for Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. G. Turner, M. T. Swinhoe
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Measurements are routinely carried out on individual spent fuel assemblies, but when they are packed for storage into large containers they…
Neutron-Proportional Tube Performance In High Gamma-Ray Environments
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard O. Menlove, D.H. Beddingfield, N.H. Johnson
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A new 3He neutron proportional tube design has been developed to extend the operability of 3He tubes for neutron counting in mixed neutron/…
NEW STRATEGIC DIRECTIONS IN THE MPC&A PROGRAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kenneth B. Sheely, Mary Alice A. Hayward
Abstract:
During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union amassed vast stockpiles of plutonium (Pu) and higly enriched uranium(HEU), the…
NON DESTRUCTIVE NUCLEAR WASTE ASSAY BY USING ELECTRON ACCELERATOR
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Herve Recroix, Christian Passard, A. Lyoussi, F. Jallu
Abstract:
An important program is currently in progress at several laboratories over the world for the development of sensitive, practical non-…
Nondestructive Assay Technology Assessment for Large Volume Box Type Containers
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Greg K. Becker, Michael J. Connolly
Abstract:
An assessment of current nondestructive assay (NDA) technologies with respect to the capability to accommodate low-level and transuranic (…