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PASSIVE NMIS MEASUREMENTS TO ESTIMATE THE SHAPE OF PLUTONIUM ASSEMBLIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T.E. Valentine, J.A. Mullens, J.T. Mihalczo, R.B. Perez, J.K. Mattingly, J. A. March-Leuba
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A new technique to estimate the shape attribute of plutonium assemblies using the nuclear materials identification system (NMIS) is…
Performance Calculations for Fast Active Neutron Assay
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.E. Stewart, W. H. Geist, N. Ensslin, D.R. Mayo, M. S. Krick
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This paper reports on performance calculations for fast and thermal active neutron assay using an updated Figure of Merit code and new…
PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF THE N94 PNCC CHAMBER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.M.J. Chard, S. Croft
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The Harwell Instruments standard N94 Passive Neutron Coincidence Counter is capable of assaying plutonium at levels ~ 10 mg 240Pu (…
Perpetual Inventory at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David L. Heath, R. Dee Sherrill
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The Deactivation and Decommissioning(D&D) mission at RFETS presents unique Material Control and Accountability (MC&A)challanges.…
Physical Protection of Sea Transport of Nuclear Materials: French Regulations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eric Gosset, J.C. Drevillon
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France, as a State Party to the INFIRC/274 convention, has embodied measures in its national regulations in order to reflect toe…
Physical Protection System Upgrades -- Optimizing for Performance and Cost
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.J. Hicks, Alain Bouchard, Ann M. Bouchard
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CPA--Cost and Performance Analysis--is an architecture that supports analysis of physical protection systems and upgrade options. ASSESS (…
Pictorial Presentation of the SRS Controlled-Potential Coulometer for Plutonium Accountability
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph V. Cordaro, Michael K. Holland
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The Savannah River Site has the analytical measurement capability to perform high-precision plutoni- um concentration measurements by…
PIMM- Pressure Instrument Measurement Module For The Unattended Monitoring Of Liquids In Tanks
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Landat, B. Hunt
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PIMM is a Pressure Instrument Measurement Module. This prototype instrument results from the continued R&D carried out in our…
Portable NDA Equipment for Enrichment Measurements for the HEU Transparency Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. J. Decman, S.J. Luke, Joseph Glaser, J. Hernandez
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In October 1996, the Department of Energy (DOE) and MINATOM agreed to use portable non-destructive assay (NDA) equipment to measure the…
PORTSMOUTH THE CONCLUSION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. Whiting, Willi Theis
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The International Atomic Energy Agency's Department of Safeguards, with support from US National Laboratories and Portsmouth Gaseous…
Potential Application of Commercial Satellite Imagery in International Safeguards
Type:JNMM
Volume:27
Issue:2
Author(s):Q.S. (Bob) Truong Q.S. (Bob) Truong, Richard Keeffe, Phillip Baines, Jean-Pierre Paquette
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This paper describes an investigation of the potential use of commercial satellite imagery in the International Atomic Energy Agency's…
Potential pplications of Commercial Satellite Imagery in International Safeguards- A Progress Report
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Q.S. (Bob) Truong, Phillip Baines, R. Keefe
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This paper provides an update of our on-going investigation of the potential use of commercial satellit imagery in the International Atomic…
PRA-Code Upgrade to Handle a Generic Problem
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James R. Wilson
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During the probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) for the proposed Yucca Mountain Nuclear waste repository, a problem came up that could not…
Predicting the Future at Yucca Mountain
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James R. Wilson
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This paper summarizes a climate-prediction model funded by the DOE for the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository. Several articles in the…
Program for Securing Nuclear Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting at All Facilities within the All-Russian Institute of Experimental Physics (VNIIEF)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald Augustson, V. I. Yuferev, S. S. Zhikharev, P. Singh, Don Wentz, G. Skripka, N. Mikijchuk, G. Lomtev, I. Zhukov, Michael M. Curtis, Brian Scott, T. P. Malone, Joel C. Lewis, Y. Yakimov, N. Obolochkov, G. Komarov, V. Punin, E. Chapman, M. Windham, Y. Dyomin
Abstract:
As part of the Department of Energy-Russian program for strengthening nuclear material protection, control, and accounting (MPCXA), it was…
Program to Develop Analytical Techniques for Ultra Trace Amounts of Nuclear Materials in Environmental Samples
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hideo Nishimura, S. Usuda, K. Watanabe, M. Magara, Y. Hanzawa, K. Yasuda, M. Takahashi, K. Gunji
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In order to establish environmental sample analysis techniques for the strengthened safeguards in Japan, the authors have commenced to…
Progress and Future Plans for MPC&A at Chelyabinsk-70
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John A. Blasy, Kenneth E. Apt, Dimitry Bukin, Vitaliy Zuev, Alevtin M. Karpov, Gennady Tsygankov, Bill Labiak, David Curtis
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This paper describes that portion of the Nuclear Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting (MPC&A) program that is directed…
PROPOSED RULEMAKING FOR EXPORT CONTROL OF PARTICLE ACCELERATOR TECHNOLOGY TO PRODUCE SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Olson, Jeff Bedell, Zander Hollander, Richard Goorevich
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This paper reviews the emergence of particle accelerator technology as a potential nuclear weapons proliferation concern, describes how…
Proposed Verification Regime for the K-Area Material Storage Facility at the Savannah River Site
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nancy Jo Nicholas, John Puckett, Thomas L. Williams, Diana G. Langner, Thomas E. Shea, Douglas Smathers, Jean Aragon, Jack C. Bartberger
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In the decommissioning of the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS), excess fissile material will be packaged and shipped to K-…
PROTECTING NUCLEAR WEAPONS MATERIAL IN RUSSIA: RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William C. Potter
Abstract:
I feel very nervous as I find myself in agreement with most of the priorities outlined by Ken Sheely and other members of the MPC&A…