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Russia's Nuclear Industry in the Aftermath of the August 1998 Crisis: Implications for U.S.-Russian Relations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Igor Khripunov
Abstract:
Over the last twelve months, the evolution of Russia's nuclear industry, including, above all, its stature, strategy and policies, has been…
Russian Navy Fresh Fuel MPC&A Training
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vladimir Sukhoruchkin, V.M. Shmelev, Paul E. Rexroth, Yuri R. Opanassiouk
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The goal of the Russian Navy Fuels Program is to incorporate nuclear fuel that is in the custody of the Russian Navy into materials…
Russian Perspectives on Insider
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Irina Koupriyanova
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Threats to the security of special nuclear material have been broadly divided into two categories: Outsider and Insider. The insider…
Russian Statisical Working Group for the Implementation of Statistical Methods in Russian State System of MC&A
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Albert Liebetrau, Dennis R. Weier, V. V. Sviridova
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An important issue in impriving the Russian State System if MC&A is the implementation of statistical methods both for closing material…
Sabotage At Nuclear Power Plants
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James W. Purvis
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Recently there has been a noted worldwide increase in violent actions including attempted sabotage at nuclear power plants. Several…
Safeguards and Satellite Imagery: Potential Applications
Type:JNMM
Volume:27
Issue:2
Author(s):Sharon Squassoni
Abstract:
Commercial satellite imagery provides the International Atomic Energy Ag.-ncy with yet another vantage point from which to monitor a…
Safeguards Aspects of Dry Storage Canisters in CANDU 600 Reactors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Iouri Kulikov, Winston Alston, A. Al-Hani, David Jones
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The IAEA has gained several years of experience in safeguarding the spent fuel in dry storage canisters at CANDU 600 Reactors. Methods for…
Safeguards Evolution Towards Unattended C/S Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Analía D. Saavedra, Laura B. Castro, Elena Maceiras, Carlos D. Llacer, Sonia Fernández Moreno, Hugo Vicens, L. Valentino
Abstract:
This paper shows the development and evolution of safeguards towards the use of different Containment and Surveillance Systems, Which…
Safeguards on Spent Fuel and Other Irradiated Nuclear Fuels Destines for Waste Management
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Crawford
Abstract:
DOE safeguards policies require the graded protection of spent fuel and other nuclear material forms commensurate with their safeguards…
Safeguards Reform- A Decade On
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Victor Bragin, John Carlson, John Hill
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It is almost ten years since the proposal at the 1990 NPT Review Conference that IAEA safeguards should be strengthened through greater use…
Sandia Material Monitoring Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Nilsen, Joe Damico, Robert Kinzel, Larry Desonier, Beth Wichman, Larry Jones
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Sandia National Laboratories is developing systems to get the right sensor information to the right user to enhance the safety, security…
Second Line of Defense Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lara Cantuti, Lee Thomas
Abstract:
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the prospect of nuclear materials entering the world market has become an ever-increasing threat.…
Simulation of Plutonium Material Processing Operations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen M. Nielson, Robert Y. Parker, Richard F. Farman, Nelson S. DeMuth, Robert J. Bumside
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This paper describes the object-oriented, discrete-event Integrated Plutonium Processing Model (IPPM) developed by Los Alamos National…
Site Security to Prepare for the Strengthened Safeguards System Protocol
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph D. Rivers, Leo Jillisky, Sean Ryan
Abstract:
The Strengthened Safeguards System (SSS) Protocol will give the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a greater ability to identify…
SNL/VNIIEF Storage Monitoring Collaboration
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Nilsen, Sergei Blagin, Boris Barkanov, Dimitri Moroskin, Dennis Croessmann, Jack C. Bartberger
Abstract:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the Russian Federal Nuclear center-All Russian Research Institute For Experimental Physics (VNIIEF…
Some Remarks on Dispositioning Excess Fissile Material
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Crawford
Abstract:
Plutonium separation from residues and other low-equity forms as an option for dispositioning should be carefully evaluated against other…
Specification and Preparation of Pure Plutonium Metal Standards for Nondestructive Assay
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James E. Stewart, S.-T. Hsue, M. S. Krick
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To calibrate neutron coincidence and neutron multiplicity counters for passive assay of plutonium, certain detector parameters must be…
Spent Fuel Transfers In Candu Reactors Under The Strengthened Safeguards System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Pellechi, Winston Alston, A. Al-Hani
Abstract:
A medium term view is taken of the requirements of the IAEA's Strengthened Safeguards System (SSS) in the context of CANDU reactors with…
SRS CONTROLLED-POTENTIAL COULOMETER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael K. Holland, Joseph Y. Cordara
Abstract:
The Savannah River Site (SRS) has the analytical measurement capability to perform high-precision plutonium concentration measurements by…
SRTC CALORIMETRY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lee Refalo
Abstract:
During the mis-1980's, a renewed emphasis was placed on special nuclear material accountability by the DOE. Small measurement errors in the…