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Author(s):James Tushingham
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Under the auspices of the UK Support Programme to the IAEA, AEA Technology, Nuclear Science, Harwell Laboratory prepares customised…
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Author(s):D.T. Baran
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The auther developed a rudimentary spreadsheet that allowed the mass spectroscopy group at NBL evaluate and estimate uncertanties…
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Author(s):Tracy R. Wenz, Diana G. Langner
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Several initiatives involve the intermediate-to long-term storage of plutonium in various forms in shielded containers. These containers…
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Author(s):D.G. Langner, J.E. Stewart, Felecia Angelica Duran, C. D. Rael, H.O. Menlove, D.R. Mayo, Kenneth E. Kroncke, B.S. Cordova, F. A. Duran
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Thermal-Neutron Multiplicity Counters (TNMCs) assay 240Pu-effective mass, isolating spontaneous-fission (SF), induced-fission, and (a,n)…
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Author(s):Denis Flory, Denis Flory, Denis Flory, Jean Jalouneix, Jean Jalouneix, Jean Jalouneix, Jean-Claude Drevillon, Jean-Claude Drevillon, Jean-Claude Drevillon
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As a preliminary description, the paper first shortly presents the French regulatory basis in the field of physical protection, its links…
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Author(s):Eric Gosset, C. Ducouret
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In France, the Institute for Nuclear Protection and Safety (IPSN) centralizes the nuclear materials accounting (movements and stock…
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Author(s):Gotthard Stein, B. Richter, H.H. Remagen, W.-D. Lauppe
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In January 1999, the negotiations on the agenda of a future Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty (FMCT) have started at the Conference on…
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Author(s):Hiroyoshi Kurihara
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The IAEA safeguards system was introduced in 1957 when the Agency was established. This system has been evolved throughout the history of…
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Author(s):Dr. Richard S. Hartley, Dr. Ron K. Bhada, H. Terry Hawkins
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) weapons complex national laboratories face a unique challenge- its workforce of the cold war era is…
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Author(s):Nicole Nelson
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Both the Nonproliferation Agreement and the Agreement between the United States and Russia regarding Cooperation to Facilitate the…
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Author(s):T. Zhantikin, K. Murakami, V. Bytchkov, Cheryl P. Fitzgerald, G. Zuccaro-Labellarte, V. Shkolnik
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the BN-350 canning and Transfer Project is a joint effort between kazakh Authorities and the USA. The objective is to package the…
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Author(s):Bob Vines, Bob Vines, Edward Mastal, Danny Powell, Taner Uckan, Taner Uckan, Josè March-Leuba, Josè March-Leuba, Jim Summer, Jim Summer
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The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Fissile Mass Flow Monitor (FMFM) was deployed at the Ural Electrochemical Integrated Plant (UEIP…
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Author(s):Cheng Yeng Hung
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This paper presents the merits of the one-dimensional groundwater transport model used in the PRESTO-EPA model. PRESTO-EPA is a multi-…
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Author(s):Neil R. Zack, Thomas Wander
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DOE’s MPC&A Program is in the early stages of developing a Material Conversion option as part of its Material Consolidation and…
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Author(s):J.K. Jewell
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The Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Nondestructive Analysis (NDA) program at INEEL is developing a sys- tem to characterize SNF for fissile mass…
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Author(s):Dennis E. Gardiner, Dennis E. Gardiner, John M. Newey
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The Rancho Seco Nuclear Generating Station ceased operation in June of 1989 and entered an extended period of SAFSTOR. Dismantlement of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroshi Hoida, C. Mathews, Fred Schultz, Pavel Mintjukov
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At the Gosatomnadzor Siberian Inspectorate, which is headquartered in Novosibirsk, Siberia, gamma and neutron measurement devices and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Nilsen, Joe Damico, Sergei Blagin, Boris Barkanov, Dennis Croessmann, Steve Ehle
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Sandia National Laboratories and the Russian Federal Nuclear Center - All Russian Research Institute for Experimental Physics (VNIIEF) (…
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Author(s):Philip H. Hemberger, Sara Scott, Rob York, Paula L. Knepper, H. Williams, Nikolai Kravchenko
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The illicit trafficking of nuclear material is a major concern for nonproliferation and global stability. The nuclear Material Protection,…
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Author(s):Lucia Valentino, Laura B. Castro, Elena Maceiras, Carlos D. Llacer, Sonia Fernández Moreno, Hugo Vicens, Liliana Mairal
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This paper deals with one of the measures identified in the Program 93+2 to enhance international safeguards effectiveness and efficiency.…