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Multi-purposed Elearning Offers Adaptive Solutions
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Becca Decker, Nichole M White
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With the arrival of COVID-19 disrupting travel and working environments, the need for robust, effective, and interactive online learning…
Multi-stratum Detection Probability Calculations For IAEA Safeguards: Foundations And Early Progress
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Aaron M Bevill, Thomas Krieger, Robert Binner, Claude F. Norman
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IAEA safeguards experts use detection probability (DP) as the primary effectiveness metric for nuclear material inventory and flow…
Muon Scattering Tomography For Inventory Verification In Arms Control
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mat Budsworth, Robert J Hughes, Chris Thompson, Nicholas J Thompson
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The verification of declarations made about an inventory of fissile material stocks will form a key aspect of any future nuclear weapon…
Muon tomography for CASTORs (MUTOMCA) project
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Darius Ancius, Paolo Andreetto, Katharina Aymanns, Massimo Benettoni, Germano Bonomi, Piero Calvini, Lorenzo Castellani, Paolo Checchia, Enrico Conti, Franco Gonella, Dr. Astrid Jussofie, Altea Lorenzon, Fabio Montecassiano, Mentor Murtezi, Konrad Schoop, Matteo Turcato, Gianni Zumerle
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In case of Loss of Continuity of Knowledge of a Dual Purpose Cask (DPC) Safeguards Inspectorates need to re-verify its content avoiding…
Muon Tomography For Dual Purpose Casks (mutomca) Project
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paolo Checchia, Darius Ancius, Paolo Andreetto, Katharina Aymanns, Massimo Benettoni, Germano Bonomi, Piero Calvini, Lorenzo Castellani, Enrico Conti, Franco Gonella, Dr. Astrid Jussofie, Altea Lorenzon, Fabio Montecassiano, Mentor Murtezi, Konrad Schoop, Matteo Turcato, Gianni Zumerle
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In case of Loss of Continuity of Knowledge of a Dual Purpose Cask (DPC) Safeguards Inspectorates need to re-verify its content avoiding…
National Academies' Study On Radioactive Sources And Alternative Technologies
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ourania Kosti, Thomas Kroc, Charles D. Ferguson
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The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine of the United States (the National Academies) were tasked by Sandia National…
National Nuclear Materials Archive Specimen Selection And Sampling At The Y-12 National Security Complex
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Speaks, Jason McCall, Matthew Thornbury
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The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Y-12 National Security Complex (Y‑12) is a designated National Nuclear Materials…
Need For A Relook Into The Thermal Test Criteria Fortype B Package For Transport Of Radioactive Materials
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Madhu Soodan, A Vinod Kumar, D Dhavamani, K C Guha, A K Kalburgi
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Based on statistical data, hazardous materials (hazmat) transport accidents result in releases(78%), followed by fires (28%), explosions (…
Neural Assessment Of Non-destructive Assay For Material Accountancy
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Grimes, Benjamin A Wilson, Randall W Gladen, John Dermigny, Benjamin B Cipiti, Nathan Shoman
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The IAEA spends significant effort verifying the non-diversion of nuclear materials at bulk handling facilities such as reprocessing plants…
Neutron Detection Monitoring Outside Of Containment Of A Power Reactor During Reactor Restart And Establishment Of An Equilibrium Core
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bryan van der Ende, Erica Cellucci, Jovica Atanackovic, Bhaskar Sur
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It is currently a priority objective of the Department of Safeguards within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to “strengthen…
Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis For Nuclear Fuel Characterization Using A Portable DT Neutron Generator
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ethan Klein, Karl E Nelson, Areg Danagoulian
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Neutron resonance transmission analysis (NRTA) is an isotopically sensitive, nondestructive assay technique that has demonstrated value for…
New Capabilities For Pu Assay And Isotope Ratio Measurements In IAEA Safeguards Environmental Swipe Samples By ID-MC-ICP-MS Using A 244Pu Spike
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stefanie Konegger-Kappel, Andreas Köpf, Robert Katona, Beata Varga, Guillaume Stadelmann, Renata Bujak, Yoshiyuki Sato, Sergei Boulyga
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The International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA) environmental sampling (ES) helps to provide assurance to the international community…
New Developments For Extended Containment And Surveillance Of Safeguarded Materials In Geologicnew Developments For Extended Containment And Surveillance Of Safeguarded Materials In Geologic Repositoriesrepositories
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Ramos, David L. Chichester, Warnick J Kernan, William Ray, Thomas M Weber, Junji Urayama, Vasallia Zorba
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The U.S. Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation-Proliferation Detection…
New Experiments For Detecting Emissions From Fission
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sara Pozzi, Stefano Marin, Mustafa S Okar, Isabel E. Hernandez, Jason T Nattress, Paul A Hausladen, Shaun D. Clarke
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Ensuring that nuclear science and technology is used solely for peaceful purposes is one of the most pressing challenges facing our society…
New Neutron Signal Acquisition And Processing Platform For Nuclear Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matteo Corbo, Massimo Morichi, Lara Palla, Annalisa Mati, Alberto Potenza
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The neutron coincidence counting is one of the fundamental techniques for non-destructive assay of Nuclear Safeguards. Several types of…
Next Generation Surveillance Review (NGSR): Enhancing The Safeguards Toolkit
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Maikael Thomas, Angelo Antonio Alessandrello, Simone Rocchi, Erwin Galdoz, Melvin John, Christoph Brunhuber, Martin Moeslinger, Andreas Smejkal, Andreas Smejkal, Kai Ruuska, Juha Pekkarinen
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Nuclear safeguards inspectors devote considerable resources to reviewing surveillance data in nuclear facilities worldwide in support of…
Nfacet 3d: Fission Neutron Measurements With A Segmented Scintillation Detector
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nicholas Reed, Antonin Vacheret, Anders Axelsson, Sakari Ihantola, Gerald Kirchner, Manuel Kreutle
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The process of decommissioning nuclear material requires careful safeguarding and accurate tracking throughout the entire process,…
Non-destructive Nuclear Detection And Measurent Technology Development Projects Of JAEA For Nuclear Non-prolifiration And Security
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mitsuo Koizumi
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The Japan atomic energy agency (JAEA) is implementing technological development projects on non-destructive assay (NDA) for nuclear…
Nondestructive Co-assay Of U And Pu Fissile Traces By Combined Delayed Neutron And Delayed Gamma-ray Fission Product Neutron Activation Analysis
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ramkumar Venkataraman, David Glasgow, Stephen Croft
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The Delayed Neutron Delayed Gamma (DNDG) technique provides a new analytical capability to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)…
Not All Errors Are Created Equal: Examining Human-Algorithm System Performance For International Safeguards-Informed Visual Search Tasks
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Zoe Gastelum, Laura Matzen, Mallory Stites, Breannan Howell
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The International Atomic Energy Agency has expressed interest in deep learning models to support information processing for multiple…