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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cameron Coates, Rena Whiteson, Robert P. Landry, Bradley Weil, Andrew Zardecki, Mike Boor, Benny J. Martinez, Joel C. Lewis, Linda K. Anderson, Jeanne M. Hurford, Ann M. Solem
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Over the past seven years, Los Alamos National Laboratory developed several generations of computerized nuclear material control and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Barnes, Julian Whichello, V. Fotin,, R. Lemaire, T.F. Moriarty, W. Lewis, Gunter Naegele, Guy Martelle, Jean Aragon
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An approach has been devised for implementation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards at the Actinide Packaging and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Axel Hagemann, D. Ek, Mark S. Soo Hoo, Terry Jenkin, Cris Price, Bernard Weiss
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Since its inception in 1996, the purpose of the International Physical Protection Advisory Service (IPPAS) has been to provide advice and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Susan M. Hayes, Douglas Reilly, Don Glidewell, Luis Rovere, Richard L. Lucero, Jaromir Vones, Anibal Bonino, Guy Martelle, Sigfried Schneider, Lisa Owens, Curt Maxey
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A remote monitoring system, designed to monitor spent fuel transfers from wet to dry storage, was installed at the Embalse Nuclear Power…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Ikeda
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It is indispensable for nations like Japan, which do not have plentiful domestic energy resources, to secure energy supplies in the long-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroyoshi Kurihara, Hiroshi Tsuboi
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Japan has been accepting the IAEA safeguards since beginning of its development on peaceful uses of nuclear energy. At the beginning Japan…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Takeshi Osabe, Katsuyoshi OKAMURA
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One of the main objectives of the safeguards inspection is to verify the material balances in the MBA. Along with the physical inventory…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.G. Langner, N. Ensslin, William C. Harker, M. S. Krick, L. A. Foster
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This paper describes a series of neutron multiplicity measurements of large plutonium samples at the Los Alamos Plutonium Facility. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edwin S. Lyman
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The practical difficulties in achieving effective safeguards on large bulk-handling facilities are illustrated by the operating history of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sara Scott, Benny J. Martinez, Konstantin Dorofeev, Vasily V. Zhidkov, R.T. Perry
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The Russian/US Mining and Chemical Combine (Gorno-Kimichesky Kombinat, GKhK, also referred to as Krasnoyarsk-26) Material Protection,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):WILLIAM H JAMES
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The U.S. Department of Energy (HQ) commissioned Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), in 1993, to develop a prototype of a PC based client…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Nobel, K.W. Neufeld
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Instrumentation is very important for practical realization of nonproliferation and arms control international agreements. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lee Refalo, David Immel
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The approach developed for implementation of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards for the Actinide Packaging and Storage…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J. J. Oras, R. H. Towell, Michael E. Wangler
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Both the American National Standard for Radioactive Materials - Leakage Tests on Packages for Shipment (ANSI Nl4.5) - and the ISO 12807:…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.R. López Vietri, A.J. Bianchi, C.A. Menossi
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This paper points out the relevant regulatory issues related to the licensing process of a Type B(U) package design (hereinafter called…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John J. Robichaux
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The Local Area Network Material Accounting System (LANMAS) application is a standardized approach to comply with the DOE Order 5633.3B,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven E. Smith, R. Ceo, M. Barham, G. Sokolov, Misha Kartashov, Galina Y. Ruphina
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Quantification of the residual nuclear material remaining in process equipment has long been a challenge to those who work with nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.L. Coop, Charles L. Hollas, Robert J. Estep, Sheila Melton, David K. Miko
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We present a model for self shielding in lumps of fissile material in active-neutron assays. The model combines the formula for self-…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. Kitano, D. Ito, T. Matsumura
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As initial enrichment and bumup of fuel assemblies in nuclear power reactors increases, taking bumup credit is now proceeding in LWR spent…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. Murakami, Z. Starovich, N. Islam, R. Olsen, G. Zuccaro-Labellarte
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Kazakhstan is planning to condition and transfer the spent fuel into canisters from the BN-350 fast breeder reactor. These canisters will…