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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yuri Volodin, B Bianchilli, B. Krouptchatnikov
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The United States and Russia are cooperating to enhance nuclear materials production, control and accounting in Russia. As part of this…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James Sprinkle, Dave Bracken, James K. Sprinkle, T. McKown, J. Kuropatwinski, M. Kartoshov
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primarily of weight and uranium enrichment measurements. Most LEU processing facilities draw separate materials balances for each…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David S. Bracken, R. Biddle, C. Rudy
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The performance characteristics of a commercially available heat-flow calorimeter will be presented. The heat-flow sensors within the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephanie A. Jones, Matthew R. Newell
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BNFL Instruments Inc., formerly Pajarito Scientific Corp., has successfully performed WIPP certifiable mobile non-destructive assay (NDA)…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cindy Murdock, Cary E. Crawford, Aloysius R. (Randy) Kubasek
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Inventory sampling practices and procedures significantly impact the validity of physical inventories of nuclear materials. While…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hellen M. Hunt
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The \"Report to the Secretary on the Status of the Department of Energy Safeguards and Security Program, October 1997\", by the Director of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kanji Yamazaki
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Japan Nuclear Security System Co.,Ltd. Japan Nuclear Security System Co.,Ltd.(JNSS) was jointly established by SECOM Co., the well known…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Zinneman, A. Djakov, Ray Ortiz
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The U.S. DOE is providing nuclear material safeguards assistance in both material control and accountability and in physical protection to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William D. Morse
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To aid designers, generic physical security objectives and design concepts for cut-and-cover underground facilities are presented. Specific…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald A. Close, Calvin E. Moss, W. S. Johnson, P.L. Kerr, R.M. Kandarian
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We describe the piping nondestructive assay monitor for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and present some measurement results. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andrew Zardecki, R.B. Strittmatter, Alexei N. Skourikhine
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The use of low- and medium-resolution room-temperature detectors for the nondestructive assay of nuclear materials has widespread…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Takaumi Kimura, Tsuyoshi HAYAKAWA, Kazutoshi KUROSU, Seiichi TAKEDA, Keiichiro HORI, Toshio SAWAHATA
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Safeguards have been implemented at the Tokai Reprocessing Plant (TRP) with cooperation between the Government of Japan and the IAEA. In…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. A. McElhaney, A. Guim, G.P. Lasché, S. Pauly
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The purpose of this program was to develop a highly-sensitive, portable gamma-ray spectrometer system for detecting and identifying trace…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rob York
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Portal monitors are an important part of the material protection, control, and accounting (MPC&A) programs in Russia and the US.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Lepicard, D Raffestin, F. Rancillac
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POSEIDON version 2.0 is a PC/Windows conversational computer code to assess the radiological consequences associated with a continuous or…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Q.S. (Bob) Truong, Q.S. (Bob) Truong, Richard Keeffe, Richard Keeffe, Phillip Baines, Phillip Baines, Jean-Pierre Paquette, 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 (…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. Francois, H-J. Fett, J. S. Hughes, D Raffestin, P. Pellow, T Schneider, G. Schwarz, K. B. Shaw
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IAEA Safety Series 6, 1985 Edition (amended 1990) states that \"Radioactive material shall mean any material having a specific activity…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):P. J. Nigrey
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In this study, Thermogravimetric Analysis (fGA) bas been used to srudy silicone, Viton and Ethylene Propylene (EPDM) rubber. The studies…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.J. Estep, M.F. Villani, M. Schanfein, John T. Caldwell, M. Newell, R Maez, J. Martinez, M. Padilla, G.G. Seaman, D. Davidson, Sheila Melton, David K. Miko, C. Bonner, R. Lucero
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Prior to disposal, nuclear waste must be accurately characterized to identify and quantify the radioactive content. The DOE Complex faces…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):I.W. Frank, Usha I. Narayanan, Irene Spaletto, Anna M. Voeks
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Both the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) require facilities that measure nuclear materials to…