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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Norbert Ensslin, Phyllis Russo, H.Y. Huang, Douglas R. Mayo, A. Sharif Heger, Ron F. Grazioso
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Neutron-capture plastic fibers can be used as a nondestructive assay tool. The detectors consist of an active region assembled from ribbons…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen Dupree, Y. Hashimoto, Anibal Bonino, Michael Ross, Richard Lucero
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Radiation detectors have been included in several remote monitoring field trial systems to date. The present study considers detectors at…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ch. Fasten, J.-Y. RECULEAU, A.R. Webster
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To date the various modes of transport have used different structures in their codes for the transport of dangerous goods. Since the 1960's…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Kadner, W. Doyle, M. White
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Aquila, a Canberra Company, is a significant ISO 9001-certified supplier of Safeguards products to the International Atomic Energy Agency (…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):K. Suyama, Y. Nakahara, T. Kaneko, H. Okuno
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For adopting bumup credit in transport or storage of spent fuel(SF), development of a reliable bumup calculation code is crucial. For this…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Lenarduzzi, K.N. Castleberry, N. Whiting, Robert Martinez, Keith Tolk
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Under the voluntary offer safeguards agreement between the US and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Portsmouth Gaseous…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nancy Jo Nicholas, John Puckett, Bryan L. Fearey, James W. Tape
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This paper reports on the most recent efforts of U.S. technical experts to explore verification by IAEA of unclassified attributes of…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):G.D. Morandin, T.P. Byrne
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A CANDU nuclear generating station is currently evaluating the transportation of irradiated spentfuel bundles, stored in Dry Storage…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rod F. Gimpel, Nina Akgündüz, Dr. Donald Paine, John L. Roberts
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Vitrification of radioactive wastes products have proven to produce an extremely stable waste form. Vitrification involves the melting of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephanie A. Jones, Randy F. Lucero
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A boxed waste assay system, developed by BNFL Instruments Inc. (BII), was installed at the Waste Receiving and Packaging (WRAP) facility in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hugh A. Benton, V. Pasupathi
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Over the repository lifetime, the high level waste packages will perform various functions that will change with time. During the 100-year…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. R. Hatcher, Sara Scott, Bruce Erkkila
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Upgrades to both physical protection and material controls and accountability (MC&A) are progressing at many nuclear facilities in the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William C. Potter
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The topic I've been asked to address reminds me of the story of the young National Security Council analyst who was told to prepare a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hyun-Tae Kim, Hyun-Tae Kim
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When a sample is taken without replacement from a finite population which is suspected to have defects, the probability that sample will…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen Ortiz, Gerald L. Harbour
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This paper presents the concept of a comprehensive nuclear material management and control system. A comprehensive nuclear material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Guye Strobel, Bill Maurer
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Experience using a computerised information assessment tool for international safeguards information data at the International Atomic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Masahiro Kikuchi, Shojchiro Masuda
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A large scale reprocessing facility such as the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant(RRP) should introduce the Near Real Time Material Accountancy(…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.C. Miller, T.H. Prettyman, David J. Mercer, N. Ensslin, D.R. Mayo, P.A. Russo, M. S. Krick, R. C. Byrd
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A system for detecting neutrons composed of an array of boron-loaded plastic scintillators optically coupled to bismuth germanate inorganic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas H. Prettyman, Donald A. Close, Phyllis Russo, R. Cole, A.P. Meier, H.Y. Huang
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Gamma-ray spectroscopy for portable and unattended assay of nuclear materials requires rugged, reliable, room-temperature detectors that…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert Gromoll
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Today, no arms control agreement requires nuclear warheads to be eliminated. Existing agreements provide for the reduction of deployed…