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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Graham C. Smith,, George J. Mahler, Bo Yu, Cynthia Salwen,, James R. Lemley
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Prototype gamma-ray spectrometers utilizing xenon gas at high pressure, suitable for applications in the nuclear safeguards, arms control,…
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Author(s):Wayne Ruhter, Anthony D. Lavietes, James H. McQuaid, DeLynn Clark
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There is a strong need for portable radiometric instrumentation that can both accurately confii the presence of nuclear materials and allow…
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Author(s):Pamela S. Kissock, Daniel A. Pritchard
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Systems and devices that are controlled remotely are beeoming more common in seeurity systems in the US Air Force and other government…
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Author(s):E.R Johnson
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Sinceearly 1995 therehas been an impasse between Congress andthe ClintonAdmin&mm“onregarding the relative priority of the developmentof…
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Author(s):Mary Lou Blazek, Dirk A. Dunning, Rose Gentry, Susan Coburn Hughes, Deanna Meggs, Ken Niles, Ralph Patt
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In September and October 1995, the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) and the Oregon Hanford Waste Board (the Board) carried out an…
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Author(s):R Weh, K.H. Rodat
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In the industrial sector, the classical approach of quality control of the product itself has long been replaced by an overall quality…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Masavula Kuribara, Kenji Yoshida
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An Ultra– Violet Image Intensifier (W–II) type Improved Cerenkov Viewing Device (ICVD) is used for the identification of LWR spent fuel…
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Author(s):Paul E. Argo, Justin E. Doak, James W. Howse
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Sensor technology for use in nuclear facility monitoring has reaehed an advanced stage of development. Research on where to place these…
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Author(s):James E. Stewart, M. Krick, S.C Bourret
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Neutron coincidence counting (NCC) is used routinely around the world for nondestructive mass assay of uranium and plutonium in many forms…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles S. Johnson, William Hale, Paul DeKeyser
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The capture and storage of video images have been major engineering challenges for safeguard and security applications since the video…
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Author(s):Zane W. Bell, Mark A. Buckner
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The“33(rLa) mction haslongbeen used for the detection ofthermal neutrons. Boron is typically incorporated into a detecting system as BFj…
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Author(s):Alfredo L. Biaggio, Marco A. Marzo, Olga Y. Mafra Guidicini, H.L. Gonzales
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The inspection system of the Brazilian- Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materialj ABACC is described. The main…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chad T. Olinger, Daniel R. Vnuk
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Material that does not come out of a process as product or waste is called holdup. When this is fissile material, its location and quantity…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C.A. Rodriguez, Peter Chare, Stefan Jung, Hans Wagner
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Although containment and surveillance systems designed for nuclear safeguards use have greatly improved from advances in computer, sensor,…
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Author(s):Peter E. Vanier, Leon Forman
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Experiments have been conducted using a modern highresolution 3He two-dimensional position-sensitive detection chamber combined with coded…
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Author(s):Douglas G. Adams, Deborah S. Fitzgerald, Stephen Ortiz
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Exciting new safeguards and security technologies are on the horizon, and some are even on the shelves today. Selftesting sensors, smart…
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Author(s):F.S. Moore, J.C. Griffin
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Neutron detectors are commonly used by the nuclear materials processing industry to monitor fissile materials in process vessels and tanks…
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Author(s):Greg K. Becker
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The management and disposition of transuranic (TRU) waste forms necessitates a determination of entrained TRU and associated radioactive…
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Author(s):Julian Whichello, R.J. LeMaire,, Mark H. Killinger, Perpetua Rodriguez, Roumen Tzolov
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With an aim to increase safe~ards efkctiveness and reduce costs, the International Atomic Energy Agency is investigating the use of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Norbert Ensslin, Robert N. Ceo, M. Krick, P.K. May
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Previous work on active neutron multiplicity measurements and analyses is summarized. New active multiplicity measurements are described…