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Material Balance Areas and Frequencies For Large Reprocessing Plants*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tom Burr
Abstract:
It has long been recognized that facilities with a large nuclear material throughput will probably not meet the International Atomic Energy…
Material Control and Accounting Program For A MPC-Based OCRWM Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William C. Floyd
Abstract:
The Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) is responsible for safeguarding the disposal of this nation's civilian high…
MC&A POLICY ISSUES FOR INTERNATIONAL INSPECTIONS AT DOE NUCLEAR FACILITIES*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David W. Crawford, N. R. Zack
Abstract:
Recent initiatives and executive decisions within the US have included an offer to place certain special nuclear materials from the former…
MEASUREMENT AND ANALYSIS ON INITIAL TANK CALIBRATION AT NUCEF
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Mineo, Hiroshi Yanagisawa
Abstract:
For the purpose of the accountancy and control of Pu/U nitrate solution, initial tank calibrations were carried out prior to the hot…
MEASUREMENT CONTROL DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT IN THE INTEGRAL FAST REACTOR FUEL CYCLE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Y. Orechwa, R.G. Bucher
Abstract:
The Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) -consisting of a metal fueled and liquid metal cooled reactor together with an attendant fuel cycle…
Measurement of Actinides and Strontium-90 in High-Activity Waste
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sherrod. L. Maxwell III, Matthew R. Nelson
Abstract:
The reliable measurement of trace radionuclides in high activity waste is important to support waste processing activities at Savannah…
MODULAR STORAGE VAULTS FOR SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas A. Gafford
Abstract:
Current budgetary constraints coupled with the amounts of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) being recovered from disassembled nuclear weapons…
MONITOR: A DIGITAL VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR STORAGE APPLICATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cheryl Rodriguez, J. Brown
Abstract:
Los Alamos National Laboratory's Safeguards Systems Group has developed an image-based digital video surveillance system designed to…
Multivariate Diagnostics and Anomaly Detection for Nuclear Safeguards*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Larry Wangen, Tom Burr, James Jones
Abstract:
We first review recent literature that applies multivariate Shewhart and multivariate cumulative sum (Cusum) tests to detect anomalous data…
NDA: A NEW DAY FOR AMERICAN ASSAY?
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fred Schultz, Jeffrey A. Chapman
Abstract:
The Department of Energy's (DOE) Nondestructive Assay/Nondestructive Examination Interface Working Group (NDA/NDE IWG) began in 1982 as an…
NEAR-REAL-TIME MC&A ASSESSMENTS* (U)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Heidi D. Johnson, Douglas A. Wolf, Mary P. Rodriguez
Abstract:
At the Savannah River Site, material control and accountability (MC&A) assessments are performed annually on Category I and II…
NEUTRON MULTIPLICITY MEASUREMENTS ON PU-BEARING MATERIAL WITH THE EURATOM TIME CORRELATION ANALYSER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Guardini, Roland Carchon, J. Beckers, R. Ingels, L. Bonder
Abstract:
In a measurement campaign, carried out in the framework of a collaboration between JRC-Ispra, Belgonucleaire-Dessel and SCK/CEN-Mol 53 Pu…
NEUTRON-SENSING SCINTILLATING GLASS OPTICAL FIBER DETECTORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.L. Reeder, M. Bliss, R.A. Craig
Abstract:
Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) has developed and tested the highesttransmission neutron-sensing glass fibers reported in the open…
NEW DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY POLICY AND GUIDANCE FOR COST-EFFECTIVENESS IN NUCLEAR MATERIALS CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY PROGRAMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. R. Zack, G.L. Van Ryn
Abstract:
Recent Department of Energy (DOE) initiatives have given Departmental nuclear facilities the opportunity to take more credit for certain…
NEW DIMENSIONS IN NON-PROLIFERATION - AN IAEA VIEW
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bruno Pellaud
Abstract:
Four years ago, Saddam Husein invaded Kuwait with the intention of annexing it as Iraq's 19th state. The disclosure of the Iraqi nuclear…
New Dimensions in Nonproliferation An IAEA View
Type:JNMM
Volume:23
Issue:1
Author(s):Bruno Pellaud
Abstract:
Four years ago, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait with the intention of annexing it as Iraq's 19th state. The disclosure of the Iraqi nuclear…
NEW PAMTRAK VIDEO AND INTERFACE CAPABILITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathan Anspach
Abstract:
The Department of Energy (DOE) mission is changing due to the number of nuclear weapon reductions by the United States and the former…
NRC INSPECTION GUIDELINES UNDER THE MC&A REFORM RULE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thmoas N. Pham, L.D.Y. Ong
Abstract:
An overview is presented on the NRC approach for inspecting and enforcing performance-based requirements under the material control and…
OFFICE OF SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY (OSS) MATERIAL CONTROL AND ACCOUNTABILITY TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wendy Smoot, Michele Smith
Abstract:
The Department of Energy (DOE) supports the advancement of instrumentation and methods to be utilized in controlling and accounting for…
OPERATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING OF THE SHRINK-WRAP SEAL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Randy E. Cabeen, M. Donan Estill
Abstract:
The Shrink-Wrap Seal is a volumetric tag/seal developed by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) for use in arms control verification. Shrink-…