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A Comparison of D Statistic Approaches
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Franklin
Abstract:
This paper compares the traditional D statistic with a ratio estimator (R) of the true material discrepancy in the verification of nuclear…
A Cost-effective Analysis of the Layered Approach to Physical Security
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. L. Richardson, Donald Lee Davis, J.M. Skinner
Abstract:
An examination of the layers of safeguards and security elements which provide indepth protection for nuclear facilities is a well accepted…
A Database Model for Evaluating Material Accountability Safeguards Effectiveness Against Protracted Theft
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alan Sicherman, D.S Fortney
Abstract:
DOE Material Control and Accountability Order 5633.3A requires that facilities handling special nuclear material evaluate their…
A Design Methodology for Effective Application of Pan-Tilit Cameras in Alarm Assessment Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard F. Davis
Abstract:
Effective application of pan-tilt cameras in alarm assessment systems requires that the overall system design be such that any threat for…
A Methodology for Analyzing and Updating Detection Element Probablitites from Performance Testing Data
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gary P. Kodman, Tom Davis, Ronald T. Menton
Abstract:
Facilities that perform vulnerability analyses are required to input probabilities of detection for various elements of its safeguards and…
A New Approach to Waste Monitoring in Material Access Areas
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hellen M. Hunt
Abstract:
Safeguards regulations in the United States require utilization of waste monitoring equipment in material access areas which is capable of…
A NEW SAFEGUARDS APPROACH
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. G. McManus, David B. Sinden
Abstract:
The possibility of a clandestine nuclear facility has recently been emphasised as a weakness in existing safeguards systems. Technical…
A Performance-Based Methodology Rating Remediation Systems
Type:JNMM
Volume:22
Issue:1
Author(s):Mark J. Rudin, Michael C. O'Brien, John G. Richardson, John L. Morrison, Richard A. Morneau
Abstract:
A methodology for evaluating and rating candidate remediation systems has been developed within the Buried Waste Integrated Demonstration…
A Proposal of Evaluation Means for Near Real Time S/R D
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Masahiro Kikuchi, Shojchiro Masuda, Motoyuki Yamada
Abstract:
According to the INFCIRC/153 type agreement, the report of the difference between the quantity of material in a batch as stated by the…
A Standardized Approach for Determining Radiological Sabotage Targets
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark K. Snell, Byron Gardner
Abstract:
The U.S. Department of Energy has required radiological sabotage vulnerability assessments to be conducted for years. However, the exact…
A Weighted Least-squares Lump Correction Algorithm for Transmission-corrected Gamme-ray Nondestructive Assay
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T.H. Prettyman, G.A. Sheppard, J.K. Sprinkle
Abstract:
With transmission-corrected gamma-ray nondestructive assay instruments such as the Segmented Gamma Scanner (SGS) and the Tomographic Gamma…
Accountability Measurement Precision & Accuracy Values: How Good is Good Enough?
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul E. Filpus-Luvckx
Abstract:
The Department of Energy (DOE) Order 5633.3A requires that the desired levels of precision and accuracy be established for accountability…
Achieving Calibration Cost Savings Through Data Analysis
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John P. Clark, A. Harper Shull
Abstract:
Air displacement type pipettes have been used effectively at the Savannah River Site (SRS) since the mid-1980's when they replaced…
Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy in Nuclear Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chad T. Olinger, Mark F. Mullen, William D. Stanbro, Dipen N. Sinha, M.J. Lyon
Abstract:
Objects resonate at specific frequencies when mechanically excited. The specific resonance frequencies are a function of shape, size,…
Additional Considerations Regarding the Choice of Measurement Control Check Frequency
Type:JNMM
Volume:21
Issue:2
Author(s):Lawrence A. Bruckner
Abstract:
In a previous paper, factors involved in the choice of frequency of instrument measurement control checks were presented. Unfortunately,…
Advanced Entry Control System (AECS): An Integrated Security Solution
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Terry K. Taylor, James Fish
Abstract:
The USAF is pursuing the automation of entry control through the implementation of the AECS program. The AECS will minimize human…
Advantages of Redeployable Security Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Arthur Birch, E.W.L. Seager, Greg Basillio, Natalie Barchenko
Abstract:
International terrorism will require world powers to upgrade their internal security in the 1990's and into the twenty-first century in…
An Estimate of the Amount of Out-of-pool Storage Requirements for the Period 1992-2036
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ronald R. MacDonald
Abstract:
The estimates of requirements for additional storage capacity for spent nuclear fuel from commercial LWRs in the United States are examined…
An Expert Systems Approach to NRTA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jack L. King
Abstract:
The development of an expert system (NMAX) and its applications to nuclear material accountancy at the International Atomic Energy Agency…
An Improved User Interface for Assess/Nuetralization
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William K. Paulus, Junko Mondragon
Abstract:
The ASSESS Neutralization Analysis module (Neutralization) is part of Analytic System and Software for Evaluation of Safeguards and…