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Analysis Of A Discrete Time Critical Time Se-No Inspection Game
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas Krieger
Abstract:An inspection game is a mathematical model of a situation where a person or an organization, in the following called Inspectorate, verifies…
Analysis Of Adversary Attack Scenarios For Radiological Dispersal Device Assets
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shraddha Rane, Jason Harris, Courtney Sheffield
Abstract:<u>Abstract </u> Radiological dispersal devices (RDDs) are weapons of mass disruption (WMD) known to be sought by various…
Analysis Of Fast Neutron Data From A Fresh Fuel Assembly
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sean Walston, Hema Chandrasekaran, Neal Snyderman, Tyana Stiegler
Abstract:Understanding data better is always an unsolved problem. This is particularly true when employing neutron coincidence counting for the non-…
Application Of Machine Learning Algorithms To Identification Of Spent Fuel Reactor Of Origin
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Pavel Grechanuk, Camille Palmer, Todd S. Palmer
Abstract:In this paper, we present the application of machine learning algorithms to the prediction of the reactor of origin of a sample of spent…
Applications and Deployment of Neutron Scatter Cameras in Nuclear Safeguards Scenarios
Type:JNMM
Volume:48
Issue:2
Author(s):Taylor Harvey, Andreas Enqvist, Katherine Bachner
Abstract:Neutron scatter cameras (NSCs) are a type of directionally sensitive neutron detector that rely on two consecutive neutron scattering…
Applied Nuclear Data Activities At The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew J. Devlin
Abstract:The Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) operates a national user facility, providing high intensity neutron beams, from subthermal…
Assessing China’s Plutonium Separation And Recycling Programs
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hui Zhang
Abstract:China pursues actively its closed fuel cycle policy. In 2010, it began testing a pilot civilian reprocessing plant (50 tHM/year). In 2015,…
Autonomous Inspection Of Nuclear Repositories: Current State Of The Art And Future Directions
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chris Lee, Ravi Kumar, Jacob Benz, HaliAnne McGee-Hilbert, Geoffrey A. Hollinger, Camille Palmer
Abstract:Geological repositories for nuclear waste, including spent nuclear fuel, present a signicant challenge for traditional International Atomic…
Bayesian Bottom-up Uncertainty Quantification In Neutron Multiplicity Measurements: Providing Uncertainty Distributions And Correlations In All The Assay-item Parameters
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tom Burr, Stephen Croft, Daniela Henzlova, Brian Weaver, Andrea Favalli
Abstract:Uncertainty quantification (UQ) for safeguards applications can be approached from physical first principles (“bottom-up”) or approached…
Belarus – Nuclear Security Culture at the Joint Institute for Power and Nuclear Research - Sosny
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tamara Korbut, Andrei Kuzmin
Abstract:The Republic of Belarus is a participant in global efforts for nuclear nonproliferation, ensuring the preservation of nuclear materials and…
BNL's Thallium Bromide Semiconductor Radiation Materials And Detectors Characterization
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Giuseppe S. Camarda, Aleksey Bolotnikov, Biays Bowerman, Susan Pepper
Abstract:BNL's Thallium Bromide Semiconductor Radiation Materials and Detectors Characterization Two overarching requirements of crucial importance…
Building A New State System Of Accountancy For And Control Of Nuclear Material (ssac) Capability In The United Kingdom
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul Dicks, Mike Beaman, Alan Homer, Lynne Mackay, Ben Hughes, Stephen Pendleton, Neil Blundell, Mahtab Khan, Mina Golshan, Cameron Frears
Abstract:The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has been working with the UK Government to build its State System of Accounting for, and Control…
Calculation Of Isotopic Ratios Of Fission Products Detected At Ims Radionuclide Stations
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Kalinowski, Boxue Liu
Abstract:Activity ratios of paired isotopes detected at radionuclide stations in the international monitoring system (IMS) network can be used to…
Calibration Of Active Well Coincidence Counter (awcc) With Highly Enriched ­Uranium (heu) And Ambe Active Neutron Interrogation Source At The Savannah River National Laboratory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jay P. Joshi, Timothy J. Aucott, Mustafa Siddiqi, William S. Charlton
Abstract:The Active Well Coincidence Counter (AWCC) is a neutron multiplicity counter developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and used…
Challenges In Safeguarding German Dry Interim Storage Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Katharina Aymanns, Irmgard Niemeyer, Arnold Rezniczek
Abstract:In phasing out nuclear energy production, the German reactors will be successively disconnected from the power grid, the latest ones by…
Challenges In Safeguarding On-site Dry Storage Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Katharina Aymanns
Abstract:In phasing out nuclear energy production, the German nuclear reactors will be successively disconnected from the power grid, the last ones…
Characterization Of Radionuclide Content, Neutron Energy Spectrum And Emission Rate Of Two Am-Li Sources
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andrey V. Mozhayev, Michael E. Moore, Emily K. Mace
Abstract:Two legacy AmLi sources, MRC-101 and MRC-103, have been routinely used for the neutron detector characterization and testing that Pacific…
Characterizing State Of Health Of Polyvinyl Toluene Scintillators Using Light Readings From Photomultiplier Tube
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ernesto A. Ordonez Ferrer, Craig M. Marianno
Abstract:Characterizing State of Health of Polyvinyl Toluene Scintillators Using Light Readings from Photomultiplier TubePolyvinyl toluene (PVT)…
Charting The Best Path Forward For Surplus Plutonium Disposition
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Edwin Lyman
Abstract:The United States has a stockpile of over forty metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium that has been designated as excess to military needs…
Classification Of Dissolution Events Using Fusion Of Effluents Measurements And Classifiers
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nageswara Rao, Christopher Greulich, Satyabrata Sen
Abstract:Classifiers for dissolution events at a radiochemical processing facility are studied using gamma spectra measurements of effluents…