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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Dufer, F. Lecomte, P. Marmonier
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The present system of accounting data centralization for nuclear materials has several goals : - to gather all data enabling to fulfill…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.R. Johnson
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In the early 1970s, the U.S. was developing what was then known as a retrievable surface storage facility in which solidified high level…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.P. Billings, W.R. Delvin
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The Site Safeguards and Security Plan Preparation Guide lists 18 insider protection measures and proposes that each be evaluated for its…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hideo Nishimura, T. Okamoto
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The HEXAPARTITE project concluded that a limited frequency unannounced access (LFUA) inspection should be carried out as a basic safeguards…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Otto, R. Schenkel, H.G. Wagner
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The Euratom Safeguards Directorate has been using \"front end\" motion detection for more than three years under routine inspection…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.A. AI-Ayat, D.S Fortney
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The threat posed by violent insiders presents a major challenge to safeguards managers. These insiders, in addition to their ability to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wlater R. Kane, Joseph D. Rivers, Benjamin A. Magurno
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The performance requirements of DOE Order 5633.3 (Materials Control and Accountability) specify that facilities which have custody of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. R. Lemley
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According to DOE Order 5633.3, facilities which process special nuclear material (SNM) must demonstrate capability to detect diversion or…
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:2
Author(s):K.O. Bowman, S.A. Wallace
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A statistical method to protect against the loss of strategic special nuclear material (SSNM) is presented. A simplified step by step…
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:3
Author(s):Wendell J. Bailey
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Spent fuel management planning needs to include consideration of failed or damaged spent light-water reactor fuel. Described in this…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joerg H. Menzel, Joerg H. Menzel
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The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces or INF Treaty was signed on December 8, 1987, and entered into force on June 1, 1988. The INF Treaty…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Victoria Longmire, S.M. Long, D.J. Martinez, S.C. Serna
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Suitable standards for calibration of nondestructive assay (NDA) instruments are needed throughout the DOE complex. The standards must…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David DuBois
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A framework is presented for assessing the effectiveness of employee monitoring programs for the prevention of insider adversary attempts.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William M. Sprecher
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The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982 (NWPA), as amended, established a national policy for the safe disposal of spent nuclear fuel and high…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wlater R. Kane, Joseph D. Rivers, Benjamin A. Magurno
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The Department of Energy (DOE) requires its facilities which have custody of special nuclearmaterial (SNM) must demonstrate that their…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Vodrazka, E. Yellin, K. Ystesnnd, D. Drayer
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The Cobra Seal System consists of a passive fiber optic seal and verification equipment which have been modified^ to take advantage of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Cuypers, S. Guardini, J.A. Mason, D. Tirelli
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Calorimetry is an important non-destructive technique for the measurement of plutonium bearing samples. The technique has advantages over…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Seunghyun Kim, E. Gryntakis, Ok-Seok Seo, M. Ferraris
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The application of the so-called \"zone approach\" to the LEU fuel cycle had been discussed for many years, but, contrary to the case of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Francis M. Kovac
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The safe packaging and transportation of uranium hexafluoride was the subject of a nuclearindustry- wide Conference held in November 1989…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. E. Sampson, T. Kelley, George W. Nelson
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We describe the characteristics and features and demonstrate the performance of a new code for determining the isotopic composition of…