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Industry’s Use Of Machine Learning And Implications For International Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Higgins, Zoe N. Gastelum
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Deep Learning (DL) has been a concept since the late 1950s and has advanced significantly in the last twenty years due to enhanced…
Information Theoretic Metric Of Verification System Performance
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jason Reinhardt, Michael Hamel, Ben Bonin, Eva Uribe
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There remain several challenges to verifying potential future nuclear arms control agreements. These include, among others, protecting…
Initial Results Of Nondestructive Assay Of Commercial Spent Nuclear Fuel With Differential Die-away (DDA) Instrument
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Garrett E. McMath, Vlad Henzl, Paul Mendoza, Carlos Rael, Margaret Root, Alexis Trahan, Holly Trellue
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A nondestructive assay (NDA) instrument, conceptualized, designed, and fielded by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), was deployed at…
Innovation In Radiological Security, Part 1 Of 2 - Using A Cloud Solution To Compress Timely Detection
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brandon Gorton, Jaime Wise, Eric Gonzalez, Clay Hagler, Derek Higgins
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Abstract 138INMM Annual Meeting The design and implementation of new security technologies must account for numerous and complex…
Innovation In Radiological Security, Part 2 Of 2 - Insights Into Designing A Cloud‐Hosted Platform
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brandon Gorton, Jaime Wise, Eric Gonzalez, Clay Hagler, Derek Higgins
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A Sentry Remote Monitoring System (Sentry-RMS) is a stand-alone security system that provides detection, assessment, and communication of…
Innovations In Nuclear Reference Materials
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Maria E. Morales-Arteaga, Rebecca B. Thomas
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Measurements for nuclear material accounting and control need reference materials as the foundation of the measurement processes. It is…
Integrating Acquisition Pathway Analysis Into The Cyclus Fuel Cycle Simulator
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kathryn A. Mummah, Paul P.H. Wilson
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The IAEA considers a State’s entire fuel cycle capability when evaluating and implementing safeguards, a process known as the State-Level…
Integration Of National Nuclear Materials Archive With Footprint Reduction Missions At NNSA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kaatrin Abbott, Ben Watts Watts, Megan Sheppard
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As new missions and ramp up at the country’s nuclear security sites and space in facilities becomes limited, footprint reduction has become…
Interconnected Of Things - The Fastest Growing Electronic Attack Surface
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Doug MacDonald, Penny McKenzie, Brandon Gorton
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Interconnected of Things – The Fastest Growing Electronic Attack Surface Significant effort has been devoted to protecting critical…
International Exercise On The Analysis Of Uranium Ore Concentrates For Nuclear Forensics
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ruth Kips, Rachel Lindvall, Naomi Marks, Viktor Gluchshenko, Ayako Okubo, Yoshiki Kimura, Eva Kovacs-Szeles
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), through the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence…
International Safeguards Capabilities At Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Whitaker, Ana Raffo-Caiado
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The challenges to the international safeguards regime of an expanding commercial nuclear fuel cycle are well documented: new facilities…
Investigating The Configuration And Composition Of AmLi Sources MRC-101 And MRC-103
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael E. Moore, Andrey V. Mozhayev, Emily K. Mace
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241 Am­-Li(α,n) (AmLi) sources are well-suited for use within active interrogation neutron coincidence systems as uncorrelated neutron…
Investigation Of Microcalorimeter Absorber Performance
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christian Arrington, Jamin Pillars, Jesse Bland, Stephen Carr, Rupert Lewis, Michael Hamel, Dan Schmidt, Joel Ullom, Mark Croce
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This work seeks to expand the performance of microcalorimeter gamma-ray detectors such that they are applicable to the wide array of…
ISCN's 10 Year-activities For Strengthening Nuclear Non-proliferation And Nuclear Security And Supporting Denuclearization
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Masato Hori, Yosuke Naoi
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The Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN) was established under the Japan Atomic Energy Agency…
JAEA-JRC Collaborative Development If Delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy For Nuclear Material Evaluation (5): Fundamental Instrumentation Of A DGS System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tohn Takahashi, Mitsuo Koizumi, Hee-Jae Lee, Douglas Chase Rodriguez, Fabiana Rossi, Kammel Abbas, Jean-Michel Crochemore, Bent Pedersen
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The Japan Atomic Energy Agency is collaborating with European Commission Joint Research Centre (JRC) to develop Delayed Gamma-ray…
JAEA-JRC Collaborative Development Of Delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy For Nuclear Material Evaluation (1): Project Overview
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas C. Rodriguez, Mitsuo Koizumi, Fabiana Rossi, Tohn Takahashi, Kamel Abbas, Stefan Nonneman, Bent Pedersen, Stephan Oberstedt, Peter Schillebeeckx
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Nuclear material accountancy and safeguards verification is challenging for mixed nuclear materials. Determining the nuclear material…
JAEA-JRC Collaborative Development Of Delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy For Nuclear Material Evaluation (2): DGS Technique, Requirements, And Interrogation Time Patterns
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas C. Rodriguez, Mitsuo Koizumi, HeeJae Lee, Fabiana Rossi, Satoshi Suzuki, Tohn Takahashi, Kamel Abbas, Tatjana Bogucarska, Jean-Michel Crochemore, Stefan Nonneman, Bent Pedersen, Giovanni Varasano
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Delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy (DGS) is a non-destructive assay technique that can be used to determine the fissile U and Pu nuclides of a…
JAEA-JRC Collaborative Development Of Delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy For Nuclear Material Evaluation (3): Fissile Mass Estimation With Uranium Samples
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fabiana Rossi, Mitsuo Koizumi, Hee-Jae Lee, Douglas C. Rodriguez, Thon Takahashi, Kamel Abbas, Tatjana Bogucarska, Jean-Michel Crochemore, Bent Pedersen, Giovanni Varasano
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Delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy (DGS) is a nondestructive assay technique with the capability to quantify the fissile composition of small…
Laser Curtain For Containment (LCCT) Advance Technology: Testing For Dual Use As A Component At Spent Fuel Dry Storage In Atucha I NPP
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Marcos Moreira, Anibal Bonino, Max Facchinetti, Luis Carlos R. Machado da Silva, Sonia Fernández Moreno, Leonardo Pardo, Gustavo Diaz, Rodolfo Vigile, Adrian Perez
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Safeguards Implementation at the Atucha-I dry storage system currently under construction will require a dual containment and surveillance…
Lessons Learned From Testing And Evaluation Of Aftermarket Components For Use In Border Monitoring Radiation Detection Equipment
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jason Messimore, Marc Paff, Eric Sword, Greg Orlicz
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Sustaining border monitoring radiation detection equipment often becomes more difficult as systems and components approach their end-of-…