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Author(s):Adam Drescher
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Nondestructively determining the initial enrichment of irradiated uranium is a complex and laborious multivariable problem due to the…
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Author(s):Lisa Ward, Kerry Dunn, Tracy Rudisill, Gene Daniel
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The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Office of Material Management and Minimization (M3) United States High Performance…
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Author(s):Mark B. Adams, Adam Drescher, Scott L. Stewart, Ken J. Dayman, Louise G. Worrall
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Data analysis methods are currently being explored for their ability to strengthen the synthesis and evaluation of information generated…
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Author(s):Matthew Durbin, Azaree Lintereur
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Confirming the presence of radioactive material within a sample is advantageous for various applications in nuclear safeguards and material…
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Author(s):Susan A. Caskey, Adam D. Williams, Walt Beyeler, Thushara Gunda
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Malicious Threat Anticipation using an Adaptive Complex Systems Approach Sue A. Caskey, Adam D. Williams, Walt Beyeler, Shannon Abbot,…
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Author(s):Bradley Patton, Sharon Robinson
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) manages an inventory of materials that contains a range of long-lived radioactive isotopes that were…
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Author(s):Michael Y. Hua, Thomas A. Plummer, Jesson D. Hutchinson, George E. McKenzie, Shaun D. Clarke, Sara A. Pozzi
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The purpose of nondestructive assay in the context of nuclear safeguards is to precisely verify the declared mass of a sample of nuclear…
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Author(s):Samuel Durbin, Andrew Glen, Eric Lindgren, Laura Lemieux
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The formation of a stress corrosion crack (SCC) in the canister wall of dry cask storage system (DCSS) has been identified as a potential…
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Author(s):Chris Scott Blessinger, Tyrone Harris Harris
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The minimum detectable quantity of a radiation portal monitor is the smallest amount of radioactive material that can be detected passing…
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Author(s):Vasilij Zenevich, Tamara Korbut, Andrei Kuzmin
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Mitigating Insider Threats at the Scientific Institution “JIPNR – Sosny” Deputy Director General for Security V.V. Zenevich ABSTRACT…
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Author(s):Benjamin Shu, Alejandro Sonzogni, Elizabeth Ricard-McCutchan, Shaofei Zhu
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The capture of thermal neutrons by an isotope populates a highly excited state near the neutron separation energy. This level depopulates…
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Author(s):Doug Lowry
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The Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), specifically the Office of Material Management and…
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Author(s):Emiliano Santiago-Rojas, Kurt Silver, Brion Burghard
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The threat of dirty bombs or radiological dispersal devices (RDDs) is real, and the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA)…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Irmgard Niemeyer, Jan Geisel-Brinck, Simon Hebel, Philip Kegler, Gerald Kirchner, Manuel Kreutle, Stefan Neumeier
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The Nuclear Disarmament Verification (NuDiVe) Exercise, organized by Germany and France, was held in September 2019 at Forschungszentrum…
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Author(s):Stuti Surani, Daniel Arizaga, Jay D. Hix, Zain Karriem, David L. Chichester, Angela Di Fulvio
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The Multi Sphere or Bonner Sphere Spectrometer (BSS) is a widely used neutron spectrometry technique. Traditionally, a He-3 detector is…
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Author(s):Jennifer Erchinger, Gregory Orlicz, Luc Murphy, Jason Messimore, Marie Arrieta, Birsen Ayaz-Maierhafer, Paul Johns, Jake Livesay, Elena Papadopolous, Tom Weber, Tyrone Harris
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The procurement and deployment of radiation detection equipment is a multi-faceted challenge across the globe. Knowledge sharing of the…
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Author(s):Stefano Marin, Eoin P. Sansevero, Shaun D. Clarke, Sara A. Pozzi
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Physics-based fission event generators model the complex dynamics of the nuclear fission process and produce correlated neutrons and gamma-…
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Author(s):Randall Sidney Fielding, Sarah R. Hamilton, Christopher A. Wolfe, Gustavo A. Reyes
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This project is intended to address one of IAEA’s 2010-21 top priority R&D needs to assist State evaluation groups (SEGs) in two…
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Author(s):Peter Mason, Robert Watters, Michael Holland
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The NBL Program Office has completed an organizational move from the Department of Energy’s Office of Science to the National Nuclear…
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Author(s):Bryan van der Ende, Daniel Comeau, Rene Cusson, Bhaskar Sur
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It is currently a priority objective of the Department of Safeguards within the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to “strengthen…