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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tim Aucott, John Scogin
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A recent Nuclear Criticality Safety Assessment concluded that a nominal amount of neutron absorber (boron carbide) should be mixed with…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Romano Plenteda, Abdelhakim Gheddou, Nikolaus Hermanspahn
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40 out of the 80 radionuclide stations of the CTBT International Monitoring System (IMS) will be equipped with Noble Gas detection systems…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tim Aucott, Kalee Fenker Fenker, Nick Bridges
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The X-10 Reactor at Oak Ridge was the first pilot-scale plutonium production reactor. Built in 1943 as part of the Manhattan project, it…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John M. Kirkpatrick, Patricia McClay, Richard Mowry, Amol Patil, Sasha Philips, Kirill Pushkin, Marcel F. Villani
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The Segmented Gamma Scanner (SGS) is a common Non-Destructive Assay (NDA) instrument that is traditionally utilized to quantify…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lauren Mayros
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The purpose of the paper and corresponding presentation to the 61 st Annual Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) Meeting will…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Catherine Romano, Seth McConchie, Jerome Verbeke, Bonnie Canion, Matthew Blackston, Lee Bernstein Bernstein, Andrea Favalli, David Brown, Stephen Croft, Les Nakae, Marco Pigni, Steve Skutnik, Michael Smith, William Wieselquist, Michael Zerkle
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Two nuclear data scoping studies were initiated to determine the impact of nuclear data to the nonproliferation mission and to suggest a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eric Howden, Mike Strosinski, Mike Smith
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An initial technical study was performed for the Office of International Nuclear Security (INS)of the National Nuclear Security…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul Johns, Michael Demboski, Emily Gordon, Kelly Jenkins, Jose Magana, Aaron Kriss, Luc Murphy
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The Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD) Science and Engineering team has investigated flexible, relocatable, and low-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Allyn K. Milojevich, Jeremy Townsend
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As nuclear facilities age in many countries, increasing numbers of nuclear power reactors, research reactors and nuclear fuel cycle…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jessica Bufford
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Nuclear security is at an important inflection point, and the next ten years will provide opportunities to build upon the progress made in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph Sandoval, Robert J. Kress, Jose H. Saloio, John P. Franklin, Steven G. Brown
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Since its founding in 1957, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has focused on the protection of nuclear materials and nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew Durbin, Mark A. Wonders, Marek Flaska, Azaree Lintereur
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Through the process of pulse shape discrimination (PSD), certain organic scintillators, such as EJ-299 and stilbene, have the ability to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Logan Scott, Jessica L. White-Horton, Michael Whitaker
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The Institute of Nuclear Material Management (INMM) and European Safeguards Research and Development Association (ESARDA) held its 9 th…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paige Gasser
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This panel will discuss a range of topics in the field of strategic trade controls that have become particularly daunting in the 21 st…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martin Kalinowski, Theodore W. Bowyer, Anders Ringbom, Jolanta Kusmierczyk-Michulec, Hongmo Park, Romano Plenteda, Nikolaus Hermanspahn, Boxue Liu
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Following the opening for signature of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) in 1996, the Provisional Technical Secretariat was…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rosalyn Rael, Emily Casleton, Vlad Henzl, Paul Mendoza, Jonathan L. Woodring
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In a single-purpose facility, activities associated with modes of operation are reflected by any and all “signs of life” that are…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Chulmin Kim, Jung Hwan Kim, Man-Sung Yim
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As IOT technology expands and big data analytics become more active, more data is likely to be collected at future nuclear facilities.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard L. Donovan
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Policy has many underlying assumptions and decisions. One of the most fundamental is the policy writer’s approach, or “model,” used to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Nidhi Parikh, Christopher Ren, Garrison Flynn, Adin Egid, Emily Casleton, Daniel Archer, Thomas Karnowski, Andrew Nicholson, Monica Maceira, Omar Marcillo, Randall Wetherington
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Detecting the power level of a nuclear reactor and in turn verifying that it is operating at the declared power level is a problem of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shannon N. Abbott, Adam Williams, Noelle Camp
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Insider threat mitigation programs have traditionally focused on preventative (measures implemented <i>before </i>access is…