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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Igor Bolshinsky, John Dewes, Yusuf Ahmed
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The repatriation of the Nigerian Research Reactor 1 (NIRR-1) irradiated highly-enriched uranium (HEU) nuclear fuel core to China was…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Elena Kalinina, Lucas Lujan, Catherine Wright, Sylvia Saltzstein
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In 2017 a team from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) conducted an international 8-month, 9,400-mile test to simulate transportation…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Elena Kalinina, Catherine Wright, Lucas Lujan, Sylvia Saltzstein
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In 2017 a team from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) conducted an international 8-month, 9,400-mile test to simulate transportation…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Elena Kalinina, Catherine Wright, Lucas Lujan, Sylvia Saltzstein
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In 2017 a team from Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) conducted an international 8-month, 9,400-mile test to simulate transportation…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Derzon, Lorenzo Gutierrez, Markku Koskelo, Aaron Powledge
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The passive gamma and neutron systems work reasonably well for unshielded fissile material, or Special Nuclear Material (SNM), that have a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Ju-Chan Lee
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The weight of a spent nuclear fuel concrete storage cask is usually over 100 tons, and thermal testing using a prototype cask is expensive…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael L. Shipman
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The true amount of measurement error affecting nuclear material accounting measurements is unknown. Statistical models are used to estimate…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Marek Flaska, Marc A. Wonders
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A number of scenarios in nuclear nonproliferation, safeguards, security and disarmament would benefit from the development of a truly…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andreas Enqvist, Taylor J Harvey
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A fast neutron scatter camera is sought for the purposes of localizing neutron emitting sources for nuclear safeguards and security…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles Weber, Susan Smith
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A model was developed to simulate enrichment plant operations that deviate from optimal cascade design and operate contrary to declarations…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shaun D. Clarke, Sara A. Pozzi, Tony H. Shin, Angela Di Fulvio
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The University of Michigan (UM) has investigated a stilbene-based fast-neutron uranium collar (FNCL) system for non-destructive assay (NDA…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David L. Chichester, Jeff D. Sanders
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nonproliferation and Arms Control sponsored different groups to design and simulate an instrument…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Stefan Pretterhofer, Herbert Frühwirt, Christian Gierl-Mayer, Herbert Danninger
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MMC samples consisting of aluminum and boron carbide were prepared out of sintered powder. In a first step, the sintering behavior of the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James Larrimore
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Over the sixty years of INMM’s existence, IAEA safeguards have continually evolved, starting with specific facility safeguards and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Karen A. Miller, Vlad Henzl, Emily Casleton, Janette R. Frigo
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LA-UR-19-204042019 INMM AbstractTitle: Smart Monitoring of Nuclear Facilities: Implementation Concepts and Development StatusAuthors: Karen…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam D. Williams
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Traditional physical protection system (PPS) design approaches (e.g., the renowned Design Evaluation and Process Outline-DEPO) tend to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Rennie, Charlotte Berg, Marc Paff, Greg Orlicz
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The Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD) program utilizes technical expertise from National Laboratories to provide partner…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Willy Kaye, Brian Kitchen
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The nuclear industry has long used germanium spectrometers to accurately quantify source terms. These systems may consist of a shielded…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Taisia Piskureva
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In the process of formation a safety culture at a nuclear facility, it is necessary to take into account all aspects of influencing it and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William F. Swift
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In the 1960s and 1970s, the Savannah River Site (SRS) K Reactor performed high-neutron-flux irradiations to produce unusual and heavy…