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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.L. Todd, W.C. Nickell
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A method to permit objective comparisons of physical security systems is under development and is expected to be useful in the optimization…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard J. Larson
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The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438) specifically outlines the safeguards responsibilities of the Nuclear Regulatory…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.P. Sarich
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An on-line inventory system for a large storage and processing facility is planned. A terminal system will provide for interactive updating…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William A. Brobst
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In December 197^, the Atomic Energy Commission announced that it was planning to take over all shipments of Government-owned special…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Herman Miller, Stephen H. Shepard
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This paper reports on the latest evolution of a very high speed fuel rod assay system. The system uses a large Californium source and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Owen Gailar, Peter Hindley
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Nuclear fuel management requires the capability to predict the isotopic composition or inventory of nuclear fuel during its residence in,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas E. Shea
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As one possible means to upgrade licensee safeguards systems, the NRC is exploring a real-time material control concept. The concept…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.B. Wallingford
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A barrel scanner was designed to assay 23S Uand/or *39Pu in 55-gallon drums filled with low density waste. Laboratory tests show that the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.L. Ayers
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The recent concern of the Federal Regulatory Agencies toward combating terrorist attack or sabotage has materially increased requirements…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Robert Keepin, David Burnham, Edward B. Giller, Dennis Wilson
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I. Perspective Record of nuclear safeguards performance to date. Projections of future safeguards requirements. II. Public/Congressional…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:3
Author(s):C. Robert Keepin, David Burnham, Thomas Cochran, Victor Gilinsky, Edward B. Giller, William Lanouette, Rudolf Rometsch, Theodore B. Taylor, Carl Walske, Dennis W. Wilson
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Proceedings of a Panel Discussion at the SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph P. Indusi, W. Marcuse
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A simulation model has been formulated and is running on the BNL computer which is undergoing refinement and development. It thus far has…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carl A. Bennett, William M. Murphey, Theodore S. Sherr
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A comprehensive rationale for safeguards design and evaluation, and a framework for continuing systematic assessment of the system's…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Lumb
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With the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, the responsibility for safeguarding source and special nuclear material was transferred from the…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:2
Author(s):Kirkland B. Stewart
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An important practical question is whether bias corrections should always be made to a measurement process or should be made only when a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Y.M. Ferris, J.R. Geoffrey
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Many definitions of Material Unaccounted For (MUF) are available from such sources as the ERDA Manual, Title 10 of the Code of Federal…
Type:JNMM
Volume:3
Issue:4
Author(s):Roger Moore
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An error of measurement may be defined as the "magnitude and the sign of the difference between the measured value and the 'true' value…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:1
Author(s):Roger Moore
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The "thoughts" in this essay arose from my being asked to comment on a paper by John L. Jaech, "Some Thoughts on Random Errors,…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:2
Author(s):John L. Jaech
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The problems associated with making bias corrections to SNM accountability data have received considerable attention recently. In…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:1
Author(s):S.C. Suda
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Systematic error has been struggling for recognition for almost fifty years. One of the first papers on the topic is due to Student [1]…