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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Olivia Mazzapica, Matthew LeBeau, Jonah Newton, Bishop Alexander, John Davis, Andrea Labouriau
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Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) employs a variety of filtered containers to handle nuclear material, both inside and outside of a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Darrell Mayberry, Riane Stene, Katherine Koh, Corlisa Awino, Alan Albrecht, Tim Pope
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To ensure the highest quality of analytical measurements, the IAEA’s network of analytical laboratories (NWAL) must manage robust internal…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Claudio Gariazzo, Sunil Chirayath
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Pebble-fueled reactors (PFRs) are a category of nuclear reactors that will require accurate nuclear material accounting and control (NMAC…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Philseo Kim, Sunil S. Chirayath, Matthew Fuhrmann
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Several nuclear energy newcomer countries have become interested in small modular reactors (SMRs) as a nuclear energy source to meet…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.L. Sindelar, D.W. Babineau, P.W. Gibbs, J.E. Klein, M.L. Moore
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The D-T fusion reactor energy systems are expected to have large (kg level) inventory of tritium inprocess for moderate-to-large (up to 500…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vaibhav Mishra, Erik Branger, Sophie Grape, Markus Preston, Zsolt Elter
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Safeguards verification using non-destructive assay (NDA) techniques is an important pillar of the safeguards regime to ensuring that…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hidetoshi KIKUCHI, Manabu Sato, Yukiyasu Tokai
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On-Site Laboratory (OSL) for the Rokkasho Reprocessing Plant (RRP) was established in order to analyze safeguards samples taken at RRP in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Aloïs Clement, Nicolas Saurel, G. Perrin, Nathanaël Gombert
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Gamma spectrometry is a passive non-destructive assay method used to quantify radionuclides present in nuclear objects. Basic methods using…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Daniel Krementz, Ian Hayes, Joshua Cunningham, Joshua Flach, Richard Headley, William R Johnson, Matt MacDougall, HaliAnne McGee-Hilbert, Kate McIntosh, Karen Ventura, Ben Stanley
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A boundary-based approach to the implementation of a Chain of Custody (CoC) system to the weapons dismantlement lifecycle has been…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sneha Nair, Nickolas Roth
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Since the first days of the Manhattan Project, access to careers and knowledge relating to nuclear issues has been gatekept, preventing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam Stratz
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Nuclear forensics is a critical component in identifying and attributing radioactive and nuclear (R/N) materials out of regulatory control…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexei N Skurikhin, Garrison Flynn, Michael A. Geyer, Giri R. Gopalan, Natalie E. Klein, Juston S. Moore, Mark G. Myshatyn, Nidhi K. Parikh, Rosalyn C. Rael, Selma L. Wanna, Emily Casleton
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Recent progress in AI has culminated in foundation models (FMs) that can facilitate the development of innovative approaches for nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Zoe Gastelum, Kristin Divis, Sydney Dorawa, Jamie Coram, Breannan C. Howell
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: The research community is exploring multiple potential applications of artificial intelligence and its enabling technologies for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Peter Lalor, Areg Danagoulian
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To combat the risk of nuclear smuggling, radiography systems are deployed at ports to scan cargo containers for concealed illicit materials…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tsukasa AMANO, Ryodai SHIBATA, Yoshiharu Sato, Katsuyuki YAMAZAKI, Hideo Shiromo, Hironobu Nakamura
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In Japan, about 10 years have passed since the law obligated nuclear operators to develop and maintain a nuclear security culture. During…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. Maimounatou, R. Eltayb Hassan Eltayb, H. Garba, E. AGBORAW, A, Simo
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For States with less than specified minimal quantities of nuclear material and no nuclear material in a facility, some of the measures for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lisa Colletti, E. Miller Wylie
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In 2010 Los Alamos National Laboratory finished building a new facility called the Radiological Laboratory Utility Office Building (RLUOB…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Euan L Connolly, Dean T Connor, Peter G Martin
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Radiation portal monitors positioned at seaports form a crucial part of national security infrastructure by providing a means to deter and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Croce, David Mercer, Katherine A Schreiber, Daniel McNeel, Matthew H Carpenter, Rico Schoenemann, Katrina Koehler, Wade Ivey, T. J. Keever, Haley Wightman, Michael Dion, Daniel Becker, Joel Ullom
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Nondestructive characterization of high-burnup nuclear fuels is an important potential application of gamma spectroscopy and enabling…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stefano Vaccaro, Marta Cerini, Matteo Mazzuccato, Paolo Peerani
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Radioactive waste drums containing nuclear material pose a significant challenge in the context of JRC-Ispra decommissioning and waste…