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Efficiency Calibration of the H3D H420 Gamma-Ray Imager
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.P. Ziock, S. Brown, J. Daughhetee, P. Gibbs, D. Goodman, W. Kaye, V. Nwadeyi, K. Schmitt
Abstract:
The Surplus Plutonium Disposition (SPD) project is down blending tons of Pu for disposal as lowlevel radioactive waste. The bulk of the…
Efforts for Appropriate Responses to Safeguards Activities
(1) Overview
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rie Aoki, Masaya Shirafuji, Teo Nozaki, Narumi Akutsu, Noriko Miyaji, Hironobu Nakamura
Abstract:
In order to ensure transparency in the peaceful use of nuclear materials in state, it is important to appropriately respond to safeguards…
Electropotential Verification for Nuclear Facility Design Information Verification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Phoenix Baldez, Christine Downs, Chester Weiss, Rachel R. Helguero, Jesse Bland, Michael Hamel
Abstract:
Verifying that a nuclear facility’s infrastructure matches the declared design is vital to the continued success of international…
Empirical Study of Failure Factors in Deploying Nuclear Power Plants in Newcomer
Countries
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hanna Yasmine, Philseo Kim, Man-Sung Yim
Abstract:
With the rising demand for electricity and the simultaneous urgency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear energy is being revisited…
Encouraging the Participation of Younger Generation in the Nuclear
Industry
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, Ibrahim Hamza Maishanu
Abstract:
Never like before, the Nuclear industry has gotten a considerable attention and a wide spread of interest across the globe. It constitutes…
ENHANCING A SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND REGULATORY LIFECYCLE-BASED
FRAMEWORK FOR SECURITY-BY-DESIGN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam D. Williams, Alan Evans
Abstract:
“By-design” is an increasingly popular phrase in the expanding discussions revolving around advanced and small modular reactors (A/SMR)—…
Enhancing Multiplicity Analysis with a Position-Corrected Efficiency Algorithm through ListMode data acquisition
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cole J. Thompson, Robert K. Weinmann-Smith, Brian Weaver, Nik Economy, Martyn Swinhoe, Vlad Henzl, Marc Ruch, Audrey Roman, Duc Vo, Rollin Lakis
Abstract:
Neutron nondestructive assay (NDA) is often used for assay of waste materials at nuclear facilities to characterize the amount of nuclear…
Enhancing Nuclear Material Storage
Container Surveillance with Automation
and Machine Learning Toolkits
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ross Lee, Steven Lukow, Joseph Hafen, David Grow, Jonathan Gigax
Abstract:
Nuclear material storage containers at U.S. national laboratories must meet performance requirements set by the DOE to ensure the safety of…
Enhancing the Safety-Security Interface: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. NRC's ROP
and South Korea's Regulatory Framework with a Focus on Cybersecurity
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jinho Ryu, Aram Kim, Kihaeng Nam
Abstract:
This paper compares the regulatory frameworks for nuclear safety and security in the United States and South Korea, with a focus on…
Establishment of a Special Nuclear Materials Analysis Center in ROK
for National Safeguards Regulation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hyun Ju Kim, Jung Youn Choi, Haneol Lee
Abstract:
Special nuclear material (SNM) is defined as material subjected to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards. The ROK is…
EURATOM AND IAEA SAFEGUARDS IN FRANCE: CURRENT SITUATION AND
FUTURE CHALLENGES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Marianne Calvez, Audrey BARRIERE, Marika DEBRUYNE, Priscillia LUGNIER, Pierre MARCOT, Loïc ROUSSEL, Carin YOTA KETCHIEKMEN
Abstract:
With the exception of mining, France has a complete nuclear fuel cycle, from ore concentrates to radioactive waste. Based on the legal…
Evaluating a Field-Portable Neutron Resonance Capture Analysis System for Safeguards
Applications
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jill Rahon, Areg Danagoulian
Abstract:
Technological strides in the thorium fuel cycle suggest its possible commercialization for nuclear power use within the next ten years.…
Evaluating environmental sampling data for Safeguards
– principles and advances
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Schoeppner, B. Dabbs, K. Vilece, M. Nikkinen, C. Norman
Abstract:
Since the inception of using environmental sampling for Safeguards purposes at the IAEA to detect undeclared nuclear activities, the…
EVALUATING SENSITIVITY TRENDS FOR MOBILE ANTINEUTRINO-BASED
SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew Dunbrack, Anna Erickson
Abstract:
Antineutrino detection systems show potential as a non-intrusive, tamper-proof monitoring tool for nuclear reactors. Mobile antineutrino…
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Insider Threat Mitigation Preventive
Measures
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Landers, Sondra Spence, Bill McGlennon, Eric Gosset, Baleigh Morgan
Abstract:
Malicious insider threats are real and persistent in the nuclear industry and have existed since the industry’s inception. Fortunately,…
Evaluation of the Revised Sampling Planning Method for
National Safeguards Inspection
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Haneol Lee, Hyun Cheol Lee, Jung Youn Choi, Hyun Ju Kim, Yewon Kim
Abstract:
As the ROK adopted the state level approach (SLA) as the IAEA safeguards, the ROK’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) amended…
Evolution of technologies for the Future: Remote Detection Advancements for
Nuclear Material Management.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Ramos, Brian Yoxall
Abstract:
The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D)…
EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL-DELAY ROSSI-α FOR 252CF-DRIVEN HIGHLY
ENRICHED URANIUM USING ORGANIC SCINTILLATORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F.B. Darby, M. Y. Hua, R.A. Weldon, J.D. Hutchinson, G.E. McKenzie, J.R. Lamproe, S.D. Clarke, S. A. Pozzi
Abstract:
Neutron noise techniques constitute several analysis methods applicable to non-destructive assay. One technique is the Rossi-α method to…
Experimental and Computational Verification of a New Remote Monitoring System Design
for Spent Fuel Dry Cask Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Danielle M. South, Jeremy W. King, Sunil S. Chirayath, Craig Craig M. Marianno
Abstract:
Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is stored in dry casks following irradiation and initial cooling in spent fuel pools. Dry casks typically hold 2-…
Experimental Characterization of a
Lightweight Unmanned Aerial Radiation
Detection System equipped with a “Flat
Panel” gamma detector.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Tancioni, P. Berger, Rico Chandra, U. Gendotti
Abstract:
The capability of performing radiological monitoring of large areas using a lightweight, rapidly mountable gamma detection system is…