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Experimental Neutron Signature Measurements of U-233 Plates
at the Device Assembly Facility
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Oskar F Searfus, Peter Marleau, Heather Reedy, I. Jovanovic, Eva C Uribe
Abstract:
The thorium fuel cycle is emerging as an attractive alternative to conventional nuclear fuel cycles, as it does not require the enrichment…
Experimental Validation of Nuclear Forensics Methodologies for Reactor-type Attribution,
Burnup Determination, and Time Since Irradiation Estimation.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sean Martinson, Patrick J. O'Neal, Sunil S. Chirayath
Abstract:
Nuclear forensics (NF) is a critical field of nuclear security and nonproliferation that must continually grow and improve to combat…
EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF SIMULATED
PREDICTIONS FROM THE DDSI INSTRUMENT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sophie Grape, Erik Branger, Zsolt Elter
Abstract:
The Differential Die-away Self Interrogation (DDSI) instrument was researched for many years under the Next Generation Safeguards…
Exploration of a Remote
Antineutrino-Based Monitoring
Concept for Small Modular Reactors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Emma Houston, Adam Bernstein, Tomi A. Akindele, Marc Bergevin, Sandra Bogetic
Abstract:
Neutrino detectors have been proposed to meet the safeguards challenges for the next generation of nuclear reactors [1], [2]. While small…
Exploration of Morphologic Signatures of Uranium Tetrafluoride for Nuclear Forensic Science
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexa Hanson, Ian Schwerdt, Kathleen Matthies, Cole Thompson, Kari Sentz
Abstract:
UF4 is a common feedstock for production of uranium metal and UF6, and open-source publications regarding the morphology of UF4 are limited…
Exploring the Application of Cognitive Science in Nuclear
and Radiological Security
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jawad R. Moussa, Andrew J. Wilcox, Charles A. Potter
Abstract:
The introduction of new technological solutions has prompted an overall expansion of the role of technology in nuclear and radiological…
EXTRACTING THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE - THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE IN THE ANALYSIS OF SAFEGUARDS RELEVANT
INFORMATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. SCHNEEWEISS, T. STOJADINOVIC, Z. ABBALI, N. Gillard, M. NITECKI
Abstract:
Through safeguards, the IAEA is able to provide credible assurances that States are honouring their international obligations to use…
Facilitating the Adoption of Non-Radioisotopic Technologies in the Research Community:
Reproducibility and Comparability
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Warren Stern, Sidra Zia, Christopher Boyd, Ioanna Iliopulos
Abstract:
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) seeks to assist and support all partnersin the fields of radiobiology, radiation…
Fast Neutron Collar (FNCL) Instrument Advancements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V. Mozin, T. Stiegler, J. Dreyer, J. Dreyer, K. Kazkaz, S. Walston, T. Pershing, S. Czyz, T. Guglielmo, S O'Neal
Abstract:
A multi-disciplinary research team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is investigating advanced hardware components, signal…
Feasibility and challenges of 22Na based radioactive tracer dilution for mass
measurement of molten salts
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Guoping Cao, Shelly Li, Brian Storms, Magen Coleman, Ammon Williams, Praneeth Kandlakunta, Matthew Van Zile, Lei Cao
Abstract:
Molten salts play a crucial role as electrolytes in the pyroprocessing of spent nuclear fuels, as well as being used as fuel salt in…
Feasibility studies of doing NRTA measurements using an AmBe neutron source
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Farheen Naqvi, Hunterdon Watts, Peninah Levine, Areg Danagoulian
Abstract:
In this work a new approach for Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA) experiments is explored which forgoes a pulsed source for…
FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE CONVERSION OF IRT-DPRK RESEARCH
REACTOR FROM HEU TO LEU FUEL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dongyoul Lee, Sunil Chirayath
Abstract:
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) currently uses 80 wt% 235U enriched fuel in their research reactor (8MWth-IRT), which is not…
Fireball Chemistry and Hydrodynamics of Laser Ablation Plasmas
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Emily Kwapis, Jacob W. Posey, Enrique Medici, Kira Berg, Ryan W. Houim, Kyle C Hartig
Abstract:
Developing measurement technologies to monitor nuclear-relevant materials in the environment aims to prevent the proliferation of nuclear…
Fissile Measurement in Waste Minimizing Fuel Process using Neutron
Resonance
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):YongDeok Lee, Seong-Kyu Ahn
Abstract:
Nuclear fissile material was measured at the waste produced in the waste minimizing fuel process, using neutron resonance technique. The…
Flow Dynamics in the Equalization and Retention
Units of a Textile Company's Effluent Treatment
Plant (ETP): Implications for Removal Efficiencies
and Biodegradability Index
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adjoa Amponfi, Hannah Affum, Simon Adzaklo, Millicent Asare, Asimeng A. Sarkodie, Dennis Adotey
Abstract:
Radioactive tracer (RT) residence time distribution (RTD) technology and conventional effluent quality techniques have been respectively…
French centralized nuclear material accounting: a tool at the heart of national
security and safeguards implementation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Romuald BON NGUYEN
Abstract:
In the context of a revision of the national regulations for the protection and control of nuclear materials, the French authorities have…
Game Engine Based Data Augmentation with In-game Customization and
Modeling for Malicious Behaviors Identification in Nuclear Security
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Xingyu Song, Zhan Li, Shi CHEN, Kazuyuki Demachi
Abstract:
Nuclear security is potentially seriously compromised by external and internal threats to nuclear facilities, such as stand-off attack and…
Game-based Learning in Nonproliferation at Argonne National Laboratory and Texas A&M University
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Claudio Gariazzo, Sunil Chirayath, Craig Marianno, William Charlton
Abstract:
Our international nuclear safeguards community is a dynamic one which benefits from individuals with a wide array of backgrounds. Due to…
Gamma Enrichment Analysis Algorithm Based on
Physics-Informed Neural Networks
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Marcus Neuer, Christian Henke
Abstract:
A gamma enrichment analysis is presented that utilises physics-informed neural networks (PINN). Such networks exploit existing mathematical…
GEM Algorithm Advancements to
Improve Reprocessed Uranium Enrichment Measurements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vladimir Nizhnik, Andrey Berlizov, Rebecca Krentz-Wee
Abstract:
A lanthanum bromide (LaBr3(Ce)) detector coupled to a digital multichannel analyser and gamma enrichment measurements (GEM) spectrum…