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Nuclear Materials Review Board at the Nevada National Security Site
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Author(s): Cassandra Lind, Robert Kanning
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The Nuclear Materials Management Program at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) implemented a Nuclear Materials Review Board (NMRB)…
Nuclear Safeguards via Remote Monitoring of Small Modular Reactors Deployed in
Canada’s North and Remote Regions
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Author(s): Bryan van der Ende, Manit D. Shah
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Small modular reactors (SMRs) are an enabling technology that supports all four pillars of the Government of Canada’s “Northern Strategy…
Nuclear Safeguards with Digital Transformation for Sustainable International Development
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Author(s): Junho Kwon, Man-Sung Yim
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The current international aid mechanism is unsustainable because the value flows unidirectionally. However, science, technology, and…
Nuclear Security Impacts of HALEU Fuels in Advanced Reactors
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Author(s): Sarah Sarnoski, Samuel Bays, D. Colameco, R. Cumberland, R. Fielding, K. Geelhood, T. Harrison, L Jollay, V. Mehta, R. Montgomery, G. Reyes, C. Robinson, T. Zipperer
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With the anticipated development and deployment of several advanced reactors designed to use High-Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU) fuel…
Nuclear Security Regime in Ghana
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Author(s): Simon Adu
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Uses of nuclear and other radioactive materials in peaceful applications in energy production, medicine, research and industry, to improve…
Nuclear Suppliers Group Assurances for U.S. Imports
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Author(s): Gary Langlie
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The Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) is a group of nuclear supplier countries which seeks to contribute to the non-proliferation of nuclear…
NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT: A NIGERIAN CASE STUDY
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Author(s): Ibrahim Hamza Maishanu, Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu
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Nigeria is among the top new comer countries on the African continent. Albeit the public acceptance and the effort by government, one major…
NuScale Safeguards by Design
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Author(s): Sean Morrell, Nadja Joergensen
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In 2022, NuScale Power LLC, (NuScale) initiated an internal project to establish an international safeguards strategy for the NuScale…
NUWARD SMR Safety, Security and Safeguards Approach Preparing for International
Deployment
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Author(s): D. FRANCIS, S BEILS
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Drawing on the deep experience and understanding of the principles of nuclear safety, security and safeguards as well as many years of…
Object Detection of Components in a Radiograph for Treaty Verification Behind
an Information Barrier
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Author(s): Matthew R. Marshall, Heidi Komkov, Erik Brubaker
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Information from an x-ray radiograph can identify the presence or absence of components within a treaty accountable item (TAI). However,…
Observations on Lack of Transparency of the Nuclear Arms Expansion
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Author(s): Yuki KOBAYASHI, Tomonori IWAMOTO
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There are issues of particular concern for Japan in the Asian region about China pursuing nuclear armament with no transparency. As a…
OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE FOR MATERIAL ACCOUNTANCY
ANALYSIS
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Author(s): Nathan Shoman, Pat Moosir
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Material accountancy is a cornerstone of safeguards and security for nuclear fuel cycle facilities. However, the underlying methodologies…
OPERATIONALIZING INSIDER THREAT POTENTIAL AND RISK-SIGNIFICANT
INSIDERS TO ENHANCE INSIDER THREAT DETECTION AND MITIGATION
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Author(s): Colton Heffington, Adam D. Williams, Shannon Abbott, Christopher Faucett, Sondra Spence, William Charlton, Katherine Holt, Melinda Lane
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Recent trends in insider threat for critical facilities have shifted focus toward determining the potential for a successful insider act.…
Operationally Focused Data Analytics for Optimizing Radiation Portal
Monitor–Based Nuclear Smuggling Detection Systems at Global Ports of
Entry
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Author(s): Michael Kuhn, Kristen Peña, Chris Pope, Michael Shannon
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The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence has deployed a fleet of radiation…
Optimization of Training Effectiveness of Physical Protection Course for Asian Region: Best mix of
in-person and virtual methodologies
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Author(s): Naoko Noro, Megumi Sekine, Naoko Inoue, Carol Scharmer, Austin Orr
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During the COVID-19 pandemic, ISCN has developed several online training courses on nuclear non-proliferation and nuclear security for the…
ORS/Iraq Collaboration on the Securing of Medical Radioactive Source Devices in Iraq
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Author(s): Michael O’Brien, Brian Gunn, Kaitlin Oujo, Fadhil Mizban
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This paper will describe how numerous obstacles were overcome in a three-year period, 2019-2022, to secure radioactive sources in Iraq,…
Panel Discussion: Considerations of the Model Additional Protocol Annexes
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Author(s): Filippo Sevini, Laura Rockwood, James Casterton, Malin Ardhammar, Noah C Mayhew
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The Model Additional Protocol (Model AP) of 1997 was developed with the aim of improving the ability of the IAEA to verify the completeness…
Partial Defect Verification of Spent Fuel with the new IAEA Cerenkov
Viewing Devices
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Author(s): L. Meirose, R. Krentz-Wee, A. Sokolov, D. Finker
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The neXt generation Cerenkov Viewing Device (XCVD) was authorized in 2019 for gross defect verification of spent nuclear fuel in wet…
Passive Detection and Active Interrogation for Nuclear Disarmament Verification -
Outcomes and Challenges from Canadian Technology Demonstration Exercises
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Author(s): G. Li, F. Ali, G. Edwards, H. Fritzsche, O. Kamaev, L. Li, D. Pérez-Loureiro, E.T. Rand, K. Stoev, B. Sur
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Nuclear Disarmament Verification (NDV) requires reliable technologies and procedures to verify nuclear weapons reduction without the…
Past, Current Status and the Future of Safeguards Implementation under
INFCIRC/66/Rev.2
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Author(s): R. Eltayb Hassan Eltayb, I Tsvetkov
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The year 2022 was a special one for the global safeguards community, which celebrated 60 years since the first IAEA inspection, 50 years…