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PBR Pebble Sensitivity Analyses for Material Accountancy Purposes
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Author(s): Braden Goddard, Zachary Crouch, Zeyun Wu, Ben Impson
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Pebble bed reactors (PBR) are one of several advanced reactor designs being developed by multiple commercial entities. While there are…
PGET Monte Carlo simulations
using Serpent
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Author(s): Topias Kähkönen, Ilja Makkonen, Riina E Virta, Peter Dendooven
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Since 2017, over 100 spent nuclear fuel assemblies at the Finnish nuclear power plants have been imaged with the Passive Gamma Emission…
Polydiacetylene Sensor Arrays as Multimodal Tamper Indicators
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Author(s): Stephanie White, Clayton Curtis, Heidi Smartt, Cody Corbin
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Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is developing a sensing suite of polydiacetylene (PDA) materials for tamper indication. PDAs represent…
Possibilities for monitoring the composition of an iPWRcore using ex-core neutron detectors
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Author(s): Markus Preston, Erik Branger, Sophie Grape, Olena Khotiaintseva, Volodymyr Khotiaintsev
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The possibility for wide-spread implementation of small modular reactors (SMRs) in the coming years comes with associated challenges for…
Potential Disposition Options for Surplus US DOE Nuclear Materials in Support of
Disposition Planning
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Author(s): Philip M. Almond, Jeffrey S. Allender, Deanna Stimac, Gage B. Green, Michael Aldinger, Isaac D. D’Agostino
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The Disposition Pathway Studies project led by Savannah River National Laboratory and supported by National Nuclear Security…
Predicting Process Area Workforce for Human Resource Development in a
Nuclear Power Plant
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Author(s): Jafaru Musa Egieya, Stephen O. Dahunsi
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Following the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference, there were calls to introduce alternative energy sources to mitigate global warming. The…
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS FROM A SURVEY OF REGULATORY
REQUIREMENTS OF EURATOM MEMBER STATES ON NUCLEAR
MATERIAL ACCOUNTING AND CONTROL MEASURES FOR NUCLEAR
SECURITY
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Author(s): D. DONNELLY, C. CHAUVET-MALDONADO
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Continuous regulatory control of nuclear material in a State is key in meeting the obligations under the Amendment to the Convention on…
Preliminary Results of a Multi-Sensor Data Science System for Monitoring a Solvent
Extraction Process
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Author(s): L.A. Ocampo Giraldo, E.S. Cárdenas, M.A. Garces, M.R. Greenhalgh, J.D. Hix, J.T. Johnson, S. Popenhagen, C.M. Walker, K.N. Wilsdon
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Idaho National Laboratory is building a test bed to allow researchers the opportunity to study nuclear fuel processing operations. This…
Probing air pressure in the measurement of stopping powers of the alpha
particles in a very small-size detection system
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Author(s): V.T. Jaswanth, Unnati Gupta, Mohd Tabish, Archana Yadav, Alpana Goel
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Detection of alpha particles using small detectors in compact system play a vital role in radiation monitoring. This paper aims to examine…
Production and Analyses of Uranium Oxide Microparticulate Reference
Standards: Current Status and Outlook
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Author(s): Stefan Neumeier, Philip Kegler, Stephan Richter, Simon Hammerich, Miroslav Zoriy, Cole R. Hexel, Benjamin T. Manard, A.K. Schmitt, Mario Trieloff, Shannon Potts, Dirk Bosbach, Irmgard Niemeyer
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and its worldwide Network of qualified Analytical Laboratories (NWAL) conduct analytical…
Production, Analysis, and Application of Microparticulate Uranium Oxide-based Reference Materials
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Author(s): Philip Kegler, Stefan Neumeier
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A special session was organized in the framework of the INMM & ESARDA – Joint Annual Meeting, 2023 representing the current status and…
Programmatic Value Determination Process for Accountable Nuclear Materials
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Author(s): Leigh Gunn, Rob Magleby
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US DOE is responsible for lifecycle management of special and accountable nuclear materials used and held at sites throughout the complex…
Progress in Geo-based Data Integration (GDI) in the IAEA Department of Safeguards
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Author(s): M. Barletta, P. Bustos, M. Carey, A. Kaminski, A. Keskinen, W. Raja, N. Sumarokov, D. Tadjer, A. Yeoh
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Department of Safeguards has deployed the Geo-based Data Integration (GDI) platform for…
PROLIFERATION RESISTANCE ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLE RECYCLING OF REENRICHED REPROCESSED URANIUM FUEL IN COMMERCIAL LIGHT WATER
REACTORS
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Author(s): Melis Yildiz Sakarya, Sunil Chirayath
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The rapid growing demand for electricity combined with the limitations of renewable energy such as wind and solar and also excessive CO2…
PROMPT GAMMA RESPONSE SIMULATIONS FOR NUCLEAR FORENSIC
APPLICATIONS
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Author(s): Brad Nethercutt, Nick Grenci, Marek Flaska
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A simulation package has been developed to aid in the characterization and identification of unique nuclear material signatures throughout…
Prototype of Tamper Indicating Device for Automated Robotic
Application
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Author(s): Michael Tomlin, Camille Kudrna, Tanner Goins
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To reduce the amount of weapons-grade nuclear waste present in the United States, the Department of Energy (DOE) started an initiative to…
Puck Passive Loop Seal
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Author(s): Heidi Smartt, Cody Corbin, Corey Parada, Rokwel Wade, Stephanie White, Clayton Curtis, Sagan Cox
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Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is advancing technical capabilities used in passive loop seals. The “Puck” seal uses a set of…
Pushing the boundary: Particle edge determination in human segmentation of uranium ore concentrates in scanning electron microscopy images
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Author(s): Cole J. Thompson, Reid Porter, Alexa Hanson, Kari Sentz
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Nuclear forensics rely on a mosaic of approaches to support the determination of nuclear material origin and production pathway. Morphology…
Quantification of 242 Pu with a Microcalorimeter Gamma
Spectrometer
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Author(s): Emily Teti, Daniel T Becker, Douglas A Bennett, Matthew H Carpenter, Mark Croce, Krystel De Castro, E.A. Feissle, Joseph Fowler, Johnathon Gard, Katrina E Koehler, John A.B. Mates, David Mercer, DG McNeel, Nathan Ortiz, Daniel R Schmidt, K.A. Schreiber, D.S. Swetz, Joel Ullom, Leila R Vale, Sophie L Weidenbenner, Abigail Wessels, Ryan Winkler
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We report observation of the 103-keV and 159-keV gamma ray signatures of 242 Pu using the SOFIA microcalorimeter gamma-ray spectrometer.…
QUANTIFYING THE EFFECT OF MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTY ON A
SEPERATED PLUTONIUM ATTRIBUTION METHODOLOGY
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Author(s): Patrick J. O'Neal, Sunil Chirayath
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Ongoing work at Texas A&M University has produced a nuclear forensics methodology that can attribute a separated plutonium sample’s…