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Muon Spectrometer-Tomography System for Monitoring Spent Nuclear Fuel Casks
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Author(s): Junghyun Bae, Stylianos Chatzidakis
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Monitoring spent nuclear fuels (SNF) is an important task to ensure reliable stewardship of waste management and prevent potential…
NBL Program Office Nuclear Reference Materials
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Author(s): Peter Mason
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The NBL Program Office (NBL PO) is the US certifying authority for special nuclear reference materials. The NBL PO will provide an update…
Neutron Capture Gamma-Ray Multiplicity Analysis for Characterization of Moderated Special Nuclear Material
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Author(s): John Polack, Michael Hamel, Peter Marleau, Sean O'Brien, Elicia Tiano
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Neutron multiplicity analysis is a commonly employed technique for estimating the mass and multiplication of special nuclear material (SNM…
New Frontiers for Automated Material Control and Accountability
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Author(s): Christopher Ramos, Warnick Kernan, Julie Gostic
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Current safeguards inspection needs place significant demands on both inspectors and the facilities being inspected. Safeguards inspectors…
New Non-Destructive Assay Methods for Thorium Fuel Cycle Safeguards
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Author(s): Benjamin McDonald, Jonathan Burnett, R.A. Clark, Areg Danagoulian, Andrew Gilbert, Michael Moore, Jonathan Kulisek, Ethan Klen, Glen Warren, Mital Zalavadia
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Emergent thorium fuel cycles present an array of potential new reactors, materials, and isotopic mixtures that will fall under…
Next Generation Adhesive Seal
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Author(s): Glen A. Warren, Jacob Benz, Nikhil Deshmukh, Wenbin Kuang, Matt MacDougall, Kevin Simmons, Jennifer Tanner, Paul Murphy, Kerr Wallace
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The Next Generation Adhesive Seal project has developed a pressure-sensitive adhesive seal designed for high-security applications, such as…
Non-destructive material characterization of radioactive waste packages with QUANTOM®
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Author(s): Laurent Coquard, Andreas Havenith, Theo Koble, Hermann Friedrich, Olaf Schumann
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For the safe intermediate storage and final disposal of radioactive waste, waste packages have to meet the waste acceptance requirements…
Nuclear Facility Experience with the SOFIA Ultra-High-Resolution Microcalorimeter Gamma Spectrometer
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Author(s): Mark Croce, D.T. Becker, D.A. Bennett, S.T.P. Boyd, R.H. Cantor, M.H. Carpenter, E.A. Feissle, J.D. Gard, J. Imrek, G.B. Kim, K.E. Koehler, J.A.B. Mates, DG McNeel, D.J. Mercer, N.J. Ortiz, D.R. Schmidt, K.A. Schreiber, D.S. Swetz, L.R. Vale, A.L. Wessels, S.L. Weidenbenner, R. Winkler, D. Yan, J.N. Ullom
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The first ultra-high-resolution microcalorimeter gamma spectrometers are now being deployed thanks to extensive recent developments in…
Nuclear Safeguards, Arms Control and Climate Change
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Author(s): Kathleen Doty, Theodore W. Bowyer, Paelina DeStephano, Lindsey Gehrig, Annie B. Peddicord
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At the COP26 Climate Summit in Glasgow, the United States pledged to cut its emissions by at least 50% below 2005 levels by the end of this…
Nuclear Science and Security Education Laboratory at Amity – Off-line and On-line Facility Development
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Author(s): Sutanu Bhattacharya, Alpana Goel, Archana Yadav, Arpita Datta, Sudatta Ray, Unnati Gupta, Ashok Jain, Craig Craig M. Marianno, Sunil Chirayath
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Amity Institute of Nuclear Science & Technology (AINST), Amity University Uttar Pradesh (AUUP) in with the Center for Nuclear Security…
Nuclear Security Education: Teaching Nuclear Security Threat Analysis and Assessment To Nuclear Engineers
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Author(s): Matthew Zerphy
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The Ken and Mary Alice Lindquist Department of Nuclear Engineering in the College of Engineering at The Pennsylvania State University (Penn…
Optimized Light Extraction for Inorganic Scintillators Using 2-D Photonic Crystals
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Author(s): Stuti Surani, Patrick Albert, Faruk Logoglu, Pete Lauer, Daniel Holcomb, Douglas Wolfe, Marek Flaska
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Inorganic scintillation-based detectors are widely used for gamma spectroscopy due to their high light yields providing reasonable energy…
Performance Targets for IAEA Detection of Undeclared Nuclear Activities
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Author(s): Margaret Arno
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LLNL-ABS-832154 In States with comprehensive safeguards agreements, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) implements safeguards…
Performance Testing of Commercially Available Tools for Logo and Text Detection and Identification for Safeguards Applications
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Author(s): Sydney Dorawa, Zoe Gastelum, Yana Feldman, Teagan Zuniga
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Recent increases in performance of open-source computer vision models and the availability of enterprise or cloud-based computational power…
Performance Testing of Cyber Incident Response at NPP Operators
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Author(s): Michael Rowland, Andrew Hahn, Dave Trask, Richard Brown, Charles Nickerson, Christopher Spirito
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Cyber-attacks targeting nuclear facilities are an increasing concern for nuclear security. However, unlike physical security, performance…
Performing Remote IAEA Safeguards Inspections Using Digital Engineering, HoloLens Mixed Reality, and Ambulatory Robotics
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Author(s): Jack Cavaluzzi, Gustavo Reyes, Kaleb Houck
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This paper will introduce the growing Digital Engineering (DE) department at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and some of the tools they are…
Performing Remote IAEA Safeguards Inspections Using Digital Engineering, HoloLens Mixed Reality, and Ambulatory Robotics
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Author(s): Jack Cavaluzzi, Gustavo Reyes, Kaleb Houck
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This paper will introduce the growing Digital Engineering (DE) department at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) and some of the tools they are…
Persistent DyNAMICS
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Author(s): L. Burke, J. Chin, J. Haack, S. Manay, R. Morales Rosado, Lucas Parker, Norma Pawley, J.R. Powers-Luhn, D. Rosa de Jesus
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Many signatures of nuclear proliferation activities, such as material movements or tell-tale emissions, are subtle, fleeting, and rare.…
Photon-Based Active Interrogation of Shielded Nuclear Materials Using Trans-Stilbene Organic Scintillators and an Artificial Neural Network System.
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Author(s): Tessa Maurer, Abbas Jinia, Christopher Meert, Shaun Clarke, Hun Seok Kim, David Wentzloff, Sara Pozzi
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Active interrogation methods based on the measurement of prompt fission neutrons show promise in the detection of shielded and hidden…
Planning for a Nuclear Power Program: Assessing Nigeria's Confidence in Government and Potential for Science and Technology
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Author(s): Patrick Lynch
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The development of a nuclear power program will require incredible commitments to science and technology, especially for countries…