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Type:JNMM
Volume:25
Issue:3
Author(s):C. Ruth Kempf
Abstract:The 1990s have seen a tremendous transformation in the nonproliferation and arms-control landscape. The end of the Cold War meant the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Davidson
Abstract:One of the fundamental aims of any Physical Protection system in the civil nuclear industry is to ensure the highest practicable standards…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.T. Mihalczo, J.K. Mattingly, Taner Uckan, J. A. March-Leuba
Abstract:The fissile mass-flow monitoring system functions to measure the flow rate and uranium-235 content in liquid or gas streams. The system is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fredy Franssen, David Hope, D. Landat, B. Hunt, W. KOEHNE
Abstract:In nuclear fuel reprocessing, as with most plants, the emphasis is usually placed on continuous production over long uninterrupted periods…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Voegele
Abstract:In the fiscal year 1997 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, Congress directed the Department of Energy to complete availability Assessment…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gary D. Knight
Abstract:The u.s. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science and Technology (OST), sponsored a series of systems engineering analyses to guide its…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Doyle M. Hembree, Jr., D.L. Lowe, Joeseph Curtiss, Kent Goodey, Cornelius Turner, Pavel Mizin, Vladimir Rogatchev, Bruce Erkkila
Abstract:Luch, a MINATOM facility, has been engaged in upgrades in nuclear MPC&A will reinforce both scientific research and uranium processing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Deborah S. Fitzgerald, Bradley K. Burdett
Abstract:This paper presents the effort known as “Project Track Right”, in which Mason and Hanger Corporation at the Pantex Plant and Sandia…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James C. Crabtree
Abstract:(ANSI/INMM) N15 Technical Standards Committee has proposed development of a standard addressing safeguards systems. This paper describes…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lucien Pillette-Cousin
Abstract:Andra is the National Agency for Radioactive Waste Management. Andra operates the near-surface disposal facility of Centre de l'Aube. This…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mika Nikkinen
Abstract:Spent fuel attribute tester (SFAT) is a method for the gross defect verification of the spent fuel. The verification is based on the gamma…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas H. Prettyman, P.A. Russo, W. C. Feldman, A. Gavron, C. C. Cheung
Abstract:Gamma-ray and neutron imaging technology is emerging as a useful tool for nuclear materials safeguards. Principal applications include…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Peter A Clark, Oliver P. Nicols
Abstract:The safe and safeguardable storage of plutonium has, in the past been primarily the concern of the reprocessing plants and fuel production…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert H. Graham
Abstract:A rapidly deployable security system is one that provides intrusion detection, assessment, communications, and annunciation capabilities;…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John P. Clark
Abstract:The quality of a measurement can be determined by evaluating its uncertainty statement against the user's requirements. If the measured…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Pierre FUNK, Alain NICAUD, Jean-Claude BONIFACIO
Abstract:A recent development has been undertaken in the area of containment and surveillance. Its objective was to integrate data from various…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John J. Oras, Michael E. Wangler
Abstract:The American National Standard for Radioactive Materials - Leakage Tests on Packages for Shipment (ANSI N14.5) provides guidance for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven P. Kadner, Elizabeth Turpen
Abstract:Advances in digital technologies and telecommunications capabilities are increasingly being acknowledged as prospective tools in achieving…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen Dupree, Cecil Sonnier, Gordon Washburn
Abstract:Under international partnerships and bilateral agreements with the U.S. Department of Energy, Sandia National Laboratories, other national…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Puckett, Leonard Burczyk
Abstract:Recent developments in Internet technologies are changing and enhancing how we process and exchange information. These developments include…