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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):HIRONOBU OKAMOTO
Abstract:The bituminization demonstration facility (hereinafter called the \"BDF\") was constructed for processing low-level radioactive waste…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven P. Kadner, K. Ferguson, W.S. Roman, S. Kraus, M. Zebarth
Abstract:Currently available avtive or passive electronic toagging systems either require a large and costly porthol monitoring antenna with limited…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David W. Crawford
Abstract:This paper discusses the increased role of containment and surveillance (CIS) in safeguarding special nuclear materials (SNM) in long-term…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rena Whiteson, Robert P. Landry, A.N. Roumiantsev, S. Peter Gary, Mike Boor, Yuri A. Ostroumov, Benny Martinez, Sharon L. Seitz, Linda K. Anderson
Abstract:The threat of nuclear weapons proliferation is a problem of global concern. International efforts at nonproliferation focus on preventing…
Type:JNMM
Volume:25
Issue:4
Author(s):Kiyonobu Yamashita, Fujio Miyamoto, Sigeaki Nakagawa, Toshiyuki Tanaka
Abstract:The High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) is an HTGR-type research reactor — direct access to the core for inspection is…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. Arnold Hakkila, Tom Burr
Abstract:Domestic and international safeguards considerations of the various plutonium disposition program options were studied. The options…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. Gmelin,
Abstract:Developments during the last two years resulted in policies intended to strengthen the international nonproliferation and safeguards…
Type:JNMM
Volume:25
Issue:4
Author(s):David Crawford
Abstract:This paper provides a technical justification for the safeguards termination limit (STL) for immobilized nuclear materials being…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen Dupree, Gotthard Stein, Cecil Sonnier, Carlo Foggi
Abstract:The Joint ESARDA-INMM Workshop on Science and Modern Technology for Safeguards was held in Arona, Italy, October 28-31,1996. It was…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H.D. GARBIN, P.B. HERRINGTON, R.P. KROMER
Abstract:Questions have arisen regarding the applicability of seismic sensors to detect mining (re-entry) with a tunnel boring machine (TBM). Unlike…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John P. Clark, A. Harper Shull
Abstract:An essential part of any measurement control program is adequate knowledge of the uncertainties of the measurement system standards. Only…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. K. Li, Akira KUROSAWA, Yusuke Kuno, T. Kuno, O. Kitagawa
Abstract:We have studied the isotope dilution gamma-ray spectrometry (IDGS) technique for simultaneous measurements of elemental concentrations and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F.P. Ziemba, A.Y. Cheng, J.E. Browning, N. Szluk
Abstract:The economic and political disarray in the former Soviet Union coupled with the need to enhance security for stockpiles of SNM (Special…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wlater R. Kane, Peter E. Vanier
Abstract:In the nuclear safeguards and arms control areas, well-developed methodologies exist for determining the properties of nuclear materials…
Type:JNMM
Volume:25
Issue:2
Author(s):Y. Orechwa, R.G. Bucher
Abstract:A methodology is presented for the estimation of in-cell electronic mass balance uncertainties for variance propagation and measurement…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. Gmelin,, K. Martin
Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to discuss from the statistical point of view whether short notice random inspections (SNRIs) can enhance…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):O.W. Heaton
Abstract:Since the start of the construction of the U.S. Department of Energy Waste Isolation Plant near Carlsbad, New Mexico, in 1981, the project…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael V. McClary
Abstract:This paper provides a review and summary of the work accomplished by the Departmetn of Energy's Russia/NIS Nuclear Materials Security Task…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Nilsen, Robert Pollock
Abstract:The United States and Russia are responsible for large and growing quantities of stored nuclear material from dismantled nuclear weapons.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Victor Bragin, John Carlson, John Bardsley, John Hill
Abstract:The IAEA has utilised a comprehensive set of Safeguards Criteria since January 1991, for application in the period 1991 - 1995. These…