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Bilateral U.S. and Russian Remote Monitoring System for Special Nuclear Materials
Type:JNMM
Volume:24
Issue:2
Author(s):Kenneth B. Sheely, Michael F. O'Connell, Bobby H. Corbell, John Matter, Rebecca Horton, Jerry Silva, Vladimir Sukhoruchkin, Anatoly Drozdov, Alexandr Grigoriev, S. Paul Henslee, Gail Walters
Abstract:In the context of U.S. and Russian laboratory-to-laboratory initiatives, Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico contracted with the…
Calibration of an Explosives Vapor Generator Based on Vapor Diffusion from a Condensed Phase
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John E. Parmeter, Gary A. Eiceman
Abstract:In the field of explosives detection there is currently a need for a calibrated source of explosives vapor. Such a source could be used to…
CAPABILITIES AND FEATURES OF THE CLASS 100 CLEAN ROOM LABORATORY FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLE ANALYSES BY THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.W. Swindle, W.C. Webb
Abstract:On October 14, 1994, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) formally broke ground for construction of its Class 100 Clean Room…
COLLABORATIVE RUSSIAN-US WORK IN NUCLEAR MATERIAL PROTECTION, CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING AT THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND POWER ENGINEERING. II. EXTENSION TO ADDITIONAL FACILITIES 1
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leslie G. Fishbone, C.A. Rodriguez, James E. Stewart, C. R. Hatcher, G.A. Sheppard, Mark Rowland, Bradley Weil, Kate Bricker, R. Cross, D. Ek, V.V. Kuzin, A. P. Belov, V. Ya Poplavko, V.M. Skorkin, N.I. Stasyuk, Richard C, Baxter, John A. Blasy, Wayne Ruhter, John Valente, Bruce Erkkila, Bruce W. Smith
Abstract:During 1995, collaborative Russian-US nuclear material protection, control, and accounting (MPC&A) tasks at the Institute of Physics…
COMMISSIONING STUDIES OF AN OUTPUT TANK WEIGHING SYSTEM FOR ACCOUNTABILITY PURPOSES INSTALLED IN THE TAME FACILITY OF THE JRC ISPRA.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Van der Eecken, B.A. Hunt, M. CAVIGLIA, L.SILVA PESTANA, W. KOEHN, G. Coldwell
Abstract:A product tank weighing system has been installed in the TAME laboratory at the JRC Ispra.This tank, often denoted as a ‘D’ shaped vessel…
COMPARISON OF ATTENUATION CORRECTION METHODS FOR TGS AND SGS: DO WE REALLY NEED SELENIUM-75?
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T.H. Prettyman, R.J. Estep, G.A. Sheppard
Abstract:We compared DO WE REALLY NEED SELENIUM-75? R. J. Estep, T. H. Prettyman, and G. A. Sheppard Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos, New…
COMPARISON OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL MANAGEMENT ALTERNATIVES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C.L. Beebe, M.A. Caldwell
Abstract:This paper reports the process and results of a trade study of spent nuclear fiel management alternatives. The purpose of the trade study…
CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS OF NDA INSTRUMENTS FOR THE NRTA SYSTEM AT THE ROKKASHO REPROCESSING PLANT*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark M. Pickrell, Tracy R. Wenz, Howard Menlove, T. K. Li, S. Klosterbuer, H. Ai, S. Uehara, K. Fujimaki, M. Koyama
Abstract:We are studying conceptual designs of selected nondestructive assay (NDA) instruments for the near-real-time accounting system at the…
CONTROL OF UK ACCOUNTABLE NUCLEAR MATERIALS NOT SUBJECT TO INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Knight
Abstract:United Kingdom Accountable Nuclear Materials fall into two broad categories; those controlled under International Safeguards (normally…
COOPERATION BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NATIONAL LABORATORIES AND MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION FOR ENHANCEMENTS TO MATERIAL PROTECTION CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S.C. Suda, Douglas Manatt, M. Ehinger, G.S. Starodubtsev, A.I. Prishchepov, L.T. James, L. Runyon
Abstract:The Agreement Between the Department of Defense of the United States and The Ministry of the Russian Federation for Atomic Energy (MINATOM…
Cooperation on Nuclear Materials Protection, Control, and Accounting Between the Federal Nuclear and Radiation Authority of Russia (Gosatomnadzor) and the U.S. Department of Energyl
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Teresa Olascoaga, Y. VOLODIN
Abstract:The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and Gosatomnadzor (GAN) of Russia are engaged in a program of cooperation to enhance the…
Cooperative Efforts to Improve Accounting, Control and Physical Protection of Nuclear Material at the “Institute for Nuclear Research” Scientific Center of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the State Atomic Energy Commission of Ukraine
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):I.M. Vishnevsky, V.I. Gavriliuk
Abstract:The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ukrainian Government are engaged in a program of cooperation to enhance the nonproliferation of…
Cooperative Efforts to Improve Nuclear Materials Accounting, Control and Physical Protection at the National Science Center “Kharkov Institute of Physics and Technology”
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V.F. Zelensky, V.A. Mikhailov
Abstract:The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Ukrainian Government are engaged in a program of cooperation to enhance the nonproliferation of…
CURRENT APPLICATIONS OF THE OAK RIDGE SENSORS FOR ENHANCING NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS (ORSENS)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bruce W. Moran, Chris A. Pickett
Abstract:The Oak Ridge Sensors for Enhancing Nuclear Safeguards (ORSENS) program has developed technologies that are being incqorated into domestic…
DATA BASE CONCEPTS FOR MANAGING THE DOE NUCLEAR MATERIAL INVENTORY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.G. Behrens, J.D. Beams
Abstract:Information required by nuclear materials managers in the Department of Energy (DOE) is accessible with varying levels of difficulty.…
Defense Treaty Inspectin Readiniss Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John J, Cronin, Joseph D. Rivers
Abstract:The Defense Treaty Inspection Readiness Program (DTIRP) was established by the Department of Defase in 1990 to assist defense facilities in…
DESIGN AND REALIZATION OF A PROTOTYPE CENTRALIZED AND COMPUTERIZED ACCOUNTANCY AND INFORMATION SYSTEM ON BEHALF OF MINATOM OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Kschwendt, D. Van der Eecken, V. Terentiev, V. Smirnov
Abstract:Within the framework of the collaboration between the Eurafom Safeguards Directorate and organizations of the Russian Federation, the MINS…
DETECTING ANOMALIES IN A MATERIALS CONTROL AND ACCOUNTING DATABASE*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Danny A. Martinez, Rena Whiteson, Chris Baumgart, Barb Hoffbauer
Abstract:New and highly sophisticated systems are being developed for the control and accounting of nuclear material at US Department of Energy…
DETECTION AND MEASUREMENT OF GAMMA-RAY SELF-ATTENUATION IN PLUTONIUM RESIDUES’
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T.H. Prettyman, L.A. Foster, R.J. Estep
Abstract:A new method to correct for self-attenuation in gamma-ray assays of plutonium is presented. The underlying assumptions of the technique are…
DETERMINATION (IF FISSION NEUTRON TRANSMISSION THROUGH WASTE MATRIX MATERIAL USING NEUTRON SIGNAL CORRELATION FROM ACTIVE ASSAY OF 239PU*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.L. Coop, Charles L. Hollas, Gaetano Arnone, Glenn Brunson
Abstract:The accuracy of transuranic (TRU) waste assay using the differential die-away technique depends upon significant corrections to compensate…