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THE VERIFICATION OF REACTOR OPERATING USING THE FORK DETECTOR*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Siebelist, Howard O. Menlove
Abstract:A technique has been developed for verification of lightwater reactor operating history from measurements of irradiated fuel assemblies.…
The Vulnerability Assessment Process and Enhancements in Nuclear Material Protection Contro/ and Accountability Programs
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Ek, Cornelius Turner, Michele A. Bergman, Byron Gardner
Abstract:Lawrence Livermore National Laborato~ and Sandia National Laboratories have conducted Vulnerability Analysis (VA) workshops at several…
TIME AND FREQUENCY DOMAIN MEASUREMENTS FOR PLUTONIUM METAL RINGS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.D. Blakeman, T.E. Valentine, J.T. Mihalczo, V.K. Paré
Abstract:The 252Cf-source-driven noise analysis method has been used to measure the neutron multiplication factor for subcritical systems and to…
TOWARD BETTER MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS IN JAPAN AND ASIA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hiroyoshi Kurihara
Abstract:Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to present the keynote speech on the situation of nuclear…
Toward Better Management of Nuclear Materials in Japan and Asia
Type:JNMM
Volume:25
Issue:1
Author(s):Hiroyoshi Kurihara
Abstract:Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and gentlemen, it is a great honor for me to present the keynote speech on the situation of nuclear…
TRANSPARENCY IN NUCLEAR WARHEAD DEMANTLEMENT LIMITED CHAIN OF CUSTODY AND WARHEAD SIGNATURES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gerald Kiernan, Mark Percival
Abstract:The goal of the U.S. Safeguards, Transparency, Irreversibility (SIT) initiative is the development and of a series of Wmspamncy measures…
U. S. and Russian Cooperative Efforts to Enhance Nuclear Material Protection, Control, and Accountability at the Siberian Chemical Combine at Tomsk-7
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leslie G. Fishbone, Michael O’Brien, L. Runyon, James R. Griggs, Byron Gardner, Mark Mullen, Jonh Kreykes, Richard Morgado
Abstract:The US partners in the Laboratory-to- Laboratory program in Nuclear Materials Protection, Control, and Accountability (MWXA) have reached…
U. S. Department of Energy Physical Protection Upgrades at the Latvian Academy of Sciences Nuclear Research Center, Latvia*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael Haase, Mark S. Soo Hoo, Erik Engling, Chet Hine, Chris Robertson, Ivan G. Waddotms, Antons Lapenas, Maris Dambis, Andrejs Salmins
Abstract:Approximately five years ago, the Safe, Secure Dismantlement program was started between the United States and countries of the Former…
U.& Government-hGovernment Cooperation on Nuclear Materials Protection, Control and Accounting
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Mladineo, Kate Bricker
Abstract:The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is cooperating with Ruasi&the Newly Mependent States (NH), and the Baltics to help prevent the…
U.S. BILATERAL PHYSICAL PROTECTION EXCHANGES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Russell S. Hibbs
Abstract:The dissolution of the former Soviet Union has focused attention on the security of nuclear material in order to prevent terrorist groups…
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY EFFORTS IN SUPPORT OF FISSILE MATERIAL ASSURANCE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carol R. Raeder
Abstract:Fissile material assurance is important for allowing the Department to draw positive conclusions regarding the status of nuclear material…
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION SAFEGUARDS ASSISTANCE TO THE REPUBLICS OF THE FORMER SOVIET UNION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephen R. Caudill, Stephen R. Caudill, Charles W. Emeigh, Michael F. Kelly, Michael F. Kelly, Janice Dunn Lee
Abstract:Since 1992,the U.S. Nuclear RegulatoryCommission(NRC)has been wrking to help improvenuclear safeguardsat both the nationaland…
U.S. TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO IAEA SAFEGUARDS STRENGTHENING EFFORTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ira N. Goldman
Abstract:Beginning in mid-1993, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) undertook AProgramme 93 + 2\" to evaluate a variety of measures to…
U.S.-RUSSIAN COLLABORATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RUSSIAN METHODOLOGICAL AND TRAINING CENTER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alan M. Bieber, Greg Sheppard, G. Pshakin, R. Cross, D. Dickman, D. Ek, C. Key, B. Ryazanov,, G. Sanord
Abstract:Since the initial decision by the Russian Federation Ministry of Atomic Energy (Minatom), in March 1994 to create a state Russian…
U.SJRussian Lab-to-Lab Materials Protection, Control and Accounting Program A. A. Bochvar’s All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alan M. Bieber, B. Siskind, Ronald Augustson, M. Ehinger, Wayne Ruhter, Hiroshi Hoida, Vladimir Kositsyn, Vladimir Rudenko
Abstract:The All-Russian Scientific Reseamh Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM) performs reseamh in nuclear power reactor fuel, spent fiel…
ULTRASOUND READER FOR POLLUX CASK SEALS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R Weh, K. Rudolf, B. Richter, U. Netzelmann, G. Giersch, D. Van Der Eecken
Abstract:To the end of maintaining the continuity of knowledge of the cask inventory during transportation and intermediate storage a sealing system…
Uncertainty Determination Demonstration Program On MC&A Measurement Systems *
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John P. Clark, A. Harper Shull
Abstract:Statistically propagated limits of error(LOE) for accountability measurements are usually smaller than LOEs derived from historical data.…
UNITED STATES - RUSSIAN LABORATORY-TO-LABORATORY COOPERATION ON PROTECTION, CONTROL, AND ACCOUNTING FOR NAVAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Vladimir Sukhoruchkin, D.G. McConnell, Mark Mullen, Nikolai Yurasov, Yuri Goncharenko
Abstract:In March 1995, the Russian Navy contacted safeguards experts at the Kurchatov Institute (IQ and proposed the initiation of work to enhance…
UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE TO KAZAKSTAN IN THE AREA OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SECURITY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas Reilly, J. K. Halbig, James Sprinkle, Wanda G. Mitchell, Margaret Barham, Garry Tittemore, Charles Roche, Brad Steele, R. Burnham, J. Mason, D. Olsen, P. Planchon, M. Shapiro, F. Crane, R. Case, A. Eras
Abstract:The United States has agreed to pursue cooperative nuclear Material Protection, Control & Accounting (MPC&A) programs with the…
UNITED STATES PLUTONIUM PRODUCTION, ACQUISITION, AND UTILIZATION FROM 1944 THROUGH 1994
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leonard W. Myers, Edward L. Reynolds, Mark E. Byers
Abstract:On February 6, 1996, Secretary of Energy Hazel O’Leary held an openness press conference to declassify the United States (U. S.) plutonium…