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ENERGY: THE ENGINEER AS A COMMUNICATOR
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. David Rossin
Abstract:My speech to you today is about energy. I will talk about why it is important and why it is controversial. It will be important to our…
Enhancing the Reliability of Lithium Batteries for Safeguards Applications
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Kadner, Kevin Ferguson
Abstract:Lithium batteries are often the power source of choice for safeguards instrumentation. However, these batteries do not, in general, enjoy a…
Environmentally Induced Variation in the Detectability of Fence-mounted Intrusion Detection Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lindamae Peck
Abstract:Seasonal differences in the normal stiffness of the chain-link fence panels at CRREL's intrusion detection system (IDS) research facility…
Establishing a Volumetric Measurement Control Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eleanor W. Jenkins, Stephen H. Holt
Abstract:At the Savannah River Site (SRS), several facilities have nearly all their special nuclear material in solution and therefore, volume…
Establishment of NDE/NDA System Performance Standards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William W. Weston
Abstract:Paper not submitted.
Estimating Shipper/Receiver Measurement Error Variances by Use of ANOVA
Type:JNMM
Volume:21
Issue:2
Author(s):Brian M. Lanning
Abstract:Every measurement made on nuclear material items is subject to measurement errors which are inherent variations in the measurement…
Evaluation and Application of Commercial Environmental Measurement Techniques for the Monitoring and Detection of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Activities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Adam L. Hamilton, Larry J. Holcombe, D W. Swindle
Abstract:Recent nuclear safeguards inspections by International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) personnel have led to the conclusion that there is a…
Evaluation of Automatic Detection of Humans and Vehicles
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard F. Davis, Daniel A. Pritchard
Abstract:This paper describes recent efforts to evaluate and characterize an automated wide-area surveillance system called VISDTA (Video Imaging…
Evaluation of In-plant Neutron Coincidence Counters for the Measurement of Molten Salt Extraction Residues
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.G. Langner, P.A. Russo, Joseph R. Wachter
Abstract:Americium is extracted from plutonium by a molten salt extraction (MSE) process. The residual americiumladen salts are a significant waste…
Evaluation of the Aquila Prototype Generic Review Station (GRS)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Whichello, S. Kadner, K.J. Gartner, M. Doppke
Abstract:The GRS task was envisioned as a means of providing the IAEA with a single instrument with the capability to review a variety of video…
Experiences and Trends in Safeguarding Plutonium Mixed Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Plants
Type:JNMM
Volume:21
Issue:2
Author(s):M. Zendel
Abstract:Safeguard approaches for manually operated MOX fuel fabricationplants are compared to recent approaches adopted for automated fuel…
Factory Support - The Development of a Strategy for the Factory Support of a Fielded Surveillance System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James A. Coffing, Jesse Bozone
Abstract:From late 1992 to mid 1993, Aquila and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) executed a Factory Support Program for the Modular…
Feasibility of Dry Cask-to-cask and Pool-to-cask Spent Fuel Transfer Based on Single-Element Transfer Cask Experience
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Duane S. Schmoker, Rita Bowser
Abstract:Spent fuel transportation casks and canisterbased storage systems are generally loaded underwater in a nuclear plant's spent fuel pool/cask…
FIBLOC - An Optical Fiber Intrusion Location Sensor for Perimeter Protection and Intruder Identification
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Walter K. Kahn, Gerald F. Ross, Joseph D. DeLorenzo
Abstract:FIBLOC denotes a fiber optic intrusion location sensor system; it is based on a US patent held by ANRO Engineering, Inc., and the FIBLOC…
Formation of a Performace-based MC&A Assessment Program
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Heidi D. Johnson, Douglas A. Wolf
Abstract:Department of Energy Order 5633.3, Control and Accountability of Nuclear Materials, requires each facility possessing nuclear material (NM…
Frequency of Attack adn the Safeguards and Security Risk Evaluation Process
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David R. Pickering
Abstract:Political and fiscal considerations are driving safeguards and security policy changes. Frequent topics of discussion as a means of…
Full Height Determinations of Materials in Sealed Cans Using a Transmission Source and a Multichannel Sealing Technique
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert N. Ceo, L. Lloyd Collins
Abstract:Paper not submitted.
Gamma Scanning at High Count Rates of Irradiated BWR Fuel for Safeguard Purposes
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L. Hildingsson, Anders Backlin
Abstract:Gamma-ray scanning utilizing the \"'Cs radiation as a function of burnup of spent nuclear fuel has since long been used for safeguard…
Gamma-Ray Spectral Analysis Software Designed for Extreme Ease of Use or Unattended Operation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William M. Buckley, William Romine, Joseph B. Carlson
Abstract:We are developing isotopic analysis software in the Safeguards Technology Program that advances usability in two complimentary directions.…
GEMINI - Test of a Digital Surveillance System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Martinez, Steve Kadner, Mark Bronson
Abstract:The GEMINI Twin Camera System is a proposed all digital replacement for the existing Euratom (CEC) Twin Minolta Camera System. During 1992…