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Type:JNMM
Volume:19
Issue:2
Author(s):Thomas L. Sanders, Ronald I. Ewing, William H. Lake
Abstract:After spent fuel has cooled for several years, its efficient transportation and storage tend to be limited by nuclear criticality safety…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Vodrazka, J. Dennis Chen, Gary J. Young
Abstract:Tests were performed at a water-water energy reactor (WWER) in Loviisa, Finland to study the Cerenkov images of spent fuel assemblies,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Vodrazka, L. Cermak
Abstract:After a successful conclusion of the Cobra seal IAEA field trials, the Cobra Seal System was installed in two Canadian facilities. The…
Type:JNMM
Volume:19
Issue:3
Author(s):Frank E. Jones
Abstract:Techniques developed to very effectively apply automatic Karl Fischer reagent titration to the determination ofH solids were used to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark K. Snell, Byron Gardner, William K. Paulus
Abstract:The determination of security system effectiveness against outsider threats using the Analytic System and Software for Evaluation of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tatsuyuki Omote, Tomiharu Yoshida, Makoto Senoh, Tuyoshi Takeuchi
Abstract:A spent fuel ID number reader using ultrasonic imaging techniques has been developed to realize efficient and automatic verification of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. A. Mason
Abstract:The non-destructive measurement of Plutonium by calorimetry has advantages over both destructive and other nondestructive techniques such…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard W. Hutchinson
Abstract:In 1984, the U.S. established a framework for the Chemical Weapons Convention (CMC) through the introduction of a draft treaty proposal by…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.A. AI-Ayat, A. Sicherman
Abstract:The new draft DOE Material Control and Accountability Order 5633.3 requires that facilities handling special nuclear material (SNM)…
Type:JNMM
Volume:19
Issue:3
Author(s):Norman S. Beyer
Abstract:This paper describes an evaluation of the measurement reliability of a portable, fast-response, small-sample calorimeter. The main thrust…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C.A. Steverson, M.I. Angerman
Abstract:As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) goals and Department of Energy (DOE) inventory requirements are frequently in conflict at…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Samuel Rod
Abstract:Nuclear waste management facilities are characterized by their complexity, many unprecedented features, and numerous competing design…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. R. Zack, K.E. Thomas, S.A. Jones, S.P. Pederson
Abstract:The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant's Building X705 contains equipment for recovering uranium from other facility process equipment and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V. Schuricht
Abstract:IAEA inspections are an essential part of the international safeguards system. Past trends in safeguards and their impact on inspection…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ann Reisman, J. Christian Kessler
Abstract:The U.S. Program of Technical Assistance to IAEA Safeguards (POTAS) has since 1978 provided technology and technical assistance to the IAEA…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James M. Peterson
Abstract:The Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, popularly referred to as the Tri-Party Agreement (TPA), was signed by the U.S.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cynthia Boler-Melton, Michael K. Holland
Abstract:In the separation and purification of nuclear material, nuclear criticality safety (NCS) is of primary concern. The primary nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sherrod. L. Maxwell III
Abstract:At the Savannah River Site (SRS), irradiated fuel from research reactor operators or their contract fuel service companies is reprocessed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andre Petit
Abstract:The IAEA has now 200 Inspectors or so, and Euratom a similar number. People in Vienna are talking about increases of this staff, in the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G.A. Sheppard, P.A. Russo, T.R. Wenz, Eric C. Piquette, M. C. Miller, F.X. Haas, J. Bruce Glick, Albert G. Garrett
Abstract:The use of gamma-ray measurements to nondestructively assay special nuclear material holdup in DOE processing facilities has increased…