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United States Assistance for Dismantlement of Former Soviet Nuclear Weapons
Type:JNMM
Volume:21
Issue:1
Author(s):William F. Burns
Abstract:
The collapse of the old order in the former Soviet Union has been well-documented. The rapidity of the collapse, the extent of change and…
United States Assistance for Dismantlement of Former Soviet Nuclear Weapons
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William F. Burns
Abstract:
This paper was presented during the plenary session of INMM's 33rd Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. The collapseoftheoldorder in theformer…
United States Role in the Formulation of the 1992 International Target Values for Uncertainty Components in Fissile Isotope and Element Assay of Nuclear Materials
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles E. Pietri
Abstract:
The continuing need to define international standards of measurement for the safeguarding of nuclear materials involving the independent…
Universal Authenticated Item Monitoring System (AIMS) Second Generation Equipment
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Baumann, J. L. Schoeneman, C. D. Jenkins, A. W. Perlinski, L.J. Fox
Abstract:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) is in the final stages of developing a Universal Authenticated Item Monitoring System (AIMS) [1]. When…
UPGRADING SPENT FUEL SHIPPING CASKS TO MEET HIGHER BURN UP
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Y. Brachet, A. Lemogne
Abstract:
Two of the main basic characteristics transportation of spent fuel assemblies have undergone a significant evolution - initial enrichment…
Uranium Hcxafluoridc (UF6) and 21 PF-1 Overpack: Proposed Rulemaking Revisions
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Francis M. Kovac
Abstract:
Department of Transportation (DOT) regulations, Title 49, Code of Federal Regulations, parts 100 -180, are the main regulations impacting…
Using Contraband Simulators For Portal Metal Detector Testing
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dale Murray
Abstract:
Because contraband materials or items are either too dangerous or too expensive, contraband simulators have been widely used to test…
Validating Criticality Calculations for Spent Fuel with 252Cf-source-driven Noise Measurements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.T. Mihalczo, A.W. Krass
Abstract:
The 252Cf-source-driven noise analysis method can be used for measuring the subcritical neutron multiplication factor k of arrays of spent…
Validation of Master Safeguards and Security Agreements for DOE-Albuquerque Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Scott, M.P. Billings, J.W. Weatherby, R.R. Adair
Abstract:
The Albuquerque Field Office (AL) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) operates several facilities for which Master Safeguards and…
Variance Propagation at the Portsmouth Uranium Enrichment Plant
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Russell E. Johns, Dave Shisler
Abstract:
The uranium enrichment plant presents unique problems in variance propagation. Some of the commonly discussed sources of measurement…
Verification of Declared Thiodiglycol Production under a Convention on Chemical Weapons
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Stein, Rudolf Avenhaus, M.J. Canty
Abstract:
A simple and practical framework for the verification of industrial scale production of key-precursor (Schedule^)) chemicals under a…
Verification of Nuclear Warhead Dismantlement and Special Nuclear Material Controls
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James L. Fuller
Abstract:
The FY-1991 Defense Authorization Act (Section 3151) required the President to establish a Technical Advisory Committee in order to prepare…
Verification Tests on Cask-Storage Method for Storing Spent Fuel at Reactor
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):Toshiari Saegusa, Hidetsugu Yamakawa, M. Mayuzumi, O. Kato, C. Ito, T. Arai, K. Shirai, M. Misumi, S. Shiomi
Abstract:
In Japan. the cask-storage method of spent fuel will be licensed in the near future and the related R & D works (part ly of the…
Vulnerability Analysis Process for Evaluating Protection Against Design-basis Threats
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lawrence Harris, Lewis A. Goldman
Abstract:
The Department of Energy (DOE) requires vulnerability analyses (VAs) to be performed in support of three Safeguards and Security programs:…
Waste Crate Counter Design
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.C. Miller, D.G. Langner, J.R. Wachter
Abstract:
We have examined a number of scenarios for configuring slab counters to measure low-level, noncompactible plutonium-bearing waste (LLW) and…
Weapons Dismantlement Activities of the United States and the Former Soviet Union
Type:JNMM
Volume:21
Issue:1
Author(s):Ambassador I.M. Palenykh
Abstract:
The subject raised for discussion at the INMM Annual Meeting is directly related to — I would even say predetermined by — the current…
Weapons Dismantlement Activities of the United States and the Former Soviet Union
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ambassador I.M. Palenykh
Abstract:
This paper was presented during the plenary session of INMM's 33rd Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla. The subject raised for discussion at the…
A Computerized, Pictorial Representation of Sensor Status for Intrusion Detection Systems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Darwin R. Perkins
Abstract:
Computerized intrusion detection systems, called the Alarm Monitoring System (AMS), have been in place at multiple Hanford Sites for…
A METHOD FOR CALCULATING THE CONSEQUENCES OF EXPLOSIVE RADIOLOGICAL RELEASES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.J. Layman
Abstract:
Radiological releases resulting from detonations are a primary concern of analysts when they are dealing with radiological sabotage.…
A New Approach to Comparing Ultrasonic Seal Signatures
Type:JNMM
Volume:19
Issue:2
Author(s):J. M. McKenzie, C.C. Hartwigsen, D.L. Lowe
Abstract:
Sandia National Laboratories since the late 1970s has been developing ultrasonic sealing systems for international safeguards…