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A Nuisance Alarm Data System for Evaluation of Intrusion Detectors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.K. Ream
Abstract:
A Nuisance Alarm Data System (NADS) was developed to gather long-term background alarm data on exterior intrusion detectors as part of…
A PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF BIOMETRIC IDENTIFICATION DEVICES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Larry J. Wright, Russell L. Maxwell, James P. Holmes
Abstract:
A biometric identification device is an automatic device that can verify a person's identity from a measurement of a physical feature or…
A PROGRESS REPORT ON LASCAR
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Jennekens, Takeshi Someya
Abstract:
LASCAR (LArge SCAle Reprocessing Plant Safeguards) is a multinational forum which consists of the Federal Republic of Germany, France,…
A RESTRUCTURED PROGRAM FOR CIVILIAN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT\"
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. G. Easterling, R. G. Easterling
Abstract:
The success of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program is critical to U.S. ability to manage and dispose of nuclear waste safely…
A REVIEW OF PHYSICAL SECURITY ROBOTICS AT SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steve Roehrig
Abstract:
As an outgrowth of research into physical security technologies, Sandia is investigating the role of robotics in security systems. Robotics…
A Scheme for Randomized Inspections
Type:JNMM
Volume:19
Issue:1
Author(s):Ming-Shih Lu, Theodor Teichmann
Abstract:
We describe a general randomized inspection scheme that satisfies initially stipulated quantitative requirements on detection…
A SECURE CONTAINER FOR USE WITHIN GLOVE BOXES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Johnson, D. Drayer, M.L. Garcia, A.B.M. Islam
Abstract:
At the request of the International Atomic Energy Agency, a Secure Container System (SCS) is being developed by Sandia National…
A TRANSPORTABLE X-RAY FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS SYSTEM FOR ASSAY OF PLUTONIUM AND URANIUM SOLUTIONS IN GLOVEBOXES*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wayne Ruhter, O. Cromboom, John Goerten, R. Schenkel, H.G. Wagner, D.C. Camp
Abstract:
It is becoming increasingly more difficult and expensive for safeguards authorities to transport solution samples from inspected facilities…
A VISUAL ARTIFICIALLY INTELLIGENT SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM TO PROTECT AGAINST THE INSIDER THREAT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Victoria I. Kurtz
Abstract:
The purpose of the Visual Artificially Intelligent Surveillance (VAIS) System is to test the feasibility of using image processing…
Aiming at Better Physical Protection: Physical Protection in Japan
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:2
Author(s):Kenji Seyama, Hiromasa Nakano, Mitsuaki Kajiyoshi
Abstract:
Japan became affiliated with the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material on November 27,1988. Prior to that time and…
ALTERNATIVES FOR PACKAGING AND TRANSPORT OF GREATER-THAN-CLASS C LOW-LEVEL WASTE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.L. Smith
Abstract:
Viable methods for packaging greater-than-class C (GTCC) low-level wastes and for transporting those wastes from the waste generator sites…
AN APPROACH TO SAFEGUARDS FOR A NUCLEAR MATERIALS PLANT*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Neil R. Zack
Abstract:
This paper discusses a safeguards system that could be employed for a hypothetical nuclear material processing or production facility. The…
An Automatic Locating and Data Logging System lor Radiological Walkover Surveys
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jonathon E. Nyquist, Micheal S. Blair
Abstract:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory has developed an Ultrasonic Ranging and Data System (USRADS) to track a radiation surveyor in the 1'ield, to…
An Improved Technique For Passive Neutron Assay Through the Use of Extendable Dead Time and Higher Moments Analysis
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:3
Author(s):S.B. Degweker, M. Srinivasan, C.G Panchal
Abstract:
The well known High Level Neutron Coincidence Counting technique for the non-destructive determination of plutonium in sealed packages…
An Update on Vapor Detection of Explosives
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Frank J. Conrad, B.T. Kenna, D.W. Hannum
Abstract:
There have been tremendous developments in the field of explosives vapor detection within the last few years. The instruments that were…
ANOMOLY RESOLUTION COMPUTER SOFTWARE'
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Lamont, R.S. Strait, R. Saleh
Abstract:
When special nuclear material (SNM) inventory differences or other safeguards anomalies occur, nuclear materials managers are responsible…
Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles To Nuclear Materials Control and Accountability
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas Fisher
Abstract:
Various Department of Energy Orders and Directives require that the development and operation of nuclear material accounting systems be…
Application of Modular Vault Dry Storage to Public Service of ColoradoFort St. Vrain
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:3
Author(s):M. Lehr, C.J. Ealing, B.K. Agarwal
Abstract:
In March of 1988 NRC gave Topical Report approval for the first dry vault storage system to be submitted for nonsite specific design…
APPLICATION OF NONDESTRUCTIVE ASSAY TECHNOLOGY IN OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY'S WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F.J. Schultz, M.A. Smith, D.C. Hensley
Abstract:
Waste characterization is the process whereby physical properties and chemical composition of waste are determined. Waste characterization…
APPLICATION OF SAFEGUARDS TECHNOLOGY IN DOE'S ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION PROGRAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Eccleston, J.R. Phillips, Jack T. Markin, Glenn Hammond, M.P. Baker, W.R. Hansen, Leonard M. Brenner
Abstract:
During the last two decades, the Department of Energy's Office of Safeguards and Security (DOE/OSS) has supported the research and…