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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Jennekens, Nikolai Khlebnikov, Robert J. Sorenson
Abstract:An initiative has been underway during the past year to review and revise the process for planning and organizing the Department of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William F. Newberry, Joseph A. Coleman
Abstract:The Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Amendments Act of 1985 makes the Department of Energy (DOE) responsible for disposal of greater-than…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George A. Nestsik
Abstract:The Plutonium Finishing Plant Remediation Project was initiated in 1988 to formalize, dedicate, and separately fund ongoing maintenance and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. Gmelin,
Abstract:Based on the present structure and the plans of the nuclear industry in the European Community it is expected that the use of Plutonium in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Hironobu Nakamura, H. Sano, S. Usui
Abstract:The Safeguards Division of JNSB and the Agency developed Inspection Field Support System (IFSS) which utilized laptop computers as part of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L.L. Clark
Abstract:The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently planning a fee to recover costs of managing Greater- Than-Class-C Low-Level Waste (GTCC-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. K. Halbig, A.C. Monticore
Abstract:The feasibility of using nondestructive assay instruments as a core discharge monitor for CANDU reactors was investigated at the Ontario…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):U. Bicking, R. Seifert
Abstract:According to the Treaty of Non- Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) executes frequent…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. J. Massa, John W. Howard
Abstract:Bombs large enough (> 50 pounds of explosive weight) to require a vehicle for delivery to the detonation point pose a formidable…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Krick, N. Ensslin, Diana Langner
Abstract:Pyrochemical process materials are difficult to measure using conventional neutron counting methods because of significant self-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.C. Miller, Gene Bosler, Linda B. Baker, K. MacMurdo
Abstract:The heterogeneous nature of scrap and waste poses unique problems for quantitative measurement. This is particularly true when the sample…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tom R. Allen
Abstract:DOE facilities that are concerned with industrial sabotage are faced with two options in mitigating risk: (1) protect targets with…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ann H. Sanders
Abstract:Multiple sensors have been used for many years for the perimeter protection of high value facilities in order to ensure high probability of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis Mangan, Darrvl D. Prayer, C.S. Sonnier
Abstract:Facilities which contain large amounts of nuclear material and facilities where the nuclear material is difficult to access are now coming…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F.J. Walford, T.B. Pierce
Abstract:In view of the increasing requirement by both Euratom and IAEA Safeguards Inspectorates to take full advantage of the use of optical…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.G. Bucher, Paul J. Persiani, R.B. Pond
Abstract:The Isotope Correlation Technique (ICT), in conjunction with the gravimetric (Pu/U ratio) method for mass determination, provides an…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David Snedeker
Abstract:The reprocessing of irradiated civil nuclear fuel has been used as a fuel management strategy in a number of countries for many years.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.R. Johnson, C. G. Hough, F.H. Tlngey, M.J. White
Abstract:In last years annual meeting of the Institute, a preliminary report1 was given by the authors relative to a study being made of the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.S. Strait, P.E. Harben
Abstract:Future arms control treaties may provide for dismantlement of warheads and/or controls on nuclear material. Choosing procedures and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick F Phelan, Ronald W. Blankenship
Abstract:At the Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Facility, a robotics system utilizing a gantry robot and an automated inventory system will…