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APPLICATION OF STATE-OF-THE-ART PASSIVE AND ACTIVE NEUTRON ASSAY TECHNOLOGY TO A DECOMMISSIONING AND DECONTAMINATION PROJECT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John T. Caldwell, J. Michael Bieri, R.D. Hastings
Abstract:
Recently the Department of Energy and the Los Alamos National Laboratory have emphasized the transfer of state-of-the-art non destructive…
APPLICATION OR REMOVAL OF SAFEGUARDS SEALS BY FACILITY OPERATORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis L. Mangan, D. Drayer, F.J. Walford, C.S. Sonnier
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1.1 In this paper we identify the procedural requirements which would have to be met in order that facility operators could complete sore…
ARMS CONTROL TODAY: A REVIEW OF ONGOING NEGOTIATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael F. Heaney
Abstract:
Never in its history has the United States been embroidered in as many diverse bilateral and multilateral arms control negotiations as are…
ASSESS Update-Current Status and Future Developments
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.A. AI-Ayat, T. D. Cousins, E.R. Hoover
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The Analytic System and Software for Evaluating Safeguards and Security (ASSESS) has been released for use by DOE Field Offices and their…
AUTHENTICATION OF INSTALLED INSTRUUENTATION AND VALIDATION OF OPERATORS EQUIPMENT FOR SAFEGUARDS USE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. G. R. Smith, P. Chare, R. Schenkel, H.G. Wagner
Abstract:
The Euratom Safeguards Directorate has over the past five years evaluated, field-tested, purchased, calibrated and implemented in routine…
AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM FOR USE AT THE FAST CRITICAL ASSEMBLY (FCA)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. Ystesund, K. Young, J. Janov, E. Yellin, A. Perlinski, D.E. Rundquist, T. Mukaiyama, M. Gaillour
Abstract:
Sandia National Laboratories, the International Atomic Energy Agency, and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute have designed an…
Automated Calorimeter Testing System
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.W. Rodenburg, S.J. James
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The Automated Calorimeter Testing System (ACTS) is a portable measurement device that provides an independent measurement of all critical…
AUTOMATED SPIKE PREPARATION SYSTEM FOR ISOTOPE DILUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY (U)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John P. Clark, Sherrod. L. Maxwell III
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Isotope Dilution Mass Spectrometry (IDMS) is a method frequently employed to measure dissolved, irradiated nuclear materials. A known…
AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR CALCULATING THE UNCERTAINTY OF STANDARDS (U)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles D. Harvel
Abstract:
Working Calibration and Test Material (WCTM) solutions are essential as standards in the surveillance of analytical methods, the…
AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR VALIDATING BALANCE PERFORMANCE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John P. Clark, Philip Gibbs
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In 1987 a portable, automated, inexpensive mass and balance calibration system was developed at the Savannah River Site to ensure the…
AUTOMATED TANK CALIBRATION SYSTEM USING A PORTABLE COMPUTER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John P. Clark, Stephen H. Holt
Abstract:
Manual tank calibrations often have variabilities of both a random and systematic nature that often affect the quality of the data…
AUTOMATED TANK CALIBRATIONS USING INSTALLED MEASUREMENT EQUIPMENT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Crawford
Abstract:
A menu driven automatic tank calibration program was established at one of the new facilities at the Savannah River Site (SRS).…
AUTOMATION OF URANIUM ACCOUNTABILITY AUDIT PROGRAMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rosemary G. Dalton, Charles F. Sanders
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Customer Uranium Accountability Audits at the Westinghouse Commercial Nuclear Fuel Division's Columbia Plant have been enhanced through…
BODYFIT-SFS: A NUMERICAL CODE FOR THE THERMAL-HYDRAULIC ANALYSIS OF SPENT FUEL CONFIGURATIONS IN BOUNDARY-FITTED COORDINATES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Emmanuel Glakoe
Abstract:
The computer code BODYFIT-SFS (Boundary-Fitted Coordinate - Spent Fuel Storage), a thermal-hydraulic numerical code for the analysis of…
BUBBLER-PROBE MANOMETRY IN NUCLEAR PROCESS TANK MEASUREMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sylvester Suda
Abstract:
Bubbler-probe manometry has been used to measure the volume of uranium and plutonium bearing solutions in highly radioactive process tanks…
Calorimetry Modeling
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carolyn E. Robinson
Abstract:
A heat-flow calorimeter has been modeled on a Compaq PC, using the Algor Heat Transfer Modeling and Analysis Program, Algor Interactive…
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE PERFORMANCES OF C/S DEVICES AND SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. Yellin, F.J. Walford
Abstract:
Over the past few years the IAEA have shown a need to place increasing reliance on C/S techniques. The need arises frcm several causes, for…
CLANDESTINE TUNNEL DETECTION WITH LONG AND SHORT WAVELENGTH LIMIT ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE SCATTERING METHODS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Larry G. Stolarczyk
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Underground tunnels can be detected with crosshole and combinations of downhole -surface electromagnetic (EM) wave instrumentation.…
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM -SandSCAN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lawrence M. Desonier
Abstract:
Current classified document management systems require a tremendous amount of space and extensive manpower to account for, inventory, and…
CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT CONTROL SYSTEM -SandSCANLawrence
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lawrence M. Desonier
Abstract:
Current classified document management systems require a tremendous amount of space and extensive manpower to account for, inventory, and…