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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Current criteria for criticality safety for spent fuel shipping and storage casks are conservative because no credit is permitted for the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Reactor facilities worldwide are beginning to use fuel assemblies made with reprocessed plutonium. The fresh mixed-oxide (MOX) assemblies,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Universal Authenticated Item Monitoring System (AIMS) will provide the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with a convenient…
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Abstract:Determining appropriate and cost-effective upgrades for safeguards and security (S&S) systems is a demanding activity. The process…
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Abstract:Evaluating protection effectiveness against potential threats requires an extensive amount of information about possible adversary actions…
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Abstract:E f f e c t i v e treaty v e r i f i c a t i o n depends on national technical means and cooperative measures such as on-site inspection.…
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Abstract:Master Safeguards and Security Agreements (MSS As), as controlling sections of a Site Safeguards and Security Plan (SSSP), constitute…
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Abstract:If order-of-magnitude cuts are to be made in the U.S. and Soviet nuclear arsenals, verification measures will probably have to be extended…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Video Surveillance Unit (VSU) has been designed to provide a flexible, easy to operate video surveillance and recording capability for…
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Abstract:International terrorism, narcotics trafficking, hijackings and other criminal activities pose a serious and continuing threat to United…
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Abstract:A system is being established to transport used fuel from Ontario Hydro's nuclear reactor stations to a possible future Canadian used fuel…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:This paper describes the drop testing of a one-third scale model transport cask ~::tern. Two casks were supplied by Transnuclear, Inc. (TN…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:Development of the 90,700 Kg (100 ton) 140-B Rail/Barge cask for OCRWM requires satisfying at least the following simultaneous and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Counting neutrons emitted by spontaneously fissioning plutonium isotopes is a means for determining plutonium content in samples.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A three dimensional (3-D) heat transfer computer code was developed to study and optimize the design parameters and to better understand…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is supporting the USDOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) in developing a…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:The purpose of this paper is to examine the radiation dose to drivers of vehicles carrying radioactive materials shipments by highway.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:We are developing a comprehensive tool for evaluating the effectiveness of safeguards and security systems against theft of special nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Yucca Mountain Project recently completed a conceptual design for a nuclear waste repository at the Yucca Mountain site. This…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The transfer of Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) between facilities is an activity that appears to be particularly vulnerable to theft or…