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REDUCTION OF NUISANCE ALARMS IN MULTIPLE PHENOMENOLOGY PERIMETER PROTECTION SYSTEMS USING A HIGH ORDER NEURAL NETWORK PROCESSOR
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…
REDUNDANT AND INDEPENDENT CONTAINMENT AND SURVEILLANCE SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis Mangan, Darrvl D. Prayer, C.S. Sonnier
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Facilities which contain large amounts of nuclear material and facilities where the nuclear material is difficult to access are now coming…
REPORT OF AN ESARDA MEETING ON OPTICAL SURVEILLANCE DATA REDUCTION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F.J. Walford, T.B. Pierce
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In view of the increasing requirement by both Euratom and IAEA Safeguards Inspectorates to take full advantage of the use of optical…
REPROCESSING INPUT DATA VALIDATION
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…
Reprocessing: Another Waste Management Strategy
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.…
RESULTS OF A STUDY ON THE RUNNING BOOK INVENTORY APPROACH TO INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
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…
Risk of Disclosure of Sensitive Information During Warhead Dismantlement
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.S. Strait, P.E. Harben
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Future arms control treaties may provide for dismantlement of warheads and/or controls on nuclear material. Choosing procedures and…
ROBOT SPEEDS ASSAYS AND ENHANCES SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Patrick F Phelan, Ronald W. Blankenship
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At the Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Facility, a robotics system utilizing a gantry robot and an automated inventory system will…
ROBOTIC DESIGN FOR AN AUTOMATED URANIUM SOLUTION ENRICHMENT SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. E. Sampson, G. Walton, E. Chris Horley, T.K. Li, T.A. Beugelsdijk
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A method to automate solution enrichment analysis by gamma-ray spectroscopy is being developed at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Both…
SAFEGUARDING IN PROCESS INVENTORY IN BULK HANDLING FACILITIES THROUGH SURVEILLANCE OF OPERATING RECORDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andre Petit
Abstract:
Achievement of a timeliness goal shorter than a year, in the safeguarding of in process inventories, in large bulk handling facilities…
Safeguards and Security Concerns for New Processing Facilities
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:2
Author(s):F. B. Davis
Abstract:
Savannah River Site (SRS) new facilities that will contain category I quantities of nuclear material. Learning from past experiences, one…
SAFEGUARDS FOR MOX FUEL ASSEMBLIES IN LIGHT-WATER REACTORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.G. Behrens, B. Richter, G. Stein, W.-D. Lauppe, H. Zakrocki
Abstract:
In the Federal Republic of Germany thermal recycling programmes have been implemented for the utilization of plutonium arising from…
SAFEGUARDS SYSTEMS AT THE PLUTONIUM FUEL PRODUCTION FACILITY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Ohtani, S. Takahashi, H. Kaneko, M. Seya, T. Higuma
Abstract:
Power Reactor and Nuclear Fuel Development Corporation (PNC) has constructed a new MOX fabrication facility, Plutonium Fuel Production…
SAFEGUARDS TRAINING APPROACH
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gary P. Kodman, Jimmie Rich
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A comprehensive training approach to Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (MC&A) requirements specified in DOE Order 5633.3 was…
SAGSI 1975-1990 - A PRESENTATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul Ek, J.P. Ikenberg
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SAGSI - Standing Advisory Group on Safeguards Implementation - was established in 1975 by the Director General of the International Atomic…
Search of Packages and Vehicles at Facilities Containing Formula Quantities of Strategic Special Nuclear Materials.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles E. Gaskin
Abstract:
On November 10, 1988, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) published a regulation which modified 10 CFR 73.46 to include the…
Selected Concrete Spent Fuel Storage Cask Concepts and the DOE/PSN Cooperative Cask Testing Program
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:3
Author(s):James M. Creer, Mikal A. McKinnon, Cesar E. Collantes
Abstract:
To date, water pools, metal casks, horizontal concrete modules, and modular vaults have been used to store the major quantity of…
SELECTING APPROPRIATE TEST TARGETS FOR PORTAL WEAPONS DETECTION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dale Murray
Abstract:
Adjusting a portal metal detector for weapons detection must be performed with great care. Set the sensitivity too high and the false…
SHORT NOTICE RANDOM INSPECTIONS: RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS AND EFFECTIVE SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Christian Kessler, Carol Eberhard
Abstract:
Since the publication of the Special Safeguards Implementation Report in 1976, the question of criteria for evaluating, and thence for…
SIMPLIFYING AND VALIDATING VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven C. Schlegel
Abstract:
There are several tools available to perform Vulnerability Assessments (VAs). These readilyavailable , general purpose assessment models…