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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:In the winter of 1987, a federal spending bill was signed into law that would provide less money for major programs at the Department of…
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:1
Abstract:The limiting factor to the absolute accuracy of isotopic measurements is no longer instrumentation hardware. Greater understanding and…
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:1
Abstract:Based on reviews of the early and recent literature concerning comparative measurements of plutonium, sources of measurement error are…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The material accountancy and control procedures for a commercial mixed oxide fuel fabrication facility are described and related to an…
Type:JNMM
Volume:17
Issue:2
Abstract:A recent Department of Energy regulation specified that the two man rule should be employed at a plutonium conversion facility. Analysis…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Our experience with mixed oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication facilities leads us to conclude that there is inadequate guidance available to plant…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The past decade has been a time of dynamic change in the physical security posture within the nuclear industry. We have enhanced and new…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A rapid ion exchange/direct current argon plasma (DCAP) spectrometry method is now being applied at the Savannah River Site to provide…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:Spent fuel casks are generally transported in horizontal position, tied down to the conveyance frame by their handling trunnions. These…
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:1
Abstract:The DOE role for NBL in safeguarding nuclear material into the 21st century is discussed. Development of measurement technology and…
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:1
Abstract:The Ames Laboratory, under Frank Spedding, had the task, among others, of producing high-purity uranium metal fuel for the reactor at the…
Type:JNMM
Volume:18
Issue:1
Abstract:Based on reviews of the early and recent literature concerning comparative measurements of plutonium, sources of measurement error are…
Type:JNMM
Volume:17
Issue:3
Abstract:By the end of 1990, Virginia Power will have loaded five different dry storage cask designs for the Surry Power Station Independent Spent…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:The IAEA transport regulations ( 1985 edition) are scheduled to be introduced in Japan. New regulations are supposed to be set forth for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), through the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, is planning and developing a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Nuclear Waste Policy Act of 1982, as amended, authorizes DOE to characterize the unsaturated tuff at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, to…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:The transport of irradiated fuel from the UK's Advanced Gas Cooled Reactors to the reprocessing plant at Sellafield has, up to now, been…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A Modified Cobra Seal System has been developed at Sandia National Laboratories. This seal system is an updated version of the original…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Historically, large scale safeguards alarm andj communication systems have required the expensive: computational power of a mainframe or…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Abstract:Uranium hexafluoride (UF6) throughout the nuclear fuel cycle is handled and stored in cylinders which are designed, manufactured, and maint…