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Type:JNMM
Volume:16
Issue:2
Author(s):Joachim B. Fechner
Abstract:Adequate physical protection measures are required by law as a licensing prerequisite for all transporters of nuclear materials and for…
Type:JNMM
Volume:16
Issue:2
Author(s):Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck Elizabeth Q. Ten Eyck
Abstract:Nuclear materials and facilities must be protected from hostile acts which could possibly impactpublic health and safety or national…
Type:JNMM
Volume:16
Issue:4
Author(s):E. William Brach
Abstract:Performance-oriented safeguards regulations reflecting the different strategic value of special nuclear material were recently published…
Type:JNMM
Volume:17
Issue:1
Author(s):R. W. Foulkes R. W. Foulkes
Abstract:The safeguards strategy developed for THORP and the corresponding design features have recently been described in a paper to the ANS 3rd…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C.R. Frost
Abstract:A regulatory requirement for the re-licensing of Ontario Hydro's operating CANDU reactors is a documented conceptual decommissioning plan,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Willard D. Altman, John W. Hockert, John S. Hunt
Abstract:Effective safeguards and security management begins with comprehensive strategic planning that synthesizes protection objectives, threat…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kenneth H. Jackson
Abstract:Seven DOE Orders from 5632. through 5632.6, falling under the heading of \"Protection Program Operations\", have been issued with…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. V. Weinstock, Leon Green, Ernest W. Karlin
Abstract:The development and production of safeguards equipment is a complex process containing many potential pitfalls between the conceptual…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Bodnarczuk
Abstract:This paper opens with a brief overview of the purpose of Fermilab and a historical synopsis of the development and current status of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Howard, R. Parsells
Abstract:This paper is an overview of the PPPL Quality Assurance and Reliability program. It describes the Laboratory's research devices and it's…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. L. Driscoll
Abstract:The Radioactive Materials Packaging (RAMPAC) database is designed to store and retrieve information on all packagings certified for the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. B. Perry, S. Fiarman
Abstract:A need for faster plutonium calorimetric assay measurements at several DOE plutonium facilities has been established. A method for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jack H. Nelson
Abstract:An Intrusion Detection System with dual redundant monitor and control units, redundant data busses, and optional redundant sensor capabil…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martha C. Williams
Abstract:Nuclear manufacturing facilities rely on many measurement systems for material control. To control the systems, facilities must measure…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. H. Weber
Abstract:Every facility strives to comply with DOE Order 5630.2 requiring independent and timely measure- ments of between facility shipments.…
Type:JNMM
Volume:16
Issue:3
Author(s):E. Robert Gilbert, Wendell J. Bailey, A. Burton Johnson
Abstract:Spent fuel integrity is a major consideration in licensing actions for spent fuel storage technologies. While wet storage continues to be…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. E. Bernhardt, S. V. Prewett
Abstract:Metallic uranium manufacturing wastes are pyrophoric and must be stabilized before transportation or disposal. The wastes can be…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William M. Sprecher
Abstract:Disparate perceptions of risk have emerged as one of the critical issues confronting the future of commercial nuclear power. This paper…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph Karam, Alan Karnovitz, Paul J. Merges
Abstract:The paper presents a risk assessment to characterize the potential for liability costs associated with a facility for disposal of low-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.M. Workhoven, Paul R. Klarer
Abstract:This paper describes a current effort at Sandia National Labs to develop an outdoor robotic vehicle capable of performing limited…