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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.L. Carlson, R.G. Cardwell, G.M. Heidel
Abstract:There is a growing consensus among personnel responsible for the handling and protection of nuclear materials that certain types and forms…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Takeshi Osabe, Tadatsugu ISHIKAWA
Abstract:During PIV at a LEU fuel fabrication facility the safeguards inspectors are using the item counting as an important verification method to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.J. Gartner, B. Richter, G. Stein, G. Neumann
Abstract:Because of the worldwide increase in nuclear fuel cycle activities, the need arises to reduce inspection effort by increasing the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Eggers, G.P. Kodman
Abstract:The Automated Material Accounting Statistics System (AMASS) was developed under the sponsorship of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):J.P. Fabry, J. Draulans, I. Lafontaine, H. Richel, H. Libon
Abstract:The paper presents a survey of available data on shock-absorbing materials in order to collect information for possible later adaptation of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas P. Gilmer
Abstract:This paper analyzes the process which is typically followed in implementing an Intrusion Detection System. The analysis shows that this…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):R.D. Manteufel, D.E. Klein, H.R. Yoshimura
Abstract:BENCHMARKING THE Q/TRAN THERMAL ANALYSIS COMPUTER CODE. Q/TRAN, a new thermal analysis computer code, was examined for its use in modelling…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stephan Seidman
Abstract:The Smart Card—the plastic credit card sized package with an embedded computer chip—encompasses a level of technical sophistication which…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G.M. Wells
Abstract:During 1985 the UKAEA have made extensive use of an Argonne Bulk Calorimeter on loan from the IAEA. Over 100 plutonium-bearing samples of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Cuypers, S. Finzi
Abstract:ESARDA has established over the years seven working groups in the field of safeguards techniques and their application to parts of the…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):T. L. Sanders, G.C. Allen, E.L. Wilmot
Abstract:CASK PERFORMANCE AND INTERFACE SPECIFICATIONS FOR SHIPMENT OF US SPENT LIGHT WATER REACTOR FUEL. Preliminary cask physical performance…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David E. Boyd
Abstract:The cascade material balance area at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant is characterized by continuous, large, in-process inventories…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N.L. Harms, B.W. Smith
Abstract:Quality control and assurance are essential to any system to safeguard nuclear materials. Formalization of quality assurance activities for…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I. De Marco, C. Faloci, A. Orsini, M. Paganelli
Abstract:Because of the importance of gathering data on the transport of radioactive materials - according to IAEA recommendations - the technical…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):M.M. Warrant, J.M. Nelsen, S.W. Woolfolk
Abstract:CONTAINMENT ANALYSIS OF TRUPACT-1. TRUPACT·I is a packaging which will be used to transport contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) wastes…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):C. Fasten, D. Richter
Abstract:The paper presents an overview of the regulations, practices and experiences, as well as the systems of surveillance, in the transportation…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):A. Verdier, G. Sert
Abstract:According to contracts concluded between Cog6ma and its utility customers, wastes produced at different stages of the reprocessing process…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):S. Aoki, S. Araki, H. Tani, S. Fukuda
Abstract:Japan has 48 nuclear power plants with total electric capacity of 40 694 MW, including those in operation, under consuuction and in…
Type:PATRAM Proceedings
Author(s):I. Hladík, D. Belko
Abstract:The paper discusses the Czechoslovak approach to the licensing and regulation of nuclear materials transport, especially the transport of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John C. Alexander
Abstract:To be effective, a perimeter intrusion detection system must comprise both sensor and rapid assessment components. The use of closed…