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Author(s): Cecil Sonnier, Rebecca A. Darnell
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A study is underway on the use of computer vision technology to assist in visual inspection of optical surveillance data. The IAEA…
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Author(s): Alan Sicherman, R.A. Al-Ayat, C.J. Patenaude, Bruce R. Judd
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This paper describes an analytic approach and a computer program for setting priorities among safeguards upgrades. The approach provides…
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Author(s): Vittorio Pareto, Ramon Venegas
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The USNRC requires each licensee who is authorized to possess Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) to prepare and submit reports concerning SNM…
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Author(s): Edward Owings, Otto Erickson
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This paper describes proposed performance criteria for weapons, test devices, and significant special nuclear material (SNM) parts. The…
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Author(s): James J. Davis, W. Cote
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The need has been recognized for statistically valid methods for gathering information during OSE inspections; and for interpretation of…
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Author(s): R.G. Bucher, Thomas A. Daly, A.B. Rothman, I. Charak
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The objective is to upgrade Materials Control and Accountancy (MC&A) technology over the flows of special nuclear materials throughout…
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Author(s): Alfred E. Winblad, William K. Paulus, Therese A. Renis, B. Graves, R. A. Al-Ayat
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The Department of Energy sponsors a 9-day training program for individuals who are responsible for evaluating and planning safeguards…
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Author(s): Stephen Ortiz, A. Trujillo, Ivan G. Waddoups
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Available technology has been applied to observing personnel and material movements as a means for providing earlier detection of errant…
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Author(s): Ronald J. Massa
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This paper illustrates a recently developed, PC-based software system for simulating the effects of an infinite variety of hypothetical…
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Author(s): Hans Jurgen von Wachtendonk
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RBU had already started in 1976 with the computerisation of its nuclear material accountancy system. It used the hardware and the software…
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Author(s): John Toman
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In October 1985, the DOE Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs created a task force to develop inspection standards and criteria for…
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Author(s): R.M. Workhoven, R.H. Graham
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Interior Intrusion Detection Technology began at Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) in 1975 as part of the Fixed Facilities Physical…
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Author(s): C. E. Till, C. E. Till
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On April 3rd, 1986, two dramatic demonstrations of the inherent capability of sodium-cooled fast reactors to survive unprotected loss of…
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Author(s): Judith A. Holm, Susan Denny
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The Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) Program consists of various technical and institutional program activities which engender…
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Author(s): K.R. Byers
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The nuclear material programs at U.S. facilities are comprised of physical security systems, material control and accountability (MC&A…
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Author(s): Cecil Sonnier, Sigfried Schneider
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The Modular Integrated Video System (MIVS) is being developed for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for use in facilities where…
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Author(s): Nancy M. Trahey, Coleen G. Cacic, A. Creig Zook
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The New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL) has been tasked by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Safeguards and Security (OSS) to assess…
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Author(s): Sidney Fiarman
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It is, in general, difficult to determine by means of camera-surveillance techniques what is loaded into spent-fuel casks being prepared…
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Author(s): T.J. Lewis
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The internal audit program of the Nuclear Material Control and Accountability (NMC&A) Department at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, through…
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Author(s): J. P. Shipley
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Improvements in our ability to do materials control and accounting (MC&A) have been steady since the beginning of the nuclear age and…