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Author(s): David L. Grodi
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued IE Information Notice No. 84-50: \"Clarification of Scope of Quality Assurance Programs for…
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Author(s): A. Sicherman
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A key issue in designing and evaluating nuclear safeguards systems is how to validate safeguards effectiveness against a spectrum of…
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Author(s): Chris E. Hoover, Leland L. Pierce
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Sandia National Laboratories of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the physical protection research and development lead laboratory for the U.S.…
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Author(s): K.K. Nasseri
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Determination of the detection sensitivity of a materials accounting system to the loss of special nuclear material (SNM) requires (1)…
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Author(s): K.E. Thomas
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Error propagation/variance calculations are used for establishing alarm limits for materials balance closures. Variance calculations may…
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Author(s): Stephen Ortiz, J. Anthony Roybal, J. Stephen Williams, Gilbert R. Quintana
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A Safeguards Control and Communication System (SCCS) has been developed for a facility based on existing modular SCCS software for another…
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Author(s): Paul Y. Pan
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This paper describes the vital area determination programs being conducted at the Los Alamos National Laboratory to support the Nuclear…
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Author(s): Bert R. Graves
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The Security Manager charged with the responsibility of designing Safeguards and Security Systems at Department of Energy facilities must…
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Author(s): S.N. Sanderson
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Sandia National Laboratories has developed a remote sensor package that provides a low-cost, convenient way of monitoring item movement.…
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Author(s): Jack Allentuck
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The Department of Energy (DOE) Standards and Criteria (S&C) provide the framework upon which Office of Security Evaluations (OSE)…
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Author(s): E.A. DeVer
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Safeguards had its beginning in the early 1940s and has continued to grow through the stormy years in dealing with nuclear materials. MC…
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Author(s): Bob Vaughan
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'SAFPAK' AND 'SAFKEG' PACKAGES - A NEW RANGE OF HIGH INTEGRITY PACKAGES FOR Pu AND U IN SOLID OR LIQUID FORM. The paper outlines the need…
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Author(s): T. F. Yarbro, Karen W. Hench, Kenneth E. Thomas, C. A. Coulter, C.L. Sohn
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The Los Alamos Plutonium Facility contains more than sixty unit processes and handles a large variety of nuclear materials, including many…
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Author(s): Flavio Argentesi, L. Costantini
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There is an increasing demand for effective methods of nuclear materials accountancy. In order to keep accounts for any material balance…
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Author(s): W.A. McAuley
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For the independent verification of UF6 cylinder masses by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) at uranium enrichment facilities,…
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Author(s): S. Paul Henslee, R. C. Bearse, D.M. Pace, R.J Thomas
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We have adapted the Los Alamos MASS1 account ing system for use on an IBM PC/AT t at the Fuels Manufacturing Facility (FMF) at Argonne…
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Author(s): J. G. Fleissner
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A sound measurement control (MC) program should be an Integral part of every nondestructive assay measurement system used for the assay of…
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Author(s): James M. de Montmollin, C.S. Sonnier
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Safeguards for LWRs are based on annual inventory verifications, supplemented by surveillance cameras to verify that there have been no…
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Author(s): K. Wagner, H. Wurz
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In reprocessing plants leached hulls and dissolver sluges represent rather important intermediate level a-waste streams. Control of the…
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Author(s): P.B. O'Callaghan, R.L. Carlson, G.W. Riedeman
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The Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) has recently completed construction of the Fuel Cycle Plant (FCP) at Richland, Washington. At start-…