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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Patricia Hyman, Violet M. Hunt
Abstract:Traditionally, measurement control for the Rocky Flats Plant Analytical Laboratories has been administered by the Chemistry Standards…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William A. Higinbotham, James M. de Montmollin, Dipak Gupta
Abstract:Although the guidelines for NPT safeguards specify that the State's fuel cycle and degree of international independence are to be taken…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas L. Williams, Wendell L. Belew
Abstract:Confirmatory measurements have been used in nuclear material control and accountability programs since the inception of nuclear material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.E. Stewart, P. Polk, H.O. Menlove, N. Ensslin, L.R. Cowder
Abstract:A passive neutron counting method has been developed for measurement of the 235U mass in Model 5A cylinders of UF6. The unique neutronic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Walter Kunz, Henry F. Atwater, Gary Herrera, T.H. Kuckertz, D.W. Swindle, J.T. Caldwell, J.H. Audas, W. Bernard, J.M. Bieri, S.W. France, R.D. Hastings, E.R. Shunk, E. Ricci
Abstract:A crated waste assay monitor (CWAM) has been developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory to nondestructively assay sealed containers of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rainer Beedgen
Abstract:In the framework of near-real-time accountancy for nuclear materials safeguards statistical analysis based on the operator's data of a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. C. d'Agraives, J. Toornvliet
Abstract:A preliminary study on the development of a \"Seal ing-Bolt\" is currently being carried out at JRC-Ispra. It is required for the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ming-Shih Lu, Lester Epel
Abstract:A simplified mathematical model has been developed to provide conservative estimates of radioactive and/or chemical dispersal consequences…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William C. Bartels
Abstract:This is a technical review of the DOE's International Support Program from 1981 to 1985. The Program includes development of equipment and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.M. Warrant, B.J. Joseph
Abstract:Drop and puncture tests conducted on a 1/4 scale model of the NuPac 125 B Fuel Shipping Cask are described and the correlation between test…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Bueker, St. Nicolai
Abstract:Safekeeping of sensitive components or materials in the civil and military sector (e.g. nuclear material) requires the use of a container…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. R. Lobner, W.H. Horton
Abstract:A framework has been developed for the utilization of data base applications programs on a personal computer to enhance the usefulness of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alice L. Baker
Abstract:The use of the computer program EPIC (Error Propagation/Inquiry Code) will be discussed. EPIC calculates the variance of a materials…
Type:JNMM
Volume:14
Issue:3
Author(s):T. E. Sampson T. E. Sampson, Jack Parker
Abstract:We present equations needed in various plutonium accountability measurements to correct for plutonium decay and in terms of the most…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lothar Pachl
Abstract:In 1978 the (.government of the Federal Republic of Germany and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of Vienna embarked on a \"…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.F. White, M.T. Smith
Abstract:The development of the irradiated fuel safeguards containment assembly for CANDU nuclear generating stations has stimulated the development…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F. Hsue, R. Marshall, R. Wagner
Abstract:Confirmation measurements are used at Los Alamos in support of incoming and outgoing shipment accountability and for support of both 235U…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul T. Deason, James R. Cadieux, Cloyd D. Denard
Abstract:Confirmatory measurements are performed on all Category I and II plutonium shipments to the Savannah River Plant (SRP). The primary…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):N. J. Roberts, Victoria Longmire, R. C. Bearse
Abstract:Analysis of the data obtained in one year of plutonium accounting at Los Alamos reveals significant complexity. Much of this complexity…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Takahashi, Kazuya Ochiai
Abstract:In the spent fuel receiving and storage area of the Tokai Reprocessing Plant, the spent fuel, which is enclosed with the storage basket…