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PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE WITH A LOCAL VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR CONTAINMENT & SURVEILLANCE SENSORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.-D. Lauppe, B. Richter, G. Stein
Abstract:With the growing number of nuclear facilities and a number of large commercial bulk handling facilities steadily coming into operation the…
PRECISE MEASUREMENT OF FUEL CONTENT OF IRRADIATED AND NONIRRADIATED MATERIALS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Y.D. Harker, P.R. Napper, A.E. Proctor
Abstract:This paper discusses the application of precise reactivity measurements in the Advanced Reactivity Measurement Facility at Idaho National…
PROGRESS TOWARD THE SECOND REPOSITORY--STATUS OF THE CRYSTALLINE PROGRAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.E. Heineman
Abstract:The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is investigating the suitability of a variety of geologic media for siting two permanent, nuclear waste…
PROTECTIVE FORCE LEGAL ISSUES: THE SECURITY PERSPECTIVE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Harry L. Rich
Abstract:There has been much discussion and some controversy on the legal issues faced by the Department of Energy's (DOE) protective forces in the…
RECENT PRACTICAL SAFEGUARDS EXPERIENCE WITH THE NEW VERSION OF THE LWR (VAK) SEAL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. Mascetti, B. C. d'Agraives, G. Dal Cero, R. Debeir
Abstract:This paper describes a practical experience gained during the past years by the Ispra team involved in the task of developing and applying…
Recommended Detailed Guidelines for State's Systems of Accounting for and Control of Nuclear Materials
Type:JNMM
Volume:13
Issue:2
Author(s):Ralph Jones
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RESOLVING MC&A ALARMS FROM PROCESS MONITORING IN A FUEL FABRICATION FACILITY^)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian W. Smith, J. Razvi
Abstract:Process monitoring data can be used for generating material loss estimates. The intent of using process control data is to enhance nuclear…
RESULTS FROM THE STUDY OF UFg CONSUMPTION ON CENTRIFUGE PROCESS PIPING AND ITS INFLUENCE ON GAMMA RAY MEASUREMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.B. Strittmatter, J.C. Pratt, J.N. Cooley, L.W. Fields, D.A. Close
Abstract:A gamma ray measurement technique for confirming the absence of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in process gas of gas centrifuge enrichment…
SAFEGUARDING NDA SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert V. Studley
Abstract:Nondestructive assay measurements are more susceptible to error than is consistent with currently available instrument and physical…
SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR CONCEPTUAL MONITORED RETRIEVABLE STORAGE (MRS) FACILITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.R. Byers, R.G. Clark, N.L. Harms, F.P. Roberts
Abstract:Existing safeguards/security regulations and licensing requirements that may be applicable to an MRS facility are not currently well-…
Safeguards Approach for Gas Centrifuge Type Enrichment Plants
Type:JNMM
Volume:12
Issue:4
Author(s):Joerg H. Menzel
Abstract:For many years, safeguards experts have wrestled with the problem of how to get effective and credible safeguards at uranium enrichment…
SECURITY DURING SAFETY-RELATED EMERGENCIES AT NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dale A. Moul
Abstract:Under a commission from the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research, NRC, a study was performed by a team of analysts relative to licensing…
SINGLE-STATION SCREENING FOR WEAPONS AND C01TTRABAND
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dr. Roy J. Ricci
Abstract:All nuclear facilities require some form of personnel screening for security purposes for the prevention of weapons carried into a facility…
Supporting the Material Control and Accountancy System with Physical Protection System Features
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis Miyoshi, Christopher E. Olson, David L. Caskey
Abstract:Most physical security functions can be accomplished by a range of alternative features. Careful design can provide comparable levels of…
THE ACTIVITIES OF THE ESARDA WORKING GROUPS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.W. Hooton, A.G. WAIN
Abstract:The work of the Esarda working groups on Low Enriched Uranium Fabrication Plants (LEU), Mixed plutonium/uranium oxide plants (MOX),…
THE ANALYSIS OF TANK CALIBRATION DATA FROM SEVERAL RUNS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.S. Goldman, A.M. Liebetrau
Abstract:The experimentally determined relationship between the level of liquid and volume of liquid in a tank can be used to obtain volume…
THE GOVERNMENT AS A CLIENT FOR SECURITY SUPPORT SERVICES A Ccnmercial Security Contractor's Perspective
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H.M. Leith
Abstract:This paper presents a candid, at times wry, look at the challenges confronting security management personnel contracting with the U.S.…
THE ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER FOR HIGH EXPLOSIVE VAPOR DETECTION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Martin J. Cohen, Roger F. Wernlund, Robert M. Stimac
Abstract:The Phemto-Chem® Model 100 Ion Mobility Spectrometer (IMS) operates in air and measures a number of explosive vapors at levels as low as…
THE PAJARITO MONITOR: A HIGH-SENSITIVITY MONITORING SYSTEM FOR HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.L. Coop, P.E. Fehlajj, C. Garcia, Jr.
Abstract:The Pajarito Monitor for Special Nuclear Material is a high-sensitivity gamma-ray monitoring system for detecting small quantities of…
The Quality of Destructive Analysis in Safeguards Verifications Trends in Safeguards Analytical Services
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E. Kuhn, S. Deron, U. Wenzel
Abstract:The Department of Safeguards has set up a system of Safeguards Analytical Services which provides to the Divisions of Operations the…