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STATE PERSPECTIVES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert H. Neill
Abstract:
Expectations by States in fulfilling their responsibilities in the disposal of radioactive wastes as defined in the Nuclear Waste Policy…
STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF SET-UP ERRORS IN THE ARC/SPAR SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.D. Sheldon
Abstract:
The correlation coefficient, r, between the acoustic return signal and the reference signature of an underwater nuclear safeguard seal, is…
STATUS OF OVERPACKS FOR URANIUM HEXAFLUORIDE TRANSPORT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John W. Arendt, William A. Pryor
Abstract:
The original overpacks for uranium hexafluoride (UF^) transport, which utilized phenolic foam insulation, were developed in the 1960's and…
Status of the WIPP A Defense Transuranic Waste Isolation Facility*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wendell D. Weart
Abstract:
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a Department of Energy facility to dispose of defense transuranic wastes, and to serve as an \"…
Summary of a Survey of Security Communications at Fixed-Site Facilities
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David J. Gangel, J. Ellis Heustess, Mark Snell
Abstract:
A general summary of a recent survey of security voice communications at 13 facilities is presented, including survey methodology, the role…
THE CANDO IRRADIATED FUEL SAFEGUARDS SEALING SYSTEM AT THE THRESHOLD OF IMPLEMENTATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.F. White, A.J. Stirling, S. Kupca
Abstract:
The development of a safeguards containment and surveillance system for the irradiated fuel discharged from CANDU nuclear generating…
THE DEFENSE WASTE PROCESSING FACILITY AN INNOVATIVE PROCESS FOR HIGH-LEVEL WASTE IMMOBILIZATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S.P. Cowan
Abstract:
The Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), under construction at the Department of Energy's Savannah River Plant (SRP), will process…
THE DESIGN OF A DYNAMIC SECURITY SYSTEM THE XXIII SUMMER OLYMPICS AT LOS ANGELES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Donald G. Bruckner
Abstract:
The security requirements of the XXIII Summer Olympic Games at Los Angeles provided a challenge unparalled in the history of the modern…
THE EFFECTS OF OPERATING ENVIRONMENT ON PERFORMANCE OF RADIOMETRIC CALORIMETERS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.L. Mayer
Abstract:
An experimental program was conducted to assess the effects of changes in operating environment on calorimeter performance. An…
THE ESSENTIALS OF A PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):ROLF HEGELE, Geme MCKENZIE, Walter WUNDERLICH
Abstract:
This papaer identifies the key elements of an effective physical security program including the management responsibility, long range…
THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW: AN AMERICAN PERSPECTIVE*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lewis A. Dunn
Abstract:
Last week, we marked the 40th anniversary of the atomic age. On July 16, 1945, the first test of a nuclear explosive at Alamogordo, New…
THE PROPAGATION OF ERRORS IN THE MEASUREMENT OF PLUTONIUM ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION BY GAMMA SPECTROMETRY WHEN USING INTRINSIC CALIBRATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. DRAGNEV, Michael Franklin
Abstract:
This paper discusses the error propagation associated with the estimation of isotopic ratios by means of high resolution gamma spectrometry…
THE ROLE OF FIBER OPTICS IN PHYSICAL SECURITY SYSTEMS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jay A. Rarick
Abstract:
In this paper we shall discuss the application of fiber optics communication technology to physical security systems and how this differs…
THE STATUS OF PERSONNEL IDENTITY VERIFIERS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Russell L. Maxwell
Abstract:
Identity verification devices based on the interrogation of six different human biometric features or actions now exist and in general have…
THE STATUS OF THE LASER SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Helmuth Boeck, Sidney Fiarman, K. Thomson
Abstract:
The Laser Surveillance System is a safeguard system designed for use at Spent Fuel Storage Pools. Two beams of blue light scan an…
Tom Isaacs
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tom Isaacs
Abstract:
It has long been recognized that technical excellence alone will not be sufficient to successfully site a geologic repository for the…
TRANSURANIC (TRU) WASTE MANAGEMENT AT SAVANNAH RIVER - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Julie T. D'Ambrosia
Abstract:
Defense TRU waste at Savannah River (SR) results from thp Department of Energy's (T-OE) national defense activities, including the…
U-235 Enrichment Determination Via Gamma Spectroscopy Improved Calibration and
Type:JNMM
Volume:14
Issue:2
Author(s):Alan E. Proctor
Abstract:
An improved method of calibrating NDA gamma spectroscopic instrumentation for U-235 enrichment determination is presented. The…
UNCERTAINTY ESTIMATES FOR BULK MEASUREMENTS OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIALS: A CASE STUDY*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Albert M. Liebetrau
Abstract:
It is difficult to account for all the factors which can significantly affect the uncertainty of measurements of bulk inventories of…
VARIABLE SAMPLING IN THE ATTRIBUTE MODE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rudolf Avenhaus, Rudolf Avenhaus
Abstract:
Variables inspection can be used in the attribute mode, if an assumed falsification of reported data is sufficiently small so as to escape…