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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A method for the simultaneous d e t e r m i n a t i o n of americiura and plutonium in reprocessing solutions using an automated on—line c…
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Abstract:Radiation monitors for nuclear safeguards and security depend on internal control circuits to determine when diversion of special nuclear…
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Abstract:During the past year, we tested and evaluated the performance of an assay system that accommodates 55-gal. drums of transuranic waste at…
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Abstract:One of the many promising new applications for microprocessors is in the area of online air monitoring for hazardous levels of…
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Abstract:An automated data acquisition system using barcoded labels was developed for an error propagation exercise to determine the limit of error…
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Abstract:The International Atomic Energy Agency is widely understood to be an essential element of an effective international nonprol if er at ion…
The Propagation of Errors in the Measure of Plutonium Isotopic Composition by Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy
Type:JNMM
Volume:12
Issue:2
Abstract:We discuss methods for the propagation of errors in the determination of plutonium isotopic composition and specific power by gammaray…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Safeguards Accountability Network (SAN) established at Rocky Flats in 1983 is a culmination of e f f o r t s by R o c k w e l l and DOE…
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Abstract:Starting in March, 1982, the DOE Office of Safeguards and Security sponsored an error propagation exercise at the Feed Materials Production…
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Abstract:If the Non-Proliferation Treaty is to survive, the next (1985) review conference must not be, like the last one (1980), an occasion for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A number of conventional intrusion detection sensors exists for the detection of persons entering buildings, moving within a given volume,…
Type:JNMM
Volume:12
Issue:1
Abstract:Attention is drawn to fundamental difficulties in addressing proliferation scenarios involving undeclared nuclear material in the context…
Type:JNMM
Volume:12
Issue:2
Abstract:IAEA safeguards are suffering from an erosion of confidence, at a time when the number of safeguarded facilities is growing rapidly,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant (BNFP) is a large scale commercial fuel reprocessing plant located near Barnwell, South Carolina that could…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Holdup measurements of special nuclear materials in large processing facilities offer considerable challenges to conventional…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Several types of radiation monitors, designed to search motor vehicles for special nuclear materials at area exit gates, were constructed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:In previous papers it has been shown that under appropriate assumptions the optimal procedure for verifying the data and establishing the…
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Abstract:This paper describes the operating experience of INMACS, the Integrated Nuclear Material Accounting and Control System used in the Recycle…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A possible approach to the evaluation of accounting or inspection information is described which uses Bayes' Theorem to derive a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:This paper describes a quantitative approach to help evaluate and respond to safeguards alarms. These alarms may be generated internally by…