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A LOW COST SNM SHELF MONITOR SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Duane Arlowe
Abstract:The storage of SNM requires periodic physical protection inventories to assure the presence of all material and to check for bulging…
A Methodology for Evaluation of Containment and Surveillance Safeguards System Performance
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:1
Author(s):Leon B. Ellwein, Richard K. McCord, Adrian Musto, John M. Gregson, Christopher P. Cameron, Mark E. Bleck
Abstract:A method is presented for evaluating the performance of containment and surveillance safeguards systems in detecting diversion of…
A Note on the Assay of Special Nuclear Materials in Solution by X-Ray Fluorescence
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Thomas Canada, Sin-Tao Hsue
Abstract:X-ray fluorescence (XRF) techniques have been used for a number of years in the analytical chemistry laboratory to determine elemental…
A TRAINER MODULE FOR SECURITY CONTROL CENTER OPERATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.A. Bernard
Abstract:An operator trainer module has been developed to be used with the security control center equipment to be installed as part of a safeguards…
AN ASSESSMENT METHOD TO PREDICT THE RATE OF UNRESOLVED FALSE ALARMS*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.T. Reardon, S.W. Heaberlin
Abstract:A method has been developed for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NRC/NMSS) to…
AN ENTRY CONTROL SYSTEM FOR LARGE POPULATIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul D. MERILLAT
Abstract:An Entry Control System has been developed which is appropriate for use at an installation with a large population requiring access over a…
An In Situ Verifiable Security Seal System for International Safeguards
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:1
Author(s):Gordon L. Harvey
Abstract:The seal system consists of a supply of fiber optic loop material, a number of seal bodies, and a special purpose camera. The seal uses…
AN OPERATOR'S EXPERIENCE AND LESSONS LEARNED IN IMPLEMENTATION OF IAEA SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Roy Nilson, Richard A. Schneider
Abstract:After seven IAEA inspections, considerable firsthand experience has been obtained in the implementation of IAEA safeguards in a U.S. bulk-…
An Operator's Experience and Lessons Learned in Implementation of IAEA Safeguards
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Roy Nilson, Richard A. Schneider
Abstract:After 18 months and seven IAEA inspections, considerable first-hand experience has been obtained in the implementation of IAEA safeguards…
AN OVERVIEW OF THE NATIONAL WASTE TERMINAL STORAGE PROGRAM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W. Wade BALLARD, Jr., J. William BENNETT
Abstract:The principal objective of the National Waste Terminal Storage (NWTS) Program is to site, design, license, construct, and operate at least…
Australia's Program of Assistance to IAEA Safeguards
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Paul O'Sullivan
Abstract:In announcing the Australian Government's nuclear safeguards policy on 24 May 1977, Prime Minister Fraser said, inter alia, that "...…
AUTOMATED 741 DOCUMENT PREPARATION OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY'S AUTOMATED SAFEGUARDS INFORMATION SYSTEM (OASIS)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Larry M. Gray, H.C. Austin
Abstract:OASIS has been providing for Oak Ridge National Laboratory's (ORNL) nuclear materials information needs since being placed on line in April…
COMBINING ITEM AND BULK MATERIAL LOSS DETECTION UNCERTAINTIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Eggers
Abstract:Loss detection requirements, such as five formula kilograms^3) with 99% probability of detection, which apply to the sum of losses from…
CONTROL OF INFORMATION AS AN ELEMENT OF NUCLEAR SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John N. Green
Abstract:Control of information as an element of physical protection has a long history in the field of national security. The nuclear industry is…
COORDINATION AND DISPLAY OF NUCLEAR FACILITY TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT DATA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Karl J. Bambas, Lawrence D. Barnes
Abstract:A computerized communications and coordination center at the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant provides for rapid cross-flow of i n f o r m a t i…
Demonstration of an Automated Electromanometer for Measurement of Solution in Accountability Vessels in the Tokai Reprocessing Plant (Part II)
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):T. Yamonouchi, N. Suyama, M. HayashI, M. Komatsu, T. Uchida, Y. Fukuari, S.C. Suda, Bernard Keisch
Abstract:This report describes the results of an operational field test of the automated electromanometer system installed at the input…
DEMONSTRATION OF AN AUTOMATED ELECTROMANOMETER FOR MEASUREMENT OF SOLUTION IN ACCOUNTABILITY VESSELS IN THE TOKAI REPROCESSING PLANT CPART 111
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Bernard Keisch, N. Suyama, M. Komatsu, S. Suda, T. Yamanouchi
Abstract:This report describes the results of an operational field test of the automated electromanometer system installed at the input…
DENIAL TECHNOLOGY THE NEGLECTED SECURITY ELEMENT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C. Herman MAUNEY
Abstract:Even though there has been an increased concern over.providing adequate security during the past decade, and even though some aspects of…
Determination of Pu Amount in a Waste Carton by Gamma-Ray Measurements
Type:JNMM
Volume:10
Issue:4
Author(s):J. Akatsu
Abstract:The amount of Pu-239 in a waste carton is determined by gamma-ray measurements. The measuring deviations caused by non-uniform…
DOE'S SAFEGUARDS AND SECURITY PROGRAM PRIORITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ralph Caudle
Abstract:This talk develops the relationship between the capabilities of key Department of Energy nuclear facilities to guard against successful…