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DOE's Safeguards and Security Program Priorities
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Ralph Caudle
Abstract:This talk develops the relationship between the capabilities of key Department of Energy nuclear facilities to guard against successful…
DOSE RATE MEASUREMENT OF UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA REACTOR FUEL ELEMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul Eric Benneche
Abstract:In order to comply with Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations, all highly enriched reactor fuel possessed by any facility in excess of…
Employee Availability Improvements through Personnel Control System Design
Type:JNMM
Volume:10
Issue:4
Author(s):Dennis Engi, Dallas W. Sasser Dallas W. Sasser, Mark K. Snell, David S. Ullman
Abstract:The design of the personnel control system at a nuclear facility can have the availability of employees at their work station. This paper…
Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Uranium and Plutonium in Wet Scrap Process Solutions
Type:JNMM
Volume:10
Issue:4
Author(s):Donald R. Jedlovec
Abstract:Energy Dispersive X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis of Uranium and Plutonium in Wet Scrap Process Solutions Uranium and plutonium solutions…
EVALUATION OF AN IN-LINE NEUTRON COINCIDENCE COUNTER
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.K. CHANTALA
Abstract:A neutron coincidence counter installed at the Rocky Flats Plutonium Recovery and Recycling Facility is designed to measure samples…
IMPROVED SENSITIVITY AND FALSE-ALARM-RATE STABILITY FOR PERSONNEL PORTAL RADIATION MONITORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lyle W. Kruse, Steven C. RICHARDS
Abstract:A study of alternative design concepts for portal detection of special nuclear material resulted in design changes in the detector, signal…
IN-PLANT MEASUREMENTS OF GAMMA-RAY TRANSMISSIONS FOR PRECISE K-EDGE AND PASSIVE ASSAY OF PLUTONIUM CONCENTRATIONAND ISOTOPIC ABUNDANCE IN PRODUCT SOLUTIONS AT THE TOKAI REPROCESSING PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James Sprinkle, Y. ASAKURA, J. MASUI, S.-T. Hsue, P.A. Russo, I. Kondo, K. Shoji, S.S. Johnson
Abstract:A field test has been carried out for more than 2 years for determination of plutonium concentration by K-edge absorption densitometry and…
INMM PHYSICAL PROTECTION TECHNICAL WORKING GROUP WORKSHOPS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James D. Williams
Abstract:The Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) established the Physical Protection Technical Working Group to be a focal point for…
INSIDER SABOTAGE PROTECTION SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR REACTORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Dennis Mangan, Douglas E. McGovern
Abstract:Systems to provide protection against insider initiated sabotage utilize many of the same elements used in facility outsider physical…
LOVER, A LOKAL VERIFICATION SYSTEM FOR CONTAINMENT/SURVEILLANCE INSTRUMENTS IN NUCLEAR FACILITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Bueker, F. Arning, H. Reuters
Abstract:The local verification system LOVER was developed at ProCon GnbH, Aachen, within the framework of a research contract of the Ministry of…
MAIN FEATURES OF THE EURATOM-IAEA SAFEGUARDS R AND D COOPERATION PROGRAMME
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. Klersy, U. Miranda
Abstract:In the frame of a general cooperative programme between the European Atomic Energy Community and the International Atomic Energy Agency…
Main Features of the Euratom-IAEA Safeguards R and D Cooperation Programme
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):R. Klersy, M. Cuypers, B. Love
Abstract:In the frame of a general cooperative programme between the European Atomic Energy Community and the International Atomic Energy Agency…
MAJOR ISSUES IN THE TRAINING OF SECURITY PERSONNEL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.M. KNAUF, L.P. ROBERTSON
Abstract:The effectiveness of the response component of a physical protection system depends greatly upon the training received by the security…
NDA MEASUREMENTS PROGRAM FOR FAST BREEDER REACTOR FUEL MODIFICATION SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.R. Vroman, A.E. Proctor
Abstract:A nondestructive-assay (NDA) measurements program used to verify the 235U content of fast-breederreactor fuel elements before and after…
NONDESTRUCTIVE DETERMINATION OF URANIUM ENRICHMENT USING LOW ENERGY X AND GAMMA RAYS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard Hagenauer
Abstract:An accurate nondestructive technique has been developed to determine uranium enrichment using low-energy X and gamma rays. By comparing the…
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY AND SAFEGUARDS SYSTEM IN JAPAN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yoshio Kawashima
Abstract:Nuclear industry is steadily growing in Japan with twenty-two nuclear power stations and related nuclear fuel cycle facilities. As early as…
Nuclear Industry and Safeguards System in Japan
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Yoshio Kawashima
Abstract:Nuclear industry is steadily growing in Japan with nuclear power stations and related nuclear fuel cycle facilities. Early in 1960's,…
Nuclear Material Safeguards Surveillance and Accountancy by Isotope Correlation Techniques
Type:JNMM
Volume:10
Issue:4
Author(s):P.J. Persian!, T. K. Kroc, J. A. Goleb J. A. Goleb
Abstract:The purpose of this study is to investigate the applicability of isotope correlation techniques (ICT) to the Liquid Metal Fast Breeder…
NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION WASTE CONFIDENCE RULEMAKING
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Omer F. Brown II
Abstract:Waste management continues to be at the center of the public debate about the acceptability to nuclear power. For about the last three…
OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH AN IN-LINE ENRICHMENT MONITOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):I.G. Waddoups, L.W. Fields
Abstract:A liquid-phase UFg enrichment measurement instrument for International Safeguards monitors enrichment plant output by giving the…