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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rainer BEEDGEN, John F. HAFER
Abstract:Materials accountancy accompanied by data verification is one of the main elements in international safeguards of nuclear material. In this…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jack T. Markin, Hassan A. DAYEM, Edward A. Kern
Abstract:Optimization techniques are used to calculate measurement uncertainties for materials accountability instruments in a fast breeder reactor…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Micheal J. EATON
Abstract:Entry control hardware has been used extensively in the past to assist security forces in separating the authorized frcm the unauthorized…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.B. James
Abstract:10CFR 70.57(b)(2), 70.58(c), 73.26(h)(6), 73.40(d), 73.46(g)(6), and 73.55(g)(4) require licensees to conduct independent safeguards audits…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Y. Ben-Haim, E. Elias, T. Gozani
Abstract:One of the most important parameters influencing the accuracy of NDA techniques is the dependence of the measured quantities on the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T. Gozani, Y. Ben-Haim, E. Elias
Abstract:One of the most important parameters influencing the accuracy of NDA techniques is the dependence of the measured quantities on the spatial…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John A. Andersen
Abstract:A development program for a Lightweight Air-transportable Accident Resistant Container (LAARC), to be used for the timely transport of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.G. Fleissner, W.W. Rodenburg
Abstract:Reliable estimates of the precision and accuracy of nondestructive calorimetric assay have been made for a wide variety of plutonium-…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):W.W. Rodenburg, J.G. Fleissner
Abstract:Reliable estimates of the precision and accuracy of nondestructive calorimetric assay have been made for a wide variety of plutonium-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. M. McKenzie
Abstract:This paper describes the progress at Sandia National Laboratories of an ongoing program on ultrasonic seals. The desirable acoustic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stein Deron, E. Kuhn, H. Aigner, J.A. Andersen
Abstract:A light-weight container for the air transport of Plutonium safeguards samples, the PAT-2 package, has been developed in the USA and is now…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Eggers, L.C. DAVENPORT
Abstract:Under methods of material accountability considered in the NRC's Reform Amendment (Federal Register, 46(175):45144-45151 dated September 10…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fredrick Crane, John B. Stewart
Abstract:This paper summarizes the methodology developed for a sabotage analysis (Reference 1) carried out by International Energy Associates…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John L. Jaech, Roy Nilson, R.A. Schneider, R.E. Tomlinson
Abstract:Under the sponsorship of the Electric Power Research Institute, Exxon Nuclear Company has developed a conceptual design of a 1500 MT/y…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):William A. Higinbotham William A. Higinbotham
Abstract:Instruments are essential for accounting, for surveillance and for protection of nuclear materials. The development and application of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rudolf Avenhaus, Erwin Leitner
Abstract:In a previous paper a radiation monitor was described as a typical device for the control of the movement of nuclear material. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David A. Smith, Basil J. Steele
Abstract:Two computer programs have been developed which generate a two-dimensional graphic perspective of the video output produced by a Closed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wayne Ruhter, D.C. Camp, T.R. Canada
Abstract:The versatility of energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis allows its application in a number of in-plant process and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.R. Rogers
Abstract:In order to determine the specific applications and performance of special nuclear materials (SNM) measurement methods being used routinely…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Philip E. Eggers, Elmer C. LUSK, John L. RIDIHALGH
Abstract:The storage of spent fuel and high level waste in high capacity spent fuel storage casks is described including on-site handling, transfer…