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Development of seals for safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gordon L. Harvey, I.G. Waddoups, J.M. McKenzie
Abstract:During the last several years, effort has increased to improve existing seals and to develop new seals for international safeguards. Sandia…
Evaluating Penetration Monitoring Systems*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. T. Markin
Abstract:Evaluating the performance of a process monitoring system in detecting improper activities that could be related to material diversion…
Exercises for use in Training of inspectors and other Safeguards Professionals
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gregg W. Dixon, Francis A. O'Hara
Abstract:A variety of practical training exercises have been prepared as part of an effort to develop the training program for IAEA safeguards…
Factors which Affect sensor Selection for intrusion Detection System
Type:JNMM
Volume:10
Issue:2
Author(s):James D. Williams
Abstract:Areas which require physical protection systems are usually those in which very valuable material, potentially dangerous material, or…
Gamma-Ray Measurements for Simultaneous Calorimetric Assay*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David A. Rakel
Abstract:RACT By combining the measurements obtained by calorimetry and gamma-ray spectroscopy, calorimetric assay provides a nondestructive method…
Generic Physical Protection Logic Trees
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William K. Paulus, Christopher E. Olson, L.E. Woellhart
Abstract:he problem of evaluating the performance of a physical protection system occurs at several points in the life cycle of such a system, and…
Holdup Measurement for Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Plants
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M.S. Zucker, M. Degen
Abstract:The assay of nuclear material holdup in fuel manufacturing plants is a laborious but often necessary part of completing the material…
Human Factors Concerns in Material Control and Accounting: implementing Self-Test
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):MIchael T. Wood
Abstract:RACT NRC's proposed Self-Test procedures for implementing the MC&A reform amendments for SSNM manufacturers present a number of…
Human Factors: A National and international safeguards concern
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):George Welsz
Abstract:Traditionally, the safeguards community has concentrated on hardware-oriented R&D solutions. Given the experience involving human error…
IAEA Concerns About Advanced Containment and Surveillance Concepts or other Alternative safeguards concepts
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. von Baeckmann, J. Powers
Abstract:Nuclear material accountancy is used in IAEA safeguards as a measure of fundamental importance, with containment and surveillance as…
IAEA Safeguards - Status and Prospects
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Gruemm
Abstract:The present status of IAEA safeguards is primarily the result of events which took place during the last decade. It is the starting point…
IAEA Safeguards Assessments
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Gruemm, R.J. Parsick, T.E. Shea, V. Pushkarjov
Abstract:The safeguards programme administered by the IAEA must provide assurance to the international community that agency safeguards has the…
improved Mass Measurement Accuracy using the PNB Load Cell Scale
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):S. Suda, Paul E. Pontius, R. Schoonover
Abstract:The PNB Load Cell Scale is a preloaded, Narrow-Band calibration mass comparator. It consists of (1) a frame and servo-mechanism that…
in-Line Measurement of Plutonium and Americium in Mixed Solutions*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):T.K. Li
Abstract:A solution assay instrument (SAI) has been developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and installed in the plutonium purification and…
in-Process inventory Estimation in a Reprocessing Facility for Near-Real-Time Accounting
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.H. Ellis, M. H. Ehinger, K.E. Plummer
Abstract:A modern large scale reprocessing facility (1500 MTU/yr) presents a unique challenge to meet current safeguards objectives for timely…
Initial Experience Under IAEA safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.A. Schneider, E.R. Herz, A.J. McGinnes
Abstract:Exxon Nuclear's low enriched uranium fuel fabrication plant is the first U.S. bulk handling facility selected for IAEA inspection under the…
Inspections- A Cost Effective Approach
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles Joseph
Abstract:A Computerized Nuclear Materials Control and Accounting System such as is installed and operating at the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant…
MAIT Application to the Analysis of Commercial Power Plants
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L. A. Goldman, Leon D. Chapman, T.L. McDaniel, D. Stack
Abstract:A study was conducted for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to determine the applicability of the Matrix Analysis of the…
Material control and Accounting Self-Test program Design
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.R. Byers, R.F. Eggers, R.L. Wilson
Abstract:A controversial but potentially beneficial MC&A strategy that has not been widely attempted in the past is Self-Test. In this strategy…
Modern Methods of Material Accounting for Mixed oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.J. Brouns, R.F. Eggers, J.L. Pindak, R.C. Williams, R.R. Kinnison,
Abstract:The generic requirements loss detection, and response to alarms of a contemporary material control and accounting (MC&A) philosophy…