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OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE WITH AN IN-LINE ENRICHMENT MONITOR FOR INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS
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Author(s): I.G. Waddoups, L.W. Fields
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A liquid-phase UFg enrichment measurement instrument for International Safeguards monitors enrichment plant output by giving the…
OPTIMAL COMBINATION OF DATA VERIFICATION AND MATERIALS ACCOUNTANCY
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Author(s): Rainer BEEDGEN, John F. HAFER
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Materials accountancy accompanied by data verification is one of the main elements in international safeguards of nuclear material. In this…
OPTIMAL MEASUREMENT UNCERTAINTIES FOR MATERIALS ACCOUNTING IN A FAST BREEDER REACTOR SPENT-FUEL REPROCESSING PLANT
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Author(s): Jack T. Markin, Hassan A. DAYEM, Edward A. Kern
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Optimization techniques are used to calculate measurement uncertainties for materials accountability instruments in a fast breeder reactor…
PHYSICAL SECURITY WORKSHOP SUMMARY: ENTRY CONTROL
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Author(s): Micheal J. EATON
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Entry control hardware has been used extensively in the past to assist security forces in separating the authorized frcm the unauthorized…
PLANNING FOR EFFECTIVE SAFEGUARDS AUDITS
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Author(s): D.B. James
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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…
Probabilistic Approach to NDA of Container with Non-Uniform SNM Distribution
Type: JNMM
Volume: 11
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Author(s): Y. Ben-Haim, E. Elias, T. Gozani
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One of the most important parameters influencing the accuracy of NDA techniques is the dependence of the measured quantities on the…
PROBABILISTIC APPROACH TO NDA OF PAD-WASTE CONTAINER WITH NONUNIFORM SNM DISTRIBUTION
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Author(s): T. Gozani, Y. Ben-Haim, E. Elias
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One of the most important parameters influencing the accuracy of NDA techniques is the dependence of the measured quantities on the spatial…
Pu/U SAFEGUARDS SAMPLES LICENSED FOR THE PAT-2 PACKAGE
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Author(s): John A. Andersen
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A development program for a Lightweight Air-transportable Accident Resistant Container (LAARC), to be used for the timely transport of…
QUALIFYING NONDESTRUCTIVE ASSAY FOR ACCOUNTANCY MEASUREMENTS
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Author(s): J.G. Fleissner, W.W. Rodenburg
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Reliable estimates of the precision and accuracy of nondestructive calorimetric assay have been made for a wide variety of plutonium-…
Qualifying Nondestructive Assay for Plutonium Accountancy Measurements
Type: JNMM
Volume: 11
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Author(s): W.W. Rodenburg, J.G. Fleissner
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Reliable estimates of the precision and accuracy of nondestructive calorimetric assay have been made for a wide variety of plutonium-…
REACTOR FUEL ULTRASONIC SEALS
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Author(s): J. M. McKenzie
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This paper describes the progress at Sandia National Laboratories of an ongoing program on ultrasonic seals. The desirable acoustic…
REDUCED-SIZE PLUTONIUM SAMPLE PROCESSING AND PACKAGING FOR THE PAT-2 PACKAGE
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Author(s): Stein Deron, E. Kuhn, H. Aigner, J.A. Andersen
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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…
RESOLUTION OF ALARMS FOR LOSS OF BULK NUCLEAR MATERIAL
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Author(s): R.F. Eggers, L.C. DAVENPORT
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Under methods of material accountability considered in the NRC's Reform Amendment (Federal Register, 46(175):45144-45151 dated September 10…
SABOTAGE CONSEQUENCE RISK ANALYSIS FOR DOE FACILITIES
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Author(s): Fredrick Crane, John B. Stewart
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This paper summarizes the methodology developed for a sabotage analysis (Reference 1) carried out by International Energy Associates…
SAFAR-SAFEGUARDED FABRICATION AND REPROCESSING PLANT
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Author(s): John L. Jaech, Roy Nilson, R.A. Schneider, R.E. Tomlinson
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Under the sponsorship of the Electric Power Research Institute, Exxon Nuclear Company has developed a conceptual design of a 1500 MT/y…
Safeguards Instrumentation: Past, Present, Future
Type: JNMM
Volume: 11
Issue: 2
Author(s): William A. Higinbotham William A. Higinbotham
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Instruments are essential for accounting, for surveillance and for protection of nuclear materials. The development and application of…
SEQUENTIAL TESTS FOR THE EVALUATION OF RADIATION MONITOR DATA
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Author(s): Rudolf Avenhaus, Erwin Leitner
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In a previous paper a radiation monitor was described as a typical device for the control of the movement of nuclear material. The…
SIMULATED MONITOR DISPLAY FOR CCTV
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Author(s): David A. Smith, Basil J. Steele
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Two computer programs have been developed which generate a two-dimensional graphic perspective of the video output produced by a Closed…
SINGLE-ENERGY TRANSMISSIONCORRECTED ENERGY-DISPERSIVE XRF FOR SNM-BEARING SOLUTIONS
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Author(s): Wayne Ruhter, D.C. Camp, T.R. Canada
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The versatility of energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis allows its application in a number of in-plant process and…
SNM MEASUREMENT METHODS: THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE
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Author(s): D.R. Rogers
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In order to determine the specific applications and performance of special nuclear materials (SNM) measurement methods being used routinely…