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Assay of Low-Level Plutonium Effluents*
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Author(s): S.-T. Hsue, Faye Hsue, D.F. Bowersox
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In the plutonium recovery section at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, an effluent solution is generated that contains low plutonium…
Automated Material Accounting statistics System (AMASS)
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Author(s): M. Messlnger
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In this paper the modeling and statistical analysis of measurement and process data is readdressed under a more general framework than that…
Calculating the inventory of solvent Extraction Columns for Material Balances without Shdfdown*
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Author(s): R.J. Brouns, L.C. DAVENPORT, G.L. Richardson
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This study demonstrates a feasible way to determine the nuclear material inventory of solvent extraction columns for calculating material…
Case study Application of the IAEA safeguards Assessment Methodology to a Mixed oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility
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Author(s): T.L. McDaniel, J.M. Swartz
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Science Applications, Inc. has prepared a case study illustrating the application of an assessment methodology to an international system…
Case study Application of the IAEA Safeguards Assessment Methodology to a Pressurized water Reactor
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Author(s): Jonathan Sanborn, T.L. McDaniel, J.M. Swartz
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BNL/TSO and SAI have prepared a case study illustrating the application of an assessment methodology to an international safeguards system…
Compromise, Credibility and Clarity in the Analysis of inventory Data
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Author(s): A. J. Woods, D. J. Pike
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This paper discusses three different, but closely related, aspects of the problem of inventory data analysis. Firstly, we discuss the need…
Computer-Assisted Audit Trails on the Los Alamos Dymac System
Type: JNMM
Volume: 9
Issue: 4
Author(s): R.C. Bearse, S. Mniszewski, C. C. Thomas, N. J. Roberts N. J. Roberts
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Computer-assisted generation of audit trails has been demonstrated at the Los Alamos National Labotarory Plutonium Processing Facility,…
Concepts on integration of Physical Protection and Material Accounting Functions in a Safeguards System
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Author(s): D. A. Reynolds
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Concepts on integration of physical protection and material accounting systems to enhance overall safeguards capability are developed and…
Conceptual Design of a Magnetic Tape seal system*
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Author(s): Houng Y. Soo
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A conceptual design of a magnetic tape seal system with possible applications in nuclear safeguard systems is proposed. The system makes…
Constrained Expected Likelihood Estimates of Precisions using Grubbs' Technique for TWO Measurement Method
Type: JNMM
Volume: 10
Issue: 2
Author(s): John L. Jaech
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The data under consideration consist of measurements performed on each of n items by two measurement methods. The problem is to obtain…
Credibility Analysis of Diversion scenarios and Their impact on the Design of Reprocessing Facilities
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Author(s): Chr. Brueckner, R. Weh, J. Regnier
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One of the problems arising in the application of containment/surveillance techniques to large reprocessing plants is the expected…
CRPAUT: A Computer Code for Automated isotopic Analysis of Plutonium spectra*
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Author(s): J.G. Fleissner
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RACT GRPAUT is a modular computer program for performing isotopic analyses of plutonium or plutoniumuranium spectra. The program can be…
Decision Theory - A user's Point of view
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Author(s): R.A. Schneider
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In the application of safeguards materials accounting, statistical techniques are used to provide a basis for deciding whether or not an…
Decision-Directed Materials Accounting Procedures: An Overview*
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Author(s): James P. Shipley,
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With materials balances taken at intervals such as six months or a year, the methods for treating materials balance data and the use of the…
Demonstration of an Automated Electromanometer for Measurement of Ssolution Volume in Accountability Vessels
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Author(s): M. HayashI, Y. Fukuari, S. Suda, B. Kelsch
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A system for measuring the liquid volume in input and plutonium product accountability vessels, based upon a desktop-computer-controlled…
Demonstration of Near-Real-time Accounting: The AGNS1980 Miniruns
Type: JNMM
Volume: 10
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Author(s): J.H. Ellis, M. H. Ehinger, M. J. Crawford M. J. Crawford
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During 1980-81 a series of minirun experiments is being conducted at the AGNS Barnwell Nuclear Fuels Plant. Each experiment consists of…
Design Features to Facilitate IAEA Safeguards at Light water Reactors
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Author(s): L. A. Goldman, J.M. Swartz, T. Pasternak, J. Clancy
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Several studies have been performed recently to identify and analyze light water reactor (LWR) features that, if incorporated into the…
Determining Rejection Regions and Power That Optimize the Inspector's Chances of Detecting Diversion and/or Falsification*
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Author(s): J. F. Hafer, A. S. Goldman, J. P. Shipley
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Hakkila, et al.l and Shipley2 have couched the inspector's verification problem of testing the hypothesis of diversion and falsification in…
Development and Demonstration of Near-Real-Time Accounting systems for Reprocessing Plants*
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Author(s): Donald D. Cobb, Alice L. Baker, E. A. Hakkila, J.P. Shipley, Hassan A. DAYEM
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A program to develop and demonstrate nearreal-time accounting systems for reprocessing plants has been active at Los Alamos since 1976. The…
Development and Testing of a Near-Real-Time Accounting System for the Barnwell Reprocessing Facility
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Author(s): J.H. Ellis
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Allied-General Nuclear Services has developed and demonstrated under cold testing conditions a computerized nuclear materials control and…