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Volume: 9
Issue: 2
Author(s): Warner H. Christie, David H. Smith, Henry S. McKown, Joel A. Carter
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Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) recently built for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) a high abundance sensitivity,…
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Author(s): S. Fiarman, M.S. Zucker, A.M. Bieber, Jr.
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A laser surveillance system installed at spent fuel storage pools will provide the safeguard inspector with specific knowledge of spent…
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Author(s): M.P. Neary
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A study of predetonation detection of high explosives (HE) vapor by chemical means has been initiated and the first part completed. Our…
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Author(s): Nicholas Nicholson, T.H. Kuckertz, C.D. Ethrldge
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Diversion of special nuclear material has become a matter of grave concern in recent years. Large quantities of this material are kept in…
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Author(s): R.G. Clark, P.T. Reardon, D.W. Fraley
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An improved method of performing value-impact analyses was developed for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to support their effort to…
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Volume: 9
Issue: 3
Author(s): C. R. Hatcher
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In carrying out its inspection and verification responsibilities, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) performs a variety of…
Type: JNMM
Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Author(s): George H. Winslow, A. Lee Harkness
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Described is a method of obtaining a weighted sample from two or more populations so that a statistical statement can be made about the…
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Author(s): S. Saiger
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The W. G. activities are concentrated on two main areas, namely nuclear material accountancy and parametric studies related to the…
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Author(s): R.W. King, L.D. Barnes
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A prototype voice verification system has been installed which provides the required positive identification at the main site access…
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Author(s): Karl J. Bambas, L.D. Barnes
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The development and initial performance testing of an advanced integrated safeguards system at the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant (BNFP) is…
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Author(s): Francis A. O'Hara
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The threat of proliferation with its inherent dangers is not new, nor has it only recently been recognized. Much of the threat of…
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Author(s): R.S. Marshall, T.R. Canada
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A method has been developed to quantitatively measure batches of wet Plutonium oxalate. The method is based on a count of coincidence…
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Author(s): Joseph P. Indusi
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The existing and projected inventory of special nuclear material (SNM) in the U.S. nuclear power industry helps to place the safeguards…
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Volume: 9
Issue: 1
Author(s): Walter Liggett
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Errors that are related to some intrinsic property of the items measured are often encountered in nuclear material accounting. An…
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Author(s): J.N. Cooley, D.W. Swindle, Jr.
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A viable approach has been developed for identifying those containment penetrations in a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant which are credible…
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Author(s): G.R. Mallett
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The General Electric Ccnpany-Wilmington Manufacturing Department in Wilmington, North Carolina with the assistance from the Corporate…
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Author(s): John M. Crawford
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A large reprocessing plant is a complex operation with dynamic inventories being required to provide for timely detection of attempted…
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Author(s): Mohammad Sharafi
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The overall objective of this paper is to evaluate the perfoimance of the CIVEX process, in terras of its diversion-proof characteristics…
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Author(s): Jennie J. Tischhauser
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SNLA developed and implemented a nuclear material control and accountability system on an HP 3000 minicomputer. The Sandia Nuclear…
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Author(s): M.E. Bleck, C.P. Cameron
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This paper examines the potential role of advanced containment/ surveillance instrumentation systems for international safeguards in…