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JNMM
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4
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A modular enrichment measurement system has been designed and is in operation within General Electric's Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility…
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JNMM
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5
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4
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The distribution of estimates of measurement method variance made by subtracting a known product variance from the total variance in a…
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Annual Meeting Proceedings
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A major mission of safeguards is to protect against the use of nuclear materials by adversaries to harm society. A hierarchical structure…
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JNMM
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6
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2
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This paper deals with the general topic of estimating biases, making bias corrections, and expressing the uncertainty in a result for…
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The accountability system being designed for automated fuel fabrication facilities will provide real-time information on all Special…
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A nuclear fuel reprocessing complex with a continuous flow process and remotely operated facilities is dependent on its network of…
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An approach to the development of performance based regulations (PBR's) is described. Initially, a framework is constructed that consists…
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Safeguards based on performance criteria can provide a more direct measure of effectiveness than the traditional approach of safeguards by…
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A passive gamma assay system has been developed for an accurate analysis of \"calcined ash\" samples containing 235U. The method emphasizes…
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A proposal for the certification of Nuclear Materials Custodians and middle level Nuclear Materials Managers is described. A certification…
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Our next speaker, Dr. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., received his B.S. degree from Princeton in 1958. This was followed by post-graduate work at…
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The measurement of special nuclear materials in various areas of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant is based on a combination of…
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A controllable unit method of material control identifies errors for corrective action, locates areas and time frames of suspected…
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Absorption-edge densitometry is a matrix independent, nondestructive assay (NDA) technique that is being developed to measure special…
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Because an existing Nal-based system cannot analyze transuranic (TRU) and fission product contaminated combustible waste simultaneously at…
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In a fuel processing facility, material may become unaccounted for in different process stages, such as blending, pelletizing, sintering,…
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Availability, defined as the ratio of time a computer system is functioning normally to the total time it is in demand, is a measure of the…
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Alarms must be assessed to determine the cause of the alarm and what response action is required. Some information on cause can be derived…
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The system described was designed, developed, and installed on short time scales and primarily utilized off-theshelf military and…
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JNMM
Volume:
6
Issue:
1
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At least for the next few years, uranium will remain as the dominant fuel used in the nuclear power industry. Natural uranium contains a…