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Author(s):Ali Alkis
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The current nuclear security approach is limited as it addresses non-state actors rather than nuclear security threats posed by interstate…
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Author(s):Adam D. Williams, Kimberly Lawrence
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Efforts to illustrate and improve the integration between safety, security, and (international) safeguards—the so-called 3S—are…
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Author(s):B.R. CARVALHO, E.A. RODRIGUES
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This study investigates the adverse impacts of nuclear activities on indigenous populations and identifies strategies for environmental…
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Author(s):Dave Handy, Matt Meng, Dave Foster
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Keeping an accurate nuclear material inventory is crucial for the safe and secure operation of a nuclear facility run under the Department…
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Author(s):Sharon Robinson, Matthew Cannon, Cole Hexel, Kayron Rogers, Bradley Skidmore
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The National Nuclear Security Administration’s Office of Nuclear Forensics has established the National Nuclear Materials Archive to…
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Author(s):M. Sweany, E. Brubaker, J. Balajthy
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Warhead confirmation could be a component of future arms control treaties, which may include measurements based on geometric attributes.…
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Author(s):Thomas Krieger, Klaus Martin
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Many of the statistical methods used at the IAEA are based on estimates of the operator's and inspector's random and systematic error…
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Author(s):Christopher Fichtlscherer, Moritz Kütt
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Whenever the authentication of nuclear weapons or fissile material relies on radioactive emissions (“signatures”), it is important that…
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Author(s):Anne-Laure Weber, Alex Enders
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Leveraging decades of nuclear facility operations and robust nuclear security programs in both the United States and France, this…
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Author(s):Matthew Zerphy
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The increasing complexity and evolving nature of security threats to nuclear facilities, particularly nuclear reactors, necessitate a…
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Author(s):Dylan Ward
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The OPTImal Modular Universal Shipping (OPTIMUS®) transport packaging systems are certified Type B(U)F packagings that are ideal for…
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Author(s):K. Haroyan, A. Amirjanyan, Y. Gondakyan
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Regaining control over orphan radioactive sources and recovering disused radioactive sources are significant and important tasks for…
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Author(s):Rodney Busquim e Silva, Paul Smith, Gustavo Berman, Laurent Moutenot, Ricardo Paulino Marques, Khalil El-Khatib, Hayden Nolan
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This work presents the framework and the outcomes, from the participants’ perspective, of the deployment of the International Atomic Energy…
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Author(s):K.P. Ziock, I. Garishvili, F. Gonzalez, K. Schmitt
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Treaties that include nuclear weapons as treaty accountable items (TAI) will invariably have to grapple with the question of how to verify…
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Author(s):Emma Houston, Tomi Akindele, Tyana Stiegler, Sandra Bogetic
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This work investigates the usage of the Fast Neutron Collar (FNCL) Instrument to quantify Pebble Bed Reactor (PBR) fuel for international…
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Author(s):Edna Cardenas, Douglas Wells, Van Romero, Dan Dale, Tony Forest, Michael Reichenberger
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A new collaboration between the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Idaho State University, and Idaho National Laboratory builds…
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Author(s):Allison M. Davis, Andre Green, Justin Strait, Brendon A. Parsons, David Mascareñas, Alessandro Cattaneo
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Nuclear material facilities are required to continually maintain knowledge of the status of special nuclear material (SNM). This can become…
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Author(s):Anna Taconi
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The advanced reactor fleet has varying chemical and physical properties compared to the light water reactor fleet, which increases their…
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Author(s):Mohamad Zineddin, Steve Reed
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Security by design, or SeBD, is a comprehensive approach that integrates the physical protection system of a nuclear plant into every stage…
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Author(s):Nageswara Rao, Caleb Redding, David Abrecht, David Hooper, Jennifer Ladd-Lively
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Signatures of low-intensity U-235 sources have been recently studied by utilizing  a variety of machine learning (ML) classifiers that…