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A portable, battery-powered gamma radiation detection system, the RBM 1100 Road Block Monitor, is described. The detector is a 12.7-cm…
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A safeguards-system for pebble-bed reactors is described. This safeguards-system is explained in detail using the example of the 300 MWe…
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The paper describes a structured approach to inspection, the purpose of inspection, and its specific objectives, with the aim of providing…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:4
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Fuel rod scanning at General Electric's Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility was initiated in 1969 by the installation of a passive rod…
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The historical development of current domestic safeguards regulations is summarized, from the perspective of an operating licensee nuclear…
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The benefits of different entrance control actions are quantitatively assessed by defining a relative improvement index for the screening…
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Sandia Laboratories is developing advanced physical protection safeguards in order to improve the security of special nuclear materials,…
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This paper describes the development of an electrical analogue thermal-control model for the ANL-type fast-response calorimeter and its…
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A methodology approach is described which can be employed in safeguards systems effectiveness considerations. Adversary action sequences…
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The system comprises a computer-controlled automatic wet chemical analyzer, and a scheme for handling all of the data generating operations…
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The components of an automated plutonium assay system (APAS) are described. This system provides the capability for a totally…
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The Safeguards Committee of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management completed an assessment of domestic safeguards for low-enriched…
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A system developed for the rapid and accurate assay of low to medium density waste material contained in 5 to 55 gallon drums is described…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:4
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In the spring of 1974, the AEC issued a series of license conditions requiring certain special nuclear material licensees to adjust…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
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When LE-MUF is large, it is difficult to make prudent judgements about the effectiveness of SNM control measures on the basis of an…
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For nearly 25 years, the nuclear fuel cycle has been planned as a fully-integrated energy system. In these plans, natural uranium from the…
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The utility of the societal risk approach to the design and evaluation of safeguards systems is examined with particular reference to the…
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At the ERDA Savannah River Plant, a process monitor, which incorporates an online digital computer, assists in manufacturing fuel elements…
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This paper examines the role and application of nondestructive assay in the verification of previous measurements. Presented herein is a…
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Measurement control is increasingly recognized as a necessary element in special nuclear materials control and accounting. To be fully…