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Type:JNMM
Volume:3
Issue:4
Author(s):Frederick Forscher
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Nuclear fuel is now an object of commerce and international trade. Fissile isotopes are a commodity of great economic significance, but…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Herbert J.C. Kouts
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Safeguards is an area that has occupied the attention of many of us for some time. Its boundaries have changed with time, and the degree of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carl Walske, Carl Walske
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Today I want to share with you a few thoughts on nuclear safeguards, both for application internationally and domestically. Certainly the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.C. Erdmann, R.R. Fullwood
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Fault tree and decision tree analyses provide systematic bases for evaluation of safety systems and procedures designed to protect the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.W. Handshuh
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A computerized nuclear material accounting system is described which enables a utility to account for its material throughout the entire…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.L. Bramblett
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In many government and private nuclear fuels facilities, waste containing SNM is packaged in large drums. Future facilities will generate…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kenneth E. SANDERS
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Process modelling is currently being used in several safeguards related projects for systematically analyzing problems and evaluating…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.L. Todd, W.C. Nickell
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A method to permit objective comparisons of physical security systems is under development and is expected to be useful in the optimization…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Howard J. Larson
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The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-438) specifically outlines the safeguards responsibilities of the Nuclear Regulatory…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.P. Sarich
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An on-line inventory system for a large storage and processing facility is planned. A terminal system will provide for interactive updating…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William A. Brobst
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In December 197^, the Atomic Energy Commission announced that it was planning to take over all shipments of Government-owned special…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Herman Miller, Stephen H. Shepard
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This paper reports on the latest evolution of a very high speed fuel rod assay system. The system uses a large Californium source and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Owen Gailar, Peter Hindley
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Nuclear fuel management requires the capability to predict the isotopic composition or inventory of nuclear fuel during its residence in,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas E. Shea
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As one possible means to upgrade licensee safeguards systems, the NRC is exploring a real-time material control concept. The concept…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.B. Wallingford
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A barrel scanner was designed to assay 23S Uand/or *39Pu in 55-gallon drums filled with low density waste. Laboratory tests show that the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.L. Ayers
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The recent concern of the Federal Regulatory Agencies toward combating terrorist attack or sabotage has materially increased requirements…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Robert Keepin, David Burnham, Edward B. Giller, Dennis Wilson
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I. Perspective Record of nuclear safeguards performance to date. Projections of future safeguards requirements. II. Public/Congressional…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:3
Author(s):C. Robert Keepin, David Burnham, Thomas Cochran, Victor Gilinsky, Edward B. Giller, William Lanouette, Rudolf Rometsch, Theodore B. Taylor, Carl Walske, Dennis W. Wilson
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Proceedings of a Panel Discussion at the SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEETING, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management Hotel Monteleone, New Orleans…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Joseph P. Indusi, W. Marcuse
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A simulation model has been formulated and is running on the BNL computer which is undergoing refinement and development. It thus far has…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Carl A. Bennett, William M. Murphey, Theodore S. Sherr
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A comprehensive rationale for safeguards design and evaluation, and a framework for continuing systematic assessment of the system's…