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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thrisha mae Lumor, Pedrocia De-Sosoo, John Aloi, Paul Sideris, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine
Abstract:Background radiation is a natural and constant source of ionizing radiation emitted from our environment, including a variety of objects…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Kyffin, Aminata Dia, Gedion Nkosi, Vladimir Nizhnik, Akihiko Hayashi, Taketeru Nagatani
Abstract:In collaboration with the Japan Safeguards Office, the Nuclear Material Control Centre, and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency, the IAEA…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stuti Surani, Roman Samulyak, Federico Scurti, Douglas E. Wolfe, Marek Flaska
Abstract:Inorganic scintillators are widely used in various gamma spectroscopy applications such as nuclear nonproliferation and safeguards, medical…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Travis R. Barker, Aileen N. Sarceno, Timothy K. Mueller, James E. Baciak
Abstract:Compton Backscatter Imaging (CBI) is a decades old approach to single sided imaging where transmission imaging is not possible; it is often…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jay K. Brotz, J. Kyle Polack, Peter Marleau, Michael Hamel, Thomas Weber, Aaron Nowack, James Davis, Rachel Helguero, Steven Hammon
Abstract:Warhead confirmation measurements have been proposed for verifying compliance with nuclear arms treaties and agreements in cases where the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Shannon Kossmann, Ian Canfield, Tracy Wenz, Mark Croce
Abstract:Heat-flow calorimetry provides a precise measurement of the thermal power produced by a radioactive source. When combined with isotopic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Croce, Katrina Koehler, Megan Booher, Emily Stark Teti, Jacob Ward, Duc Vo, David Mercer, Matthew Carpenter, Katherine A Schreiber, Rico Schoenemann, Daniel Becker, Jacob Stuligross, Joel Ullom, Geon-Bo Kim, Nathan Hines
Abstract:Nondestructive analysis of uranium isotopic composition is a primary application of gamma spectroscopy for nuclear material accountancy and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Fichtlscherer, Moritz Kütt
Abstract:Verifying international treaties, especially those related to nuclear disarmament, is a crucial and at the same time complex task.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Current thinking hypothesizes that benefits from security by design (SeBD) can be experienced at any point up to the traditional “security…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Philip Honnold, Nathan Shoman, Ben Cipiti
Abstract:The Separation and Safeguards Performance Model (SSPM) is a versatile tool developed and maintained by Sandia National Laboratories to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Benjamin Jung, Malte Göttsche
Abstract:Future nuclear disarmament regimes would benefit from a verifiable account of the fis sile material that emerges from the dismantled…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lohith Annadevula, Odera Dim, Yonggang Cui, Warren Stern, S.K. Aghara
Abstract:Detecting, locating, and identifying radioactive materials in large public areas can be a timeconsuming and labor-intensive task to perform…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Loida Begley, Rob Magleby, James Rubenstone, Ali Tabatabai, Alexandra Zeigler
Abstract:As the nuclear material accountancy (NMA) arm of the U.S. System of Accounting for and Control of nuclear material (SSAC), the Nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Mark Schanfein
Abstract:Unlike a State’s regulatory basis for safety, security, and domestic safeguards on nuclear fuel cycle facilities, the legal basis for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. KRZYSZTOSZEK, ANDRIY BERLIZOV, ROBERT BINNER, ELISA BONNER, ANDREY BOSKO, LUDOVIC BOURVA, GEORGES DUHAMEL, CLAUDE NORMAN, CHRISTOPHE PORTAIX, SÉBASTIEN RICHET
Abstract:The quality of quantitative measurements by bulk (mass and volume), destructive analysis (DA) and non-destructive assay (NDA) methods is a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jesse-Lee Dimech, Rohan Tepper, Alistair Knight, Geoffrey Shaw
Abstract:Among the most novel Generation IV nuclear reactors are Floating Nuclear Power Plants (FNPPs), which are designed to be moved by sea to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Safa Abdo
Abstract:Training is a cornerstone in the development of nuclear safeguard inspectors and security officers. The classic training in the form of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A. Ocherashvili, D. Michaely, B. Pedersen, B. Sarusi, G. Varasano, R. Yankovich
Abstract:The present paper reports on the experimental investigations of an active neutron interrogation method for quantifying fissile material in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Lai San Chew, Joshua Emmer, Christophe Creusot, Carl Van Handenhove, John Kyffin, Romano Plentada, Alexander Solodov, Shinji Nakajima, Kazuhiro Kobayashi, Junji Shimizu, Tsuyoshi Sampei, Yu Mutsushika, Kodai Yano
Abstract:J-MOX is a mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication plant currently under construction in Japan and co-located with the Rokkasho Reprocessing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Destiny White, Dr. Chantell Murphy, Dr. Howard Hall
Abstract:In the context of the United States’ ambitious COP28 goal of tripling nuclear power by 2050, public support and a pipeline of educated…