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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L. Manning Muntzing
Abstract:If the Non-Proliferation Treaty is to survive, the next (1985) review conference must not be, like the last one (1980), an occasion for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James D. Williams, John C. Matter
Abstract:A number of conventional intrusion detection sensors exists for the detection of persons entering buildings, moving within a given volume,…
Type:JNMM
Volume:12
Issue:1
Author(s):M. J. Canty, Gotthard Stein
Abstract:Attention is drawn to fundamental difficulties in addressing proliferation scenarios involving undeclared nuclear material in the context…
Type:JNMM
Volume:12
Issue:2
Author(s):V. H. Allen, J. M. McKenzie
Abstract:IAEA safeguards are suffering from an erosion of confidence, at a time when the number of safeguarded facilities is growing rapidly,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L.L. Thomas
Abstract:The Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant (BNFP) is a large scale commercial fuel reprocessing plant located near Barnwell, South Carolina that could…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.K.S Pillay
Abstract:Holdup measurements of special nuclear materials in large processing facilities offer considerable challenges to conventional…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.E. Fehlau
Abstract:Several types of radiation monitors, designed to search motor vehicles for special nuclear materials at area exit gates, were constructed…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rudolf Avenhaus, E. Leitner
Abstract:In previous papers it has been shown that under appropriate assumptions the optimal procedure for verifying the data and establishing the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.M. Ross
Abstract:This paper describes the operating experience of INMACS, the Integrated Nuclear Material Accounting and Control System used in the Recycle…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gregg W. Dixon
Abstract:A possible approach to the evaluation of accounting or inspection information is described which uses Bayes' Theorem to derive a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.A. Al-Ayat, Bruce R. Judd, Richard K. McCord
Abstract:This paper describes a quantitative approach to help evaluate and respond to safeguards alarms. These alarms may be generated internally by…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Duane Arlowe
Abstract:The storage of SNM requires periodic physical protection inventories to assure the presence of all material and to check for bulging…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:1
Author(s):Leon B. Ellwein, Richard K. McCord, Adrian Musto, John M. Gregson, Christopher P. Cameron, Mark E. Bleck
Abstract:A method is presented for evaluating the performance of containment and surveillance safeguards systems in detecting diversion of…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Thomas Canada, Sin-Tao Hsue
Abstract:X-ray fluorescence (XRF) techniques have been used for a number of years in the analytical chemistry laboratory to determine elemental…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.A. Bernard
Abstract:An operator trainer module has been developed to be used with the security control center equipment to be installed as part of a safeguards…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.T. Reardon, S.W. Heaberlin
Abstract:A method has been developed for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards (NRC/NMSS) to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Paul D. MERILLAT
Abstract:An Entry Control System has been developed which is appropriate for use at an installation with a large population requiring access over a…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:1
Author(s):Gordon L. Harvey
Abstract:The seal system consists of a supply of fiber optic loop material, a number of seal bodies, and a special purpose camera. The seal uses…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Roy Nilson, Richard A. Schneider
Abstract:After seven IAEA inspections, considerable firsthand experience has been obtained in the implementation of IAEA safeguards in a U.S. bulk-…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Roy Nilson, Richard A. Schneider
Abstract:After 18 months and seven IAEA inspections, considerable first-hand experience has been obtained in the implementation of IAEA safeguards…