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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.J. Woods, A.J. Woods, D.J. Pike, D.M. Rose
Abstract:The main emphasis in the analysis of inventory data has been on the development of estimators which are optimal for particular loss…
Type:JNMM
Volume:8
Issue:4
Author(s):Flavio Argentesi, Michael Franklin
Abstract:This paper describes the experience gained from the implementation of an EDP system fpr statistical accountancy of nuclear material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William J. Dircks
Abstract:I appreciate this opportunity to discuss nuclear safeguards matters with you, from the regulatory point of view. Meetings of professional…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jay B. Durst
Abstract:Since 1975, the NRC program of safeguards research has stressed the development of systematic methods for uniform, equitable and repeatable…
Type:JNMM
Volume:9
Issue:3
Author(s):Roy Cardwell
Abstract:The general role of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) is the same as that of any technical society — to provide a forum…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F.M. Gilman, M.H. Dittmore
Abstract:This report gives an overview of the Safeguard Vulnerability Analysis Program (SVAP) developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Brian W. Smith, R.J. Brouns
Abstract:A study was conducted for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as part of a continuing program to estimate the effectiveness of using…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Cuypers, S. Finzi
Abstract:In this paper an attempt is made for each category of the safeguards measures, namely nuclear material accountancy, measurement techniques…
Type:JNMM
Volume:9
Issue:2
Author(s):Joerg H. Menzel
Abstract:The focus of U.S. non-proliferation policy is provided in the Office of the Secretary of State by the Ambassador at Large and Special…
Type:JNMM
Volume:9
Issue:2
Author(s):Ray Gunnick
Abstract:Gamma-ray spectrometry is a very desirable technique for determining plutonium isotopic abundances because it is nondestructive and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Boermans, A. Rota
Abstract:In the light water reactor cycles there are two points of paramount importance for the implementation of the international safeguards: the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.A. Al-Ayat, B. Judd
Abstract:This paper summarizes a quantitative tool developed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to aid the NRC in establishing Material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James E. Lovett
Abstract:Most studies of near-real-time materials accountancy have related either to the development of the necessary measurement technology or to…
Type:JNMM
Volume:9
Issue:2
Author(s):Joerg H. Menzel, John P. Boright John P. Boright, Leonard M. Brenner
Abstract:US views on international safeguards at uranium enrichment plants have evolved over a number of years. This paper attempts to assemble in…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Bruce Varnado, Roy A. Haarman
Abstract:As a part of the review of amended security plans, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission is using systematic analytic techniques to…
Type:JNMM
Volume:9
Issue:1
Author(s):James M. de Montmollin James M. de Montmollin
Abstract:Note on the Definition of Safeguards: a word with many meanings; general and specific to the nuclear industry. Because of the confusion…
Type:JNMM
Volume:7
Issue:4
Author(s):John W. Leake, Kenneth P. Lambert
Abstract:A comparison is made between the Variable Dead Time Counter (V.D.C.) and Shift Register neutron coincidence systems for the assay of ru.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.D. Scott
Abstract:Hanford Engineering Development Laboratory (HEDL) has established a formal training program for nuclear material (NM) custodians. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.A. Schneider, N.S. Wing, K.O. Johnson
Abstract:A measurement control program for a low enriched conversion-fabrication plant for LWR fuels is described. The program is used to control…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Eccleston, H.O. Menlove, M.W. Echo
Abstract:A nondestructive neutron interrogation svstem, being developed to assay the 235u content in bulk waste solids and high enriched spent fuel…