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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G.D. Halverson, A.R. Camarata
Abstract:Examination of historical semi-controlled data related to a current laboratory environment provides a powerful quality control tool by…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K. Kaieda, C. R. Hatcher, S.T. Hsue
Abstract:Two methods to determine the cooling time using data from high-resolution gamma-ray measurements are discussed; one is useful when the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):K.R. Alvar, T.L. Atwell, N.A. Lurio, P. Ting
Abstract:The feasibility of the use of standardized containers for special nuclear material storage, transfer, and measurement is being investigated…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. H. Ehinger, M. J. Crawford, C. Joseph, M.L. Madeen
Abstract:A computerized nuclear materials control and accounting system (CNMCAS) for a fuel reprocessing plant is being developed by Allied-General…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.R. Greene, Waneta C. Tuttle
Abstract:A method for automatically detecting duress in security personnel has been developed. The method utilizes real-time assessment of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Thomas Yolken, R.J.S. Harry
Abstract:The application of gamma-ray measurements for uranium enrichment determinations is now a mature technique finding widespread use. These…
Type:JNMM
Volume:8
Issue:2
Author(s):H. Peter Filss
Abstract:A non-destructive assay system for the direct determination of fissile material is presented which is not influenced by the presence of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert E. Uhrig
Abstract:The Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 brought about markedly increased security requirements at nuclear power plants. NRC established a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. W. Morrison, D.H. Pike
Abstract:An approach to loss detection is presented which combines the optimal loss detection capability of state estimation techniques with a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.G. Clark, R.J. Brouns, L.C. DAVENPORT, A.D. Chockie
Abstract:A study was recently completed for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) to identify the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James H. OPELKA, P.C. Chee, R.J. Flynn, B.L. Reider
Abstract:Portions of the suggested text of a safeguards chapter of an environmental impact statement for an independent spent fuel storage location…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tsahi Gozani
Abstract:Portal monitors (PM) provide one of the most effective detection mechanisms at access portals of nuclear facilities. They are especially…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James A. Powers
Abstract:A methodology has been developed for the evaluation of the safeguardability of alternative nuclear fuel cycles. These fuel cycles are…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H. Bueker, R. Buttler
Abstract:In order to meet the requirements of international (IAEA and EURATOM) and national supervisory authorities for improved nuclear material…
Type:JNMM
Volume:8
Issue:1
Author(s):Takeshi Osabe
Abstract:Japan ratified the NPT and concluded a Safeguards Agreement under the NPT between Japan and IAEA in March 1977. In consequence of this,…
Type:JNMM
Volume:8
Issue:1
Author(s):John L. Jaech
Abstract:The problem of estimating errors of measurement when two or more measurement "methods" are used to measure each of n items has been…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.R. Whetstone, S.M. Baker
Abstract:Facts and falacies of process tank calibration concern minimization of modeling error associated with a tank and the use of redundancy to…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G.A. Westsik
Abstract:An annual process equipment holdup inventory measurement program for a Plutonium processing plant was instituted by Rockwell Hanford…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard J. Gigliotti, Captain Frank Bolz, Jr.
Abstract:With the increasing possibility of terrorist action directed against a nuclear facility, there exists a need for preparing security…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.F. Disselhorst, J. Razvi
Abstract:Uranium-235 measurement control for high-temperature gas-cooled reactor (HTGR) fuel manufacture can involve more than 20 categories of…