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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Our first speaker this morning, Bob Fri, is a native of Kansas. He was graduated from Rice University with honors in physics and received…
Type:JNMM
Volume:6
Issue:2
Abstract:The timely transfer of newly developed safeguards technology to the nuclear community is essential to provide guidance for upgrading…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Insider Safeguards Effectiveness Model (ISEM) is a stochastic, discrete event, Monte-Carlo Simulation Model used to assess the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:This paper is based upon a report prepared by the authors for the Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Calorimetry provides a method to establish the traceability of the nondestructive assay (NDA) of plutonium utilizing the traceability of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A method is under development for §valuating the performance of a nuclear facility safeguards system for defeating attempts of theft or…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A simple, easy-to-use method called Estimate of Adversary Sequence Interruption has been developed to evaluate physical security system…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Today nuclear energy is faced with an \" A l i c e in Wonderland\" situation that gets \"curiouser and curiouser\". Gone are the \"Ban The…
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:1
Abstract:The procedure of not making bias corrections to a measurement process unless statistical tests indicate a non-zero bias results in long-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A portable, battery-powered gamma radiation detection system, the RBM 1100 Road Block Monitor, is described. The detector is a 12.7-cm…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A safeguards-system for pebble-bed reactors is described. This safeguards-system is explained in detail using the example of the 300 MWe…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The paper describes a structured approach to inspection, the purpose of inspection, and its specific objectives, with the aim of providing…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:4
Abstract:Fuel rod scanning at General Electric's Nuclear Fuel Fabrication Facility was initiated in 1969 by the installation of a passive rod…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The historical development of current domestic safeguards regulations is summarized, from the perspective of an operating licensee nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The benefits of different entrance control actions are quantitatively assessed by defining a relative improvement index for the screening…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Sandia Laboratories is developing advanced physical protection safeguards in order to improve the security of special nuclear materials,…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:This paper describes the development of an electrical analogue thermal-control model for the ANL-type fast-response calorimeter and its…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A methodology approach is described which can be employed in safeguards systems effectiveness considerations. Adversary action sequences…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The system comprises a computer-controlled automatic wet chemical analyzer, and a scheme for handling all of the data generating operations…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The components of an automated plutonium assay system (APAS) are described. This system provides the capability for a totally…