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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Calorimetry provides a highly accurate and precise method for the assay of plutonium in nuclear fuels, but is often limited by the time…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The recently completed Reactor Safety Study (RSS) which resulted in the WASH-1400 report has stimulated considerable interest in the use of…
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:2
Abstract:The SS Acountability System has been designed to provide accountability of all SS materials by unit identification and grams. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Ways of diverting nuclear material are presented in a form that reflects the effects of the diversions on a select set of statistical…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:This paper discusses two new Random Drivers built by NNC. The smaller machine, Mini Random Driver, is designed to give high sensitivity for…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The purpose of this report is to develop a procedure to quantitatively assess the risk to diversion of the nuclear material in the fuel…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:In the nascent years of commercial nuclear power, the insurance industry expressed confidence in the safety of nuclear operations by…
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:2
Abstract:The weighing operation is of key importance in accounting for nuclear materials. Although measurement errors associated with material…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The safeguarding of enriched uranium at a centrifuge enrichment plant is put into perspective by identifying the limited utility of the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Safeguards Assurance Analysis is a method to assist in the design and evaluation of safeguards systems. It can be applied to a facility…
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:2
Abstract:The subject of safeguards, and in particular plutonium safeguards, is a widely discussed issue in today's nuclear deliberations. In fact…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A general methodology for the comparative evaluation of physical protection system effectiveness at nuclear facilities is presently under…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:I'm pleased to be with you again this year to share in discussing what, Is surely our most important scientific and social concern: the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Accountability Inventory Management System (AIMS) is a new computer inventory control system for nuclear materials at the Savannah…
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:1
Abstract:Some statistical aspects of results obtained from a measuring system where the measurement might or might not be directly of the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The adoption of real time techniques and equipment has been frequently discussed as an approach to upgrading safeguards. Characteristics of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires that applications for the licensing of nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities include a statement…
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:1
Abstract:In this paper, we discuss the current results of an ongoing analytical study of a dynamic inventory method that appears to have some…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A design concept for safeguards systems to protect reprocessing and fuel fabrication plants is described. The design concept is summarized…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Safeguards systems that are capable of countering postulated threats to nuclear facilities must be closely integrated with plant layout and…