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Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:2
Abstract:An important practical question is whether bias corrections should always be made to a measurement process or should be made only when a…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Many definitions of Material Unaccounted For (MUF) are available from such sources as the ERDA Manual, Title 10 of the Code of Federal…
Type:JNMM
Volume:3
Issue:4
Abstract:An error of measurement may be defined as the "magnitude and the sign of the difference between the measured value and the 'true' value…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:1
Abstract:The "thoughts" in this essay arose from my being asked to comment on a paper by John L. Jaech, "Some Thoughts on Random Errors,…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:2
Abstract:The problems associated with making bias corrections to SNM accountability data have received considerable attention recently. In…
Type:JNMM
Volume:4
Issue:1
Abstract:Systematic error has been struggling for recognition for almost fifty years. One of the first papers on the topic is due to Student [1]…
Type:JNMM
Volume:3
Issue:4
Abstract:An error of measurement may be defined as the "magnitude and the sign of the difference between the measured value and the 'true' value…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A survey of the uranium assay techniques and a brief description of measurement control at the New Brunswick Laboratory (NBL) are provided…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The strong national commitment to nuclear power is creating a firm demand for uranium which will last for many years. A large expansion of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:This paper is largely philosophical in its content. I believe this is appropriate because the philosophical aspects are the essence of the…
Type:JNMM
Volume:3
Issue:2
Abstract:At Westinghouse, the Nuclear Materials Management & Safeguards Group is the central recording and reporting location for all source…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A fission multiplicity detector (FMD) system has been developed for the passive assay of the plutonium content of known isotopic…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The function of a measurement control program for nuclear materials accounting is to monitor and control the quality of the SNM…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:Measured values for all flow and inventory quantities are required for nuclear materials safeguards and are necessary for nuclear materials…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:A doorway monitor is described which was designed to detect the passage of 235u, 233JJ, or 239pu through personnel portals without impeding…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:During July, 1968, an automated data processing system for SS material control was initiated at The Dow Chemical Company, Rocky Flats…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:New requirements for the physical protection of special nuclear material against theft andnuclear plants against industrial sabotage were…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The Isotopic Source Assay System (ISAS) utilizes the detection of the multiplicity of fission events to quantitatively measure the fissile…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Abstract:The utilization of radioactive materials for research and reaching at Columbia University is performed under a \"broad\" license issued by…
Type:JNMM
Volume:3
Issue:2
Abstract:My introduction to INMM was at the 1969 meeting in Las Vegas, soon after our little group at Brookhaven had plunged into safeguards. We…