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Evaluating a Field-Portable Neutron Resonance Capture Analysis System for Safeguards
Applications
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jill Rahon, Areg Danagoulian
Abstract:Technological strides in the thorium fuel cycle suggest its possible commercialization for nuclear power use within the next ten years.…
Evaluating environmental sampling data for Safeguards
– principles and advances
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):M. Schoeppner, B. Dabbs, K. Vilece, M. Nikkinen, C. Norman
Abstract:Since the inception of using environmental sampling for Safeguards purposes at the IAEA to detect undeclared nuclear activities, the…
EVALUATING SENSITIVITY TRENDS FOR MOBILE ANTINEUTRINO-BASED
SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Matthew Dunbrack, Anna Erickson
Abstract:Antineutrino detection systems show potential as a non-intrusive, tamper-proof monitoring tool for nuclear reactors. Mobile antineutrino…
Evaluating the Effectiveness of Insider Threat Mitigation Preventive
Measures
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John Landers, Sondra Spence, Bill McGlennon, Eric Gosset, Baleigh Morgan
Abstract:Malicious insider threats are real and persistent in the nuclear industry and have existed since the industry’s inception. Fortunately,…
Evaluation of the Revised Sampling Planning Method for
National Safeguards Inspection
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Haneol Lee, Hyun Cheol Lee, Jung Youn Choi, Hyun Ju Kim, Yewon Kim
Abstract:As the ROK adopted the state level approach (SLA) as the IAEA safeguards, the ROK’s Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) amended…
Evolution of technologies for the Future: Remote Detection Advancements for
Nuclear Material Management.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christopher Ramos, Brian Yoxall
Abstract:The National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA) Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (DNN R&D)…
EXAMINATION OF DIGITAL-DELAY ROSSI-α FOR 252CF-DRIVEN HIGHLY
ENRICHED URANIUM USING ORGANIC SCINTILLATORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F.B. Darby, M. Y. Hua, R.A. Weldon, J.D. Hutchinson, G.E. McKenzie, J.R. Lamproe, S.D. Clarke, S. A. Pozzi
Abstract:Neutron noise techniques constitute several analysis methods applicable to non-destructive assay. One technique is the Rossi-α method to…
Experimental and Computational Verification of a New Remote Monitoring System Design
for Spent Fuel Dry Cask Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Danielle M. South, Jeremy W. King, Sunil S. Chirayath, Craig Craig M. Marianno
Abstract:Spent nuclear fuel (SNF) is stored in dry casks following irradiation and initial cooling in spent fuel pools. Dry casks typically hold 2-…
Experimental Characterization of a
Lightweight Unmanned Aerial Radiation
Detection System equipped with a “Flat
Panel” gamma detector.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. Tancioni, P. Berger, Rico Chandra, U. Gendotti
Abstract:The capability of performing radiological monitoring of large areas using a lightweight, rapidly mountable gamma detection system is…
Experimental Neutron Signature Measurements of U-233 Plates
at the Device Assembly Facility
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Oskar F Searfus, Peter Marleau, Heather Reedy, I. Jovanovic, Eva C Uribe
Abstract:The thorium fuel cycle is emerging as an attractive alternative to conventional nuclear fuel cycles, as it does not require the enrichment…
Experimental Validation of Nuclear Forensics Methodologies for Reactor-type Attribution,
Burnup Determination, and Time Since Irradiation Estimation.
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sean Martinson, Patrick J. O'Neal, Sunil S. Chirayath
Abstract:Nuclear forensics (NF) is a critical field of nuclear security and nonproliferation that must continually grow and improve to combat…
EXPERIMENTAL VERIFICATION OF SIMULATED
PREDICTIONS FROM THE DDSI INSTRUMENT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sophie Grape, Erik Branger, Zsolt Elter
Abstract:The Differential Die-away Self Interrogation (DDSI) instrument was researched for many years under the Next Generation Safeguards…
Exploration of a Remote
Antineutrino-Based Monitoring
Concept for Small Modular Reactors
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Emma Houston, Adam Bernstein, Tomi A. Akindele, Marc Bergevin, Sandra Bogetic
Abstract:Neutrino detectors have been proposed to meet the safeguards challenges for the next generation of nuclear reactors [1], [2]. While small…
Exploration of Morphologic Signatures of Uranium Tetrafluoride for Nuclear Forensic Science
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alexa Hanson, Ian Schwerdt, Kathleen Matthies, Cole Thompson, Kari Sentz
Abstract:UF4 is a common feedstock for production of uranium metal and UF6, and open-source publications regarding the morphology of UF4 are limited…
Exploring the Application of Cognitive Science in Nuclear
and Radiological Security
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jawad R. Moussa, Andrew J. Wilcox, Charles A. Potter
Abstract:The introduction of new technological solutions has prompted an overall expansion of the role of technology in nuclear and radiological…
EXTRACTING THE SIGNAL FROM THE NOISE - THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL
INTELLIGENCE IN THE ANALYSIS OF SAFEGUARDS RELEVANT
INFORMATION
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P. SCHNEEWEISS, T. STOJADINOVIC, Z. ABBALI, N. Gillard, M. NITECKI
Abstract:Through safeguards, the IAEA is able to provide credible assurances that States are honouring their international obligations to use…
Facilitating the Adoption of Non-Radioisotopic Technologies in the Research Community:
Reproducibility and Comparability
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Warren Stern, Sidra Zia, Christopher Boyd, Ioanna Iliopulos
Abstract:The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) seeks to assist and support all partnersin the fields of radiobiology, radiation…
Fast Neutron Collar (FNCL) Instrument Advancements
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):V. Mozin, T. Stiegler, J. Dreyer, J. Dreyer, K. Kazkaz, S. Walston, T. Pershing, S. Czyz, T. Guglielmo, S O'Neal
Abstract:A multi-disciplinary research team at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is investigating advanced hardware components, signal…
Feasibility and challenges of 22Na based radioactive tracer dilution for mass
measurement of molten salts
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Guoping Cao, Shelly Li, Brian Storms, Magen Coleman, Ammon Williams, Praneeth Kandlakunta, Matthew Van Zile, Lei Cao
Abstract:Molten salts play a crucial role as electrolytes in the pyroprocessing of spent nuclear fuels, as well as being used as fuel salt in…
Feasibility studies of doing NRTA measurements using an AmBe neutron source
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Farheen Naqvi, Hunterdon Watts, Peninah Levine, Areg Danagoulian
Abstract:In this work a new approach for Neutron Resonance Transmission Analysis (NRTA) experiments is explored which forgoes a pulsed source for…