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Deep Learning for Video Surveillance Review
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Erik Wolfart, Alvaro CASADO COSCOLLA, Vitor Sequeira
Abstract:Video surveillance cameras are the backbone for containment and surveillance activities in international safeguards. Safeguards inspectors…
DEFINING AND ANALYZING CULTURE FOR NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT OCCUPATIONs
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kenneth E. Sanders, Ronald Pope, Liu Yung, James Shuler
Abstract:Organizational cultures exist in industries and organizations worldwide. Publications have proposed definitions, culture basis, training,…
Demonstration of fast multiplicity counting of 252Cf using plastic scintillators and silicon photomultipliers
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Erez Cohen, Yuval Waschitz, Yair Ifergan, Arindam Roy, David Vartsky, Yakov Yehuda-Zada, Itamar Israelashvili, Arie Beck, Lior Arazi
Abstract:We present a prototype for a multiplicity counter of fast neutrons and $\gamma$ rays, based on plastic scintillators coupled to SiPMs…
Deriving a Framework for “Insider Risk Potential” from Using Artificial Neural Networks for Insider Threat Detection & Mitigation
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Colton Heffington, Adam Williams, Shannon Abbott, Sondra Spence, William Charlton
Abstract:Recent trends in insider threat for critical facilities have shifted focus in determining the potential for a successful insider act. For…
Designing Tabletop Exercises as a Knowledge-Building Tool in Nuclear Security
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Yara Shaban, Almuntaser Albluwi
Abstract:Tabletop Exercises (TTXs) are used to engage participants in collective thinking and decision-making by assigning roles and…
Destructive Analysis of Nuclear Materials at ABACC: Current Status and Future Steps
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ana Maria de Araujo, Anibal Bonino, Fabio Dias, Marcos Cesar Moreira, Sonia Moreno
Abstract:The Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Material (ABACC) is a bilateral organization created in 1991 by…
Detecting and Quantifying Diversion in an Experimental Aqueous Reprocessing Loop
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Grey Batie, Vanessa Goss, Christopher Poresky, Per Peterson, Rachel Slaybaugh, Kai Vetter
Abstract:Bulk material handling facilities face unique safeguards challenges due to their continuous operation, high throughput, high radiation…
Detection method of nuclear material theft based on the time-series sequence of unit actions obtained by deep image learning
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kazuyuki Demachi, Shi Chen
Abstract:Most of the nuclear security-related incidents occurring in the world are the theft of nuclear materials and radioactive materials.…
Determining the Optimal Radiation Detector Configuration for Measuring Fuel Characteristics of an Accountability Tank within a PUREX Facility
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Grey Batie, Vanessa Goss, Cameron Cage, Christopher Poresky, Per Peterson, Rachel Slaybaugh, Kai Vetter
Abstract:Aqueous reprocessing facilities face unique safeguard challenges due to their continuous operation, high-throughput, high radiation fields…
Developing a Nuclear Culture with the First Generation of Nuclear Workers
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Samer Kahook, Qasem Ababneh, Saed Shaktour, Karen Kaldenbach, Dave Duhamel, Christopher Hayes
Abstract:When the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan decided to pursue the development of its nuclear energy programs in 2007, stakeholders recognized the…
Developing and Utilizing Nuclear Security Stakeholder Matrices for Strengthening the Nuclear Security Regime
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Naoko Noro, Yosuke Naoi
Abstract:Six years have passed since the successful Nuclear Security Summit Process was completed. Since then, the momentum for strengthening…
Developing Delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy for Nuclear Safeguards: Project Overview and Analysis Development
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Douglas Rodriguez, Kamel Abbas, Mitsuo Koizumi, Stefan Nonneman, Stephan Oberstedt, Bent Pedersen, Fabiana Rossi, Peter Schillebeeckx, Tohn Takahashi
Abstract:Since 2015, the Japan Atomic Energy Agency has been collaborating with the European Commission Joint Research Centre (EC/JRC) to develop…
Development of a Rover for Autonomous Imaging and Identification of Nuclear Material
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Catherine Ballard, Stefano Marin, Ricardo Lopez, Shaun Clarke, Sara Pozzi
Abstract:The global proliferation of nuclear weapons and nuclear material has highlighted the importance of controlling special nuclear material. In…
Development of an Assurance Programme for Nuclear Material Accountancy and Control
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Gemma Howarth
Abstract:As a result of the UK leaving the European Union, the UK has left the Euratom Treaty, and thus responsibilities for Nuclear Safeguards have…
Development of Delayed Gamma-ray Spectroscopy for Nuclear Safeguards (2): Forward to a Practical DGS Instrument
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fabiana Rossi, Mitsuo Koizumi, Douglas Rodriguez, Tohn Takahashi
Abstract:With the preliminary goal of fissile-nuclide content quantification in small samples containing uranium and plutonium, the Integrated…
Development of Detection and Direction Estimation Techniques of Neutron Sources
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Tohn Takahashi, Mitsuo Koizumi, Takanori Mochimaru, Kota Hironaka, Hirokuni Yamanishi, Genichiro Wakabayashi
Abstract:In order to prevent nuclear terrorism at major public events, it is essential to prevent the bringing in nuclear and radioactive materials…
Development of Mock-CA exercise using virtual tour for online SSAC training
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Megumi Sekine, Matthew Murray, Harry SUMITRO SAM, Hidetoshi SUKEGAWA, Sachiyo KAI, Takashi Obata, Risa Motokawa, Yoko Kawakubo, Naoko Noro, Naoko Inoue
Abstract:Integrated Support Center for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Nuclear Security (ISCN) of Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA), in cooperation…
Development of Passive Neutron Emission Tomography and Its Applicability to Nuclear Safeguards
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Katsuyoshi Tsuchiya, Takaya Tokuda, Hiroshi Sagara, Chi Young Han
Abstract:More sensitive and less intrusive Non-Destructive Assay (NDA) instruments are one of the technological development challenges in the long-…
Development of Synchrotron-Based Analyses Techniques of Environmental Samples
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Andrew Duffin, Jesse Ward, Micah Miller, David Shuh, Alex Ditter, Sirene Fakra, Dilworth Parkinson, Rebecca Coles, Biays Bowerman, Juergen Thieme, Martin Schoonen
Abstract:Synchrotron facilities generate intense X-ray beams that can be focused down to micron and submicron probes to non-destructively study the…
Development of the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) Controlled-Potential Coulometer and its role on International Safeguards:Past, Present, Future
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Maria Morales-Arteaga, Joseph Cordaro, Michael Holland
Abstract:The accurate determination of plutonium (Pu) mass in nuclear materials is essential to nuclear material accountancy and international…