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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Emily Gunger, Dr. Andreas Enqvist, Dr. Steven Dazeley, Dr. Adam Bernstein, Dr. Jake Hecla
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Large-scale liquid-based neutrino detectors can contain optically transparent mixtures including water and scintillator. In order for…
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Author(s):Morris Good, Samuel Glass, Martin Fürst, Yanming Guo, Lorenzo Papa, Josef Pörnbacher, Balthasar Fischer
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Verification that equipment is authentic and not changed from a reference design and even at the circuit card assembly (CCA) level will…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Cristina Siserman-Gray, Jessica Burniske, Oskana Elkhamri, Lucy Groves, Carrie Matthews, Shannon Stevenson
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The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is exploring the use of innovative technologies such as Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) to…
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Author(s):Dr. N.A. Bello, E.E. Ofoegbu, A.B. Muse
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The Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA) is established by the Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Act 19 of 1995. The NNRA is…
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Author(s):Jacob W. Smith, Nathan Rowe, Nathan Martindale, Mark B. Adams
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his project investigated the optimization of data processing capabilities for a repository containing over 2.5 million radiation portal…
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Author(s):Rebecca A. Coles, Maia Gemmill, Yonggang Cui, Yuewei Lin, Xi Yu
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The authentication of surveillance camera videos is a critical task in ensuring the integrity and reliability of security systems,…
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Author(s):Jason McCall, David Speaks, Sam Brown
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 The National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) collects and preserves numerous physical…
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Author(s):D. Frank, Q. Burke, M. Dzur, P. O'Neal, P. Simon, F. Naqvi, R. Weinmann-Smith
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This paper introduces a package of algorithms designed to address the challenge of Nuclear Material Control and Accounting (NMC&A),…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Philip Kegler, Shannon K. Potts, Simon Hammerich, Irmgard Niemeyer, Dirk Bosbach, Stefan Neumeier
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The IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) and its worldwide Network of qualified Analytical Laboratories (NWAL) are using uranium oxide…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Aristidis Loumis-Demetrakopoulos, Tyrell Simmons, Braden Goddard
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This project attempts to automate the differentiation of High Assay Low-Enriched Uranium (HALEU) and Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) through…
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Author(s):Christopher R. Armstrong
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A new processing capability is being developed at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to enable processing of irradiated Mark-18A…
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Author(s):M.D. Shah, K.K. Hogue, N. Rowe, S.S. Chirayath
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The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) will likely require license applicants for liquid-fueled molten salt reactors (MSRs) with…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Onkarabetse P Tau, Tebogo G Kupi, Manny Mathuthu
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A new field of nuclear forensics has emerged because of an increase in the rate of unlawful nuclear or radioactive material trafficking and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Sumaiya Husain, Ling Lan Chen, Rex Taibu, Paul Sideris, Sharon Lall-Ramnarine
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Radioisotopes are naturally decaying atoms that have a wide range of uses in contemporary life. They are routinely used in nuclear medicine…
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Author(s):Cody Nizinski, Evan Warzecha, Aaron Chalifoux, Alexa Hanson, Kathleen Matthies, Emma Brindley, Luther McDonald, Alex Hagen, Kari Sentz
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The effect of process scale on the morphological properties of nuclear materials remains a pertinent question for the development of…
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Author(s):Martha Williams, Noah Pope
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Over the past five years, NNSA’s Office of International Nuclear Security has developed and presented training courses and workshops (both…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Marco Salathe, Pei Yao Li, Nicholas A. Parrilla, Tenzing H.Y. Joshi, Reynold J. Cooper, Ki Park, Asa V. Sudderth
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Detecting and localizing nuclear material containers (NMCs) is necessary before artificial intelligence and robotics techniques can be…
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Author(s):Jesus J. Valencia, J. Bacon, J.M. Durham, E. Guardincerri, Adam A. Hecht, C.L. Morris, D. Poulson
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There is currently a lack of long-term storage solutions for many types of radioactive material, ranging from spent nuclear fuel to lower-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Eric Wallace, Mathias Boggs, Samuel Gailliot, Annie Goodman, Adam D. Williams
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The international security and conflict environment has fundamentally changed and now includes two nuclear near-peer competitors, growing…
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Author(s):Ethel Ofoegbu
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The use of radioactive material predates the establishment of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NNRA), hence the concern for…