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APPLICATION OF THE GRAVIMETRIC METHOD TO CLOSING THE MATERIAL BALANCE AROUND THE CHOP-LEACH CELL OF A SPENT-FUEL REPROCESSING PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leslie G. Fishbone
Abstract:For a spent-fuel reprocessing plant handling commercial light-water-reactor fuel, plutonium accounting is traditionally done for the…
APPLICATION OF THE LIMITED FREQUENCY-UNANNOUNCED ACCESS STRATEGY MEASUREMENT TECHNOLOGY IN GAS CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANTS*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.W. Swindle
Abstract:As part of a limited frequency—unannounced access inspection strategy for international safeguards, a gamma ray measurement technique for…
Applications of Microcomputers for In-Field NDA Analysis by the IAEA
Type:JNMM
Volume:14
Issue:1
Author(s):B. Barnes, C. MONTICONE, T. DRAGNEV, R. D. ARLT
Abstract:Personal Computers (PC's) attached to non-destructive analysis instrumentation are being used by the International Atomic Energy Agency…
AUDIT TRAILS IN AN ONLINE ACCOUNTABILITY SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Curtis Jamison
Abstract:The Safeguards Accountability Network (SAN) is an online computer system that was developed by Rockwell International to track the…
BLIND SAMPLE SUBMISSION AS A TOOL FOR MEASUREMENT CONTROL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. J. Frank
Abstract:A Blind Sample Submission Program is an effective management tool in an overall Measurement Control Program. Data from such a program is…
CCTV FOR RADIATION ENVIRONMENTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert A. Shaufl
Abstract:The use of closed circuit television (CCTV) within radiation environments requires the system designer to have a thorough knowledge of the…
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS QUALITY ASSURANCE AT THE IDAHO CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. L. Hand, F. W. Spraktes, R. W. Anselmo, J. J. Jacobson, D.B. Black
Abstract:The Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP) is a uranium reprocessing facility operated by Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Company for the…
CLARIFICATION OF TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO FUEL ASSEMBLY SEALS AND EVIDENCING THEIR COMPLIANCE IN THE KAHL DEMONSTRATION EXPERIMENT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Christian Bruckner
Abstract:The fuel assembly seal demonstration experiment performed at the Kahl Experimental Power Station (Versuchsatomkraftwerk Kahl, VAK) is a…
COMBUSTION ENGINEERING. INC. EXPERIENCE UNDER IAEA SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas B. Bowie
Abstract:After ten (10) inspections over a twenty-two (22) month period Combustion Engineering CE-W Nuclear Manufacturing personnel have developed…
COMMENTS ON THE LAW OF RIOTS AND DISSENT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Jerry J. Cadwell
Abstract:All nuclear security organizations provide training to security officers in preparation for a riot or peaceful demonstration which could…
Community Response to Low-Level Radioactive Waste: A Case Study of An Attempt to Establish a Waste Reduction and Incineration Facility
Type:JNMM
Volume:14
Issue:2
Author(s):Richard Bord, Philip J. Ponzurick, Warren F Witzig
Abstract:The Federal Low-Level Radioactive Waste Policy Act of 1980 specified a 1986 deadline for the establishment of state and regional low-…
COMPUTERIZED INTERACTIVE MEASUREMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AT THE ROCKY FLATS PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Patricia Hyman, Violet M. Hunt
Abstract:Traditionally, measurement control for the Rocky Flats Plant Analytical Laboratories has been administered by the Chemistry Standards…
CONCEPT FOR FUEL-CYCLE BASED SAFEGUARDS*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William A. Higinbotham, James M. de Montmollin, Dipak Gupta
Abstract:Although the guidelines for NPT safeguards specify that the State's fuel cycle and degree of international independence are to be taken…
CONFIRMATORY MEASUREMENTS OF SPECIAL NUCLEAR MATERIAL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas L. Williams, Wendell L. Belew
Abstract:Confirmatory measurements have been used in nuclear material control and accountability programs since the inception of nuclear material…
CONFIRMATORY MEASUREMENTS OF UF6 USING THE NEUTRON SELF-INTERROGATION METHOD*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.E. Stewart, P. Polk, H.O. Menlove, N. Ensslin, L.R. Cowder
Abstract:A passive neutron counting method has been developed for measurement of the 235U mass in Model 5A cylinders of UF6. The unique neutronic…
CRATED WASTE ASSAY MONITOR*
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Walter Kunz, Henry F. Atwater, Gary Herrera, T.H. Kuckertz, D.W. Swindle, J.T. Caldwell, J.H. Audas, W. Bernard, J.M. Bieri, S.W. France, R.D. Hastings, E.R. Shunk, E. Ricci
Abstract:A crated waste assay monitor (CWAM) has been developed by Los Alamos National Laboratory to nondestructively assay sealed containers of…
DATA VERIFICATION AND MATERIALS ACCOUNTANCY FOR TWO ACCOUNTING PERIODS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rainer Beedgen
Abstract:In the framework of near-real-time accountancy for nuclear materials safeguards statistical analysis based on the operator's data of a…
DEVELOPMENT OF A SEALING-BOLT FOR THE SAFEGUARDING OF LARGE CONTAINERS SUCH AS MULTIELEMENT B O T T L E S
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B. C. d'Agraives, J. Toornvliet
Abstract:A preliminary study on the development of a \"Seal ing-Bolt\" is currently being carried out at JRC-Ispra. It is required for the…
DISCUSSION OF SABOTAGE VULNERABILITIES - CONSEQUENCES OF AIRBORNE RELEASES -
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Ming-Shih Lu, Lester Epel
Abstract:A simplified mathematical model has been developed to provide conservative estimates of radioactive and/or chemical dispersal consequences…
DOE DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR INTERNATIONAL SAFEGUARDS AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION OF NUCLEAR MATERIALS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William C. Bartels
Abstract:This is a technical review of the DOE's International Support Program from 1981 to 1985. The Program includes development of equipment and…