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Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:4
Author(s):D. Sellinschegg
Abstract:The CUMUFR (cumulative sum of standardized MUFresiduals) statistic is proposed to examine materials balance data for deviations from the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Robert L. Carlson, W.J. Bair
Abstract:In November 1980, Westinghouse Hanford Company installed the initial version of the Safeguards Active Response Inventory System (SARIS). It…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John W. Kane, Martin R. Kodlick
Abstract:The major components of a security system include detection, assessment, access delay, and response. For the security system to be…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.C. Pratt, W. Bernard, C. Garcia, M.C. Lucas, C.E. Moss, E.J. Dowdy
Abstract:Our gamma-ray spectrometer system, designed for field use, offers high efficiency and high resolution for safeguards applications. The…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:4
Author(s):A. Bilyk
Abstract:To assess the scope of nuclear activities subject to safeguards in the future, the System Studies Section of the Department of Safeguards…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Henry F. Atwater, J. D. Atencio, J.T. Caldwell, W. Bernard, J.M. Bieri, S.W. France, R.D. Hastings, E.R. Shunk, W.E. Kunz, G.C. Herrera
Abstract:The Advanced Nuclear Technology Group of the Los Alamos National Laboratory recently designed and built a combined passive- and active-…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:4
Author(s):Jonathan Sanborn
Abstract:This paper addresses the question of detecting falsifications in material balance accountancy reporting by comparing independently…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Lumb, F.H. Tingey, M. Messinger
Abstract:This paper describes an extension of the AMASS methodology which was previously presented at the 1981 INMM annual meeting. The main thrust…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.T. Mee
Abstract:The age old method of physically taking an inventory of materials by listing each item's identification number has lived beyond its…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alan M. Bieber, A.N. Keswani
Abstract:Bar codes similar to those used in supermarkets can be used to reduce the effort and cost of collecting nuclear materials accountability…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James M. de Montmollin, R. M. Smith
Abstract:The function of IAEA safeguards should be seen in the context of the Agency's responsib i l i t y to enhance the contribution of nuclear…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Kernit Laughor
Abstract:The question posed by the title of this paper is rhetorical in nature. The answer to the question can be stated as follows: Commercial…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Floyd Culler, Robert F. Williams, Milton Klein
Abstract:It is a pleasure to be here today to discuss some of the steps that can be taken to revitalize the nuclear option, with emphasis on…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):A.S. Goldman, L.G. Anderson
Abstract:The purpose of a tank calibration equation is to obtain an estimate of the liquid volume that corresponds to a liquid level measurement.…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.C. Bartels, L. Green
Abstract:The IAEA is currently bringing into routine use safeguards equipment based on new technology. In many cases, bringing this new equipment to…
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:4
Author(s):Lyle W. Kruse, Benjamin Dominguez
Abstract:A study was made of alternative designs for the portal detection of special nuclear material. Changes in the detector, signal-processing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):W.J. Hendry
Abstract:The material control and accounting system in place in the nuclear fuel facility of the General Electric Wilmington Manufacturing…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Steven H. Scott
Abstract:Considerable emphasis has been given in recent years to the threat of sabotage or theft by an insider at nuclear facilities, a threat…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.M. Rinard, J. K. Halbig, J.R. Phillips, H.O. Menlove, G. E. Hosier, S. F. Klosterbuer
Abstract:A portable nondestructive measurement system has been developed and used to measure neutron and gross gamma-ray emission from irradiated…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.G. Cardwell, D.W. Swindle, Jr.
Abstract:This paper describes a method of taking gas-phase or, equivalently, vapor-phase samples from cylinders containing solid or liquid UF6 for…