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REACTOR FUEL ULTRASONIC SEALS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. M. McKenzie
Abstract:This paper describes the progress at Sandia National Laboratories of an ongoing program on ultrasonic seals. The desirable acoustic…
REDUCED-SIZE PLUTONIUM SAMPLE PROCESSING AND PACKAGING FOR THE PAT-2 PACKAGE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Stein Deron, E. Kuhn, H. Aigner, J.A. Andersen
Abstract:A light-weight container for the air transport of Plutonium safeguards samples, the PAT-2 package, has been developed in the USA and is now…
RESOLUTION OF ALARMS FOR LOSS OF BULK NUCLEAR MATERIAL
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.F. Eggers, L.C. DAVENPORT
Abstract:Under methods of material accountability considered in the NRC's Reform Amendment (Federal Register, 46(175):45144-45151 dated September 10…
SABOTAGE CONSEQUENCE RISK ANALYSIS FOR DOE FACILITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Fredrick Crane, John B. Stewart
Abstract:This paper summarizes the methodology developed for a sabotage analysis (Reference 1) carried out by International Energy Associates…
SAFAR-SAFEGUARDED FABRICATION AND REPROCESSING PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John L. Jaech, Roy Nilson, R.A. Schneider, R.E. Tomlinson
Abstract:Under the sponsorship of the Electric Power Research Institute, Exxon Nuclear Company has developed a conceptual design of a 1500 MT/y…
Safeguards Instrumentation: Past, Present, Future
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):William A. Higinbotham William A. Higinbotham
Abstract:Instruments are essential for accounting, for surveillance and for protection of nuclear materials. The development and application of…
SEQUENTIAL TESTS FOR THE EVALUATION OF RADIATION MONITOR DATA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Rudolf Avenhaus, Erwin Leitner
Abstract:In a previous paper a radiation monitor was described as a typical device for the control of the movement of nuclear material. The…
SIMULATED MONITOR DISPLAY FOR CCTV
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):David A. Smith, Basil J. Steele
Abstract:Two computer programs have been developed which generate a two-dimensional graphic perspective of the video output produced by a Closed…
SINGLE-ENERGY TRANSMISSIONCORRECTED ENERGY-DISPERSIVE XRF FOR SNM-BEARING SOLUTIONS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Wayne Ruhter, D.C. Camp, T.R. Canada
Abstract:The versatility of energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis allows its application in a number of in-plant process and…
SNM MEASUREMENT METHODS: THE STATE OF THE PRACTICE
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.R. Rogers
Abstract:In order to determine the specific applications and performance of special nuclear materials (SNM) measurement methods being used routinely…
STORAGE AND TRANSPORTATION OF SPENT FUEL AND HIGH LEVEL WASTE USING DRY STORAGE CASKS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Philip E. Eggers, Elmer C. LUSK, John L. RIDIHALGH
Abstract:The storage of spent fuel and high level waste in high capacity spent fuel storage casks is described including on-site handling, transfer…
SUMMARY REVIEW OF INTRUSION SENSORS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.C. HAMILTON
Abstract:The effectiveness of the intrusion detection component of a. physical protection system depends vitally upon proper installation and…
THE CANADIAN PROGRAM IN SUPPORT OF IAEA SAFEGUARDS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. M. Smith, R. M. Duncan, J.G. Hodgkinson
Abstract:The history of Canadian support to the IAEA is briefly traced from early co-operation in.the TRUST program, which was a tripartite venture…
THE COMMUNICATION BARRIERS AND HOW TO LEVEL THEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Frecric C. Olds
Abstract:Harold Green, professor of law, observed that as politics invaded the scientific and technical realms, scientists and engineers expected…
THE IMPACT OF SENSOR-SCENE INTERACTION ON THE DESIGN OF AN IR SECURITY SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J.P. CLAASSEN, G.S. PHIPPS
Abstract:Recent encouraging developments in infrared staring arrays with CCD readouts and in real time image processors on and off the focal plane…
THE JOINT PROGRAMME ON SAFEGUARDS R & D BETWEEN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND THE IAEA
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):U. EHRFELD, D. STUNKEL
Abstract:The Joint Programme on the Technical Development and Further Improvement of IAEA Safeguards between the Government of the Federal Republic…
THE PEACEFUL ATOM AND NATIONAL SECURITY
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Herman E. Roser
Abstract:This presentation develops the relationship between the primary mission of the organization under DOE's Assistant Secretary for Defense…
The Peaceful Atom and National Security
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):Herman E. Roser
Abstract:This presentation develops the relationship between the primary mission of the organization under DOE's Assistant Secretary for Defense…
THE STATE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY UNDER PRESIDENT REAGAN
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John M. Marcum
Abstract:The objectives and policies of the Reagan Administration with respect to the commercial uses of nuclear energy have been explicitly defined…
The State of Nuclear Energy Under President Reagan
Type:JNMM
Volume:11
Issue:2
Author(s):John M. Marcum
Abstract:The use of commercial nuclear energy continues to be both a technically important and a politically volatile issue in the 1980s.,…