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Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D. Engi, L.D. Chapman
Abstract:Nuclear safeguards systems provide physical protection and control of nuclear materials. The Safeguards Network Analysis Procedure (SNAP)…
Type:JNMM
Volume:8
Issue:2
Author(s):Hans E. Hansen
Abstract:The Plutonium Protection System (PPS) is an integrated safeguards system developed by Sandia Laboratories for the Department of Energy's…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Michael L. Evans, Richard Strittmatter, M.P. Baker, J.W. Tape, M. Jain
Abstract:A selected set of nondestructive assay instruments for an international safeguards system at uranium enrichment plants is currently under…
Type:JNMM
Volume:8
Issue:2
Author(s):Norbert Ensslin, James E. Stewart, Joe Sapir
Abstract:We have developed self-multiplication correction factors for the nondestructive assay of plutonium oxide or metal in thermal or fast…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C.N. Smith, J.G. Partlow
Abstract:The measurement control program is one of the nine Fundamental Nuclear Material Control principles which form the overall system currently…
Type:JNMM
Volume:8
Issue:3
Author(s):Antonio J. G. Ramalho Antonio J. G. Ramalho, W. Eric Payne
Abstract:Equipment and procedures currently used by the IAEA to take and analyse the results of spent fuel measurements based on high resolution…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Y. ASAKURA, Austin L. Prindle, R. Gunnink, J.B. Niday, A.L. Van Lehn
Abstract:We describe a computer-based gamma ray spectrometer system using a germanium detector for rapid nondestructive measurement of isotopic and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Leon Green
Abstract:Safeguards implemented by IAEA is essential if the peaceful use of nuclear power is to be continued in the framework of the non-…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.R. Rogers, K.W. Foster
Abstract:The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is considering the use of maximum-loss performance criteria as a means of controlling SNM in nuclear…
Type:JNMM
Volume:8
Issue:1
Author(s):Frank Shu, Joe Watson, Kathryn Eike Dudding, Peter Meenan
Abstract:This paper describes the design and development of an automated LEID, limits of error of inventory difference, computation process. The…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R. STEWART
Abstract:The paper outlines the brief history of a Working Group composed of nuclear fuel plant operators, safeguards research workers and…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):F. Brown, P.T. Good
Abstract:1 The model for the Agreements \"between the IAEA and a State in connection with the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):J. Nardi, W. Gmelin, A. Roumianstev
Abstract:A general description of Agency safeguards from the point of an information system is presented. A discussion of the crucial areas that the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.E. Hostetler
Abstract:The usual loss estimators used for detecting the loss or diversion of special nuclear material are effective only for specific diversion…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):E.A. Hakkila, R.J. Dietz, J.P. Shipley
Abstract:The effectiveness of conventional nuclear materials accounting systems, both national and international, is constrained by the fundamental…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):B.D. Link, H.D. Shapiro
Abstract:Although human performance and decision making play a decisive role in determining the outcomes of combat in real life, these factors have…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Judy J. Lim, John G. Huebel
Abstract:A typical nuclear material accounting system employing double-entry bookkeeping is described. A logic diagram is used to model the…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.W. Swindle
Abstract:The design, development, and evaluation plan for the physical protection system of the Consolidated Fuel Reprocessing Program's Hot…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):D.R. Dunn, James V. Candy
Abstract:This paper reviews some of the computational tools developed by Lawrence Livermore Laboratory (LLL) for the assessment and design of…
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Charles S. Johnson
Abstract:The use of unattended video surveillance systems places some unique requirements on the systems and their hardware. The systems have the…