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PREDICTION OF CALORIMETER EQUILIBRIUM1\"
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):P.W. Seabaugh, C. Fellers
Abstract:Calorimetry provides a highly accurate and precise method for the assay of plutonium in nuclear fuels, but is often limited by the time…
PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS: Its Possible Use in Safeguards Problems
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Norman C. Rasmussen
Abstract:The recently completed Reactor Safety Study (RSS) which resulted in the WASH-1400 report has stimulated considerable interest in the use of…
Proposed Real-Time Data Processing System to Control Source and Special Nuclear Material (SS) at Mound Laboratory
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:2
Author(s):Mose Baston, M. DeVer, T. C. Bishop
Abstract:The SS Acountability System has been designed to provide accountability of all SS materials by unit identification and grams. The…
Quantifying Scenarios to Check Statistical Procedures
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Thomas M. Beetle
Abstract:Ways of diverting nuclear material are presented in a form that reflects the effects of the diversions on a select set of statistical…
RANDOM DRIVERS FOR ALL SIZES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Richard N. Olsen, Samuel Untermyer, Herman Miller, Joe Lung
Abstract:This paper discusses two new Random Drivers built by NNC. The smaller machine, Mini Random Driver, is designed to give high sensitivity for…
RELATIVE SAFEGUARDS RISKS OF ADVANCED REACTOR CONCEPTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):C.B. Franklin, F.A. O'Hara
Abstract:The purpose of this report is to develop a procedure to quantitatively assess the risk to diversion of the nuclear material in the fuel…
RISK ASSESSMENT AND NUCLEAR INSURANCE — AN OVERVIEW
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):John V. Deitchman, Willis T. King, Jr.
Abstract:In the nascent years of commercial nuclear power, the insurance industry expressed confidence in the safety of nuclear operations by…
Rounding Errors in Weighing
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:2
Author(s):John L. Jaech
Abstract:The weighing operation is of key importance in accounting for nuclear materials. Although measurement errors associated with material…
SAFEGUARDING ENRICHED URANIUM AT A CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANT
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):Alan Fishman, Robert Frederickson
Abstract:The safeguarding of enriched uranium at a centrifuge enrichment plant is put into perspective by identifying the limited utility of the…
SAFEGUARDS ASSURANCE ANALYSIS A Practical Application of The Fault Tree Technique In Safeguards Design
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.E. Parks, C.R. Condon, R.J. Newmaker
Abstract:Safeguards Assurance Analysis is a method to assist in the design and evaluation of safeguards systems. It can be applied to a facility…
Safeguards Perspectives an Expression of Industry's Responsibilities and Views
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:2
Author(s):Raymond L. Dickeman Raymond L. Dickeman
Abstract:The subject of safeguards, and in particular plutonium safeguards, is a widely discussed issue in today's nuclear deliberations. In fact…
Safeguards System Effectiveness Modeling
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Bruce Varnado, H. A. Bennett, D. Engi, D.D. Boozer, L.D. Chapman, S.L. Daniel
Abstract:A general methodology for the comparative evaluation of physical protection system effectiveness at nuclear facilities is presently under…
SAFETY IN NUMBERS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):William J. Lanouette
Abstract:I'm pleased to be with you again this year to share in discussing what, Is surely our most important scientific and social concern: the…
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT'S ACCOUNTABILITY INVENTORY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (AIMS) (Nuclear Materials Inventory Control)
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):R.G. Croom
Abstract:The Accountability Inventory Management System (AIMS) is a new computer inventory control system for nuclear materials at the Savannah…
Some Statistical Aspects of the Calibration and Use of Linear Measuring Systems
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:1
Author(s):George H. Winslow
Abstract:Some statistical aspects of results obtained from a measuring system where the measurement might or might not be directly of the…
Spent Fuel Reprocessing Plant Characteristics Important to an Integrated Safeguards Design
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):G. Bray, H. Kendrick
Abstract:The adoption of real time techniques and equipment has been frequently discussed as an approach to upgrading safeguards. Characteristics of…
STANDARD FOR DESIGN CRITERIA FOR DECOMMISSIONING OF NUCLEAR FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):H.B. Graham
Abstract:The Nuclear Regulatory Commission requires that applications for the licensing of nuclear fuel reprocessing facilities include a statement…
Temporal Response Methods for Dynamic Measurement of In-Process Inventory of Dissolved Nuclear MateriaIs
Type:JNMM
Volume:5
Issue:1
Author(s):Samuel M. Zivi, Waldemar B. Seefeldt Seefeldt Waldemar B. Seefeldt Seefeldt
Abstract:In this paper, we discuss the current results of an ongoing analytical study of a dynamic inventory method that appears to have some…
THE DESIGN OF INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS SYSTEMS FOR NEW FUEL CYCLE PLANTS
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):L.A. Kull, W.P. Melling
Abstract:A design concept for safeguards systems to protect reprocessing and fuel fabrication plants is described. The design concept is summarized…
THE DESIGN OF INTEGRATED SAFEGUARDS SYSTEMS FOR NUCLEAR FACILITIES
Type:Annual Meeting Proceedings
Author(s):James M. de Montmollin, R.B. Walton
Abstract:Safeguards systems that are capable of countering postulated threats to nuclear facilities must be closely integrated with plant layout and…