Browsing by Subject "Safeguards"
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(2020-03-23)The purpose of this research was to compare the viability of producing uranium-233 (²³³U) using two oft-overlooked methods of fertile isotope transmutation: a heavy water moderated reactor and an accelerator-driven system. ...
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(2017-05-30)As chemical process plants have become more involved and complex, the likelihood of hazardous incidents has increased simultaneously. That is, the more complex a facility’s systems, the more factors engineers must consider. ...
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Design of a Safeguards Instrument for Plutonium Quantification in an Electrochemical Refining System (2013-06-25)There has been a strong international interest in using pyroprocessing to close the fast nuclear reactor fuel cycle and reprocess spent fuel efficiently. To commercialize pyroprocessing, safeguards technologies are required ...
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(2012-10-19)As the nuclear industry grows around the globe, it brings with it a need for more safeguards and proliferation resistant technologies. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) depends on effective containment and ...
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(2010-07-14)In recent years, there have been several research endeavors to increase the ability to identify and quantify special nuclear material in field measurements. These have included both gamma spectroscopy and neutron coincidence ...
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(2019-05-23)The objective of this project study is to analyze the non-uniformity of used fuel assembly nuclide compositions and to estimate the effect of this non-uniformity in Pu accountancy using the Pu-to^244Cm ratio method for ...
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(2010-07-14)The comparison of nuclear facilities based on their barriers to nuclear material proliferation has remained a difficult endeavor, often requiring expert elicitation for each system under consideration. However, objectively ...
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(2013-04-05)The ability of inspection agencies and facility operators to measure powders containing several actinides is increasingly necessary as new reprocessing techniques and fuel forms are being developed. These powders are ...
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(2020-07-08)Spent fuel pools at nuclear power reactors are reaching their capacity. Since there is no long-term spent nuclear fuel (SNF) storage solution currently, dry cask storage is practiced in the interim. A single dry cask that ...