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The European Union's Reform Process: The Lisbon Treaty

This report provides information on the Lisbon Treaty and possible U.S.-EU implications that may be of interest to the 112th Congress.

Date: February 8, 2011

Creator: Archick, Kristin & Mix, Derek E.

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Measurement approaches to support future warhead arms control transparency

Transparency on warhead stockpiles, warhead dismantlement, and fissile material stockpiles in nuclear weapons states will become increasingly important in the move beyond START II toward lower quantities of warheads. Congressional support for further warhead reductions will likely depend on the degree of irreversibility, or in other words, the rapidity with which warhead inventories could be reconstituted. Whether irreversibility considerations can be satisfied will depend on monitoring dismant… more

Date: December 31, 1998

Creator: Olinger, C. T.; Frankle, C. M.; Johnson, M. W. & Poths, J.

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The role of unattended ground sensors (UGS) in regional confidence building and arms control

Although the Cold War has ended, the world has not become more peaceful. Without the stability provided by an international system dominated by two super-powers, local conflicts are more likely to escalate. Agreements to counter destabilizing pressures in regional conflicts can benefit from the use of cooperative monitoring. Cooperative monitoring is the collecting, analyzing, and sharing of information among parties to an agreement. Ground sensor technologies can contribute to the collection o… more

Date: March 1, 1997

Creator: Vannoni, M. & Duggan, R.

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Joint Chiefs of Staff: Notes

The purpose of the paper is to state the rationale upon which the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) bases its opposition to further extension of the Limited Test Ban Treaty (LTBT). The argumentation of the paper is hinged primarily on the contention that the USSR is ahead of the US in nuclear weapon technology. Accordingly, there is much for the US to do, so that the Soviets do not, primarily through the deployment of an Anti-Ballistic Missile [ABM] system, alter the strategic balanc the US should no… more

Date: August 29, 1966

Creator: Heckrotte, W.

Item Type: Report

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Visual inspection for CTBT verification

On-site visual inspection will play an essential role in future Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) verification. Although seismic and remote sensing techniques are the best understood and most developed methods for detection of evasive testing of nuclear weapons, visual inspection can greatly augment the certainty and detail of understanding provided by these more traditional methods. Not only can visual inspection offer ``ground truth`` in cases of suspected nuclear testing, but it also can … more

Date: March 1, 1997

Creator: Hawkins, W. & Wohletz, K.

Item Type: Report

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Treaty on Open Skies sensor technologies with potential international safeguards applications

The Treaty on Open Skies is a precedent-setting agreement that allows signatory states to fly aircraft over each other`s territory with sensor systems. The purpose of the Treaty is to improve confidence and security with respect to military activities of the signatories. This paper reviews the sensor technology that is currently allowed by the Treaty on Open Skies and potential future sensor technology. The Treaty on Open Skies does have provisions to allow for the improvement of the technology… more

Date: December 1, 1996

Creator: Sandoval, M.B.

Item Type: Article

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Comprehensive test ban (CTB) reviews

This report provides a discussion, both pro and con, of the merits of a comprehensive test ban treaty. Impacts on cost, technology, verification, peaceful uses of nuclear explosives, scientific and technical personnel, environment, and government policies are detailed.

Date: May 1, 1970

Creator: Landauer, J. K.

Item Type: Report

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Integrated assessment in international policy-making. Final technical report, September 15, 1994--September 14, 1996

This project undertook a preliminary investigation of the conduct and use of assessments, particularly integrated assessments, in international negotiation and policy-making. The research involved review of existing secondary literatures including related theoretical literatures of negotiation analysis and multi-party bargaining; review of archival and documentary material on a few international assessment cases; and interviews in North America and Europe with assessment managers and users. The… more

Date: August 1997

Creator: Parson, E. A.

Item Type: Report

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Development of a xenon detector for treaty verification. Final report

The project objective was to determine the feasibility of the gas proportional scintillator detector (GPSD) technology to sensitively and selectively detect the decay products of the metastable xenon isotopes as a means of treaty verification for the CTBT. During the course of the project, the investigation involved both computer simulations and laboratory measurements with a GPSD. During the fourth quarter the authors have further investigated the dedicated GPSD response to x-rays and conversi… more

Date: July 21, 1998

Item Type: Report

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Nuclear regulatory legislation, 104th Congress. Volume 2, No. 4

This document is the second of two volumes compiling statutes and material pertaining to nuclear regulatory legislation through the 104th Congress, 2nd Session. It is intended for use as a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) internal resource document. Legislative information reproduced in this document includes portions of the Paperwork Reduction Act, various acts pertaining to low-level radioactive waste, the Clean Air Act, the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the National Environmen… more

Date: December 1, 1997

Item Type: Report

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The browser prototype for the CTBT knowledge base

As part of the United States Department of Energy`s (DOE) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) research and development effort, a Knowledge Base is being developed. This Knowledge Base will store the regional geophysical research results as well as geographic contexual information and make this information available to the Automated Data Processing (ADP routines) as well as human analysts involved in CTBT monitoring. This paper focuses on the initial development of a browser prototype to be use… more

Date: July 2, 1997

Creator: Armstrong, H.M. & Keyser, R.G.

Item Type: Article

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Applications of swept-frequency acoustic interferometer for nonintrusive detection and identification of chemical warfare compounds

Swept-Frequency Acoustic Interferometry (SFAI) is a nonintrusive liquid characterization technique developed specifically for detecting and identifying chemical warfare (CW) compounds inside sealed munitions. The SFAI technique can rapidly (less than 20 seconds) and accurately determine sound speed and sound attenuation of a liquid inside a container over a wide frequency range (1 kHz-15 MHz). From the frequency-dependent sound attenuation measurement, liquid density is determined. These three … more

Date: December 1997

Creator: Sinha, D. N.; Springer, K.; Han, W.; Lizon, D. & Kogan, S.

Item Type: Report

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Testing the waveform correlation event detection system: Teleseismic, regional, and local distances

Waveform Correlation Event Detection System (WCEDS) prototypes have now been developed for both global and regional networks and the authors have extensively tested them to assess the potential usefulness of this technology for CTBT (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) monitoring. In this paper they present the results of tests on data sets from the IDC (International Data Center) Primary Network and the New Mexico Tech Seismic Network. The data sets span a variety of event types and noise condition… more

Date: August 1, 1997

Creator: Young, C. J.; Beiriger, J. I. & Harris, J. M.

Item Type: Article

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Visualization tools for comprehensive test ban treaty research

This paper focuses on tools used in Data Visualization efforts at Sandia National Laboratories under the Department of Energy CTBT R&D program. These tools provide interactive techniques for the examination and interpretation of scientific data, and can be used for many types of CTBT research and development projects. We will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using the tools to display and analyze CTBT scientific data. While the tools may be used for everyday applications, our discussion wi… more

Date: August 1, 1997

Creator: Edwards, T. L.; Harris, J. M. & Simons, R. W.

Item Type: Article

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Automated particulate sampler field test model operations guide

The Automated Particulate Sampler Field Test Model Operations Guide is a collection of documents which provides a complete picture of the Automated Particulate Sampler (APS) and the Field Test in which it was evaluated. The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) Automated Particulate Sampler was developed for the purpose of radionuclide particulate monitoring for use under the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). Its design was directed by anticipated requirements of small size, low powe… more

Date: October 1, 1996

Creator: Bowyer, S.M. & Miley, H.S.

Item Type: Report

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Report on development of neutron passportisation method

In this report the results of development of spatial neutron passportisation method are described. The method is aimed on spatial configuration (including the number of sources) control of closed objects containing neutron sources. The possible areas of method application are: (1) the number of warheads control inside the missile heads for RF-US nuclear disarmament treaties verification; (2) control of SNM containers arrangement in storage vaults; (3) control of complicated assemblies with SNM … more

Date: December 31, 1994

Creator: Antropov, G.P.; Babichev, Yu.B. & Blagin, S.V.

Item Type: Report

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The interactive on-site inspection system: An information management system to support arms control inspections

The increasing use of on-site inspection (OSI) to meet the nation`s obligations with recently signed treaties requires the nation to manage a variety of inspection requirements. This document describes a prototype automated system to assist in the preparation and management of these inspections.

Date: December 1, 1996

Creator: DeLand, S. M.; Widney, T. W.; Horak, K. E.; Caudell, R. B. & Grose, E. M.

Item Type: Report

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An evaluation of generalized likelihood Ratio Outlier Detection to identification of seismic events in Western China

The Generalized Likelihood Ratio Outlier Detection Technique for seismic event identification is evaluated using synthetic test data and frequency-dependent P{sub g}/L{sub g} measurements from western China. For most seismic stations that are to be part of the proposed International Monitoring System for the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, there will be few or no nuclear explosions in the magnitude range of interest (e.g. M{sub b} < 4) on which to base an event-identification system using tradit… more

Date: September 24, 1996

Creator: Taylor, S. R. & Hartse, H. E.

Item Type: Report

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The White Pine Mine explosively induced, controlled collapse experiment

On September 3, 1995, the White Pine Mine, which is owned by Copper Range Company, conducted the first of a planned series of explosive removal of existing pillars in their underground mining operations. The purpose of this operation is to evaluate the effectiveness of pillar rubbilization and roof collapse for planned in-situ leaching of the copper ore from the rock mass. This type of seismic source is unique in that a large, delay fired, explosive source was expected to be followed by collaps… more

Date: September 1996

Creator: Pearson, D. C.; Stump, B. W. & Phillips, W. S.

Item Type: Article

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The waveform correlation event detection system project, Phase I: Issues in prototype development and testing

A study using long-period seismic data showed that seismic events can be detected and located based on correlations of processed waveform profiles with the profile expected for an event. In this technique both time and space are discretized and events are found by forming profiles and calculating correlations for all time-distance points. events are declared at points with large correlations. In the first phase of the Waveform Correlation Event Detection System (WCEDS) Project at Sandia Labs we… more

Date: August 1, 1996

Creator: Young, C.; Harris, M.; Beiriger, J.; Moore, S.; Trujillo, J.; Withers, M. et al.

Item Type: Report

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Infrasonic signals from an accidental chemical explosion

A series of large accidental explosions occurred at a chemical plant in Henderson, Nevada on May 4, 1988. The explosions were produced by the ignition of stores of ammonium perchlorate produced for solid rocket fuel at the Pacific Engineering and Production Co. This material, prior to the incident, had been believed to be non- explosive. The blasts destroyed the plant and caused one death. There was a series of explosions over a period of time with two major explosions which we will identify as… more

Date: December 31, 1996

Creator: Mutschlecner, J.P. & Whitaker, R.W.

Item Type: Article

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Estimates of infrasonic array gain patterns

Infrasonic array gain patterns are discussed and estimated for the infrasonic frequency range and array geometries under consideration by the Conference on Disarmament in the International Monitoring System (IMS). The larger array spacing being considered for the IMS infrasonic arrays is found to be appropriate in maintaining directivity of the steered beam at lower frequencies. A modestly filled array is found to offer great improvement in narrow band side- lobe suppression at higher frequenci… more

Date: October 1, 1996

Creator: Armstrong, W.T. & Whitaker, R.W.

Item Type: Article

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Statistical algorithms for a comprehensive test ban treaty discrimination framework

Seismic discrimination is the process of identifying a candidate seismic event as an earthquake or explosion using information from seismic waveform features (seismic discriminants). In the CTBT setting, low energy seismic activity must be detected and identified. A defensible CTBT discrimination decision requires an understanding of false-negative (declaring an event to be an earthquake given it is an explosion) and false-position (declaring an event to be an explosion given it is an earthquak… more

Date: October 1, 1996

Creator: Foote, N. D.; Anderson, D. N.; Higbee, K. T.; Miller, N. E.; Redgate, T.; Rohay, A. C. et al.

Item Type: Report

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Domain-independent information extraction in unstructured text

Extracting information from unstructured text has become an important research area in recent years due to the large amount of text now electronically available. This status report describes the findings and work done during the second year of a two-year Laboratory Directed Research and Development Project. Building on the first-year`s work of identifying important entities, this report details techniques used to group words into semantic categories and to output templates containing selective … more

Date: September 1, 1996

Creator: Irwin, N.H.

Item Type: Report

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