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A visual inspection system for evaluating the interior surface of valve stems on material storage container tops

Description: A nondestructive inspection for evaluating the interior surface of the small diameter valve stems on material storage container tops was mandated. The specifications required that the interior surface of the valve stem have a surface finish of {number sign}16 or better. Conventional methods which utilizes mechanical stylus-type''surface analyzing equipment could not extend into the narrow 0.312 inch diameter by 1.5 inch deep hole (of the valve stem). A visual inspection system which exploits th… more
Date: December 1, 1990
Creator: Pickett, C.A.
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Technical implementation in support of the IAEA`s remote monitoring field trial at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant

Description: A remote monitoring system (RMS) field trial will be conducted for the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on highly enriched uranium materials in a vault at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. Remote monitoring technologies are being evaluated to verify their capability to enhance the effectiveness and timeliness of IAEA safeguards in storage facilities while reducing the costs of inspections and burdens on the operator. Phase one of the field trial, which involved proving the satellite transmissi… more
Date: August 1, 1996
Creator: Corbell, B. H.; Moran, B. W.; Pickett, C. A.; Whitaker, J. M.; Resnik, W. & Landreth, D.
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The GraFIC TM Facility Management Software [TM = Trademark Symbol]

Description: The Graphical Facility Information System{trademark} (GraFIC{trademark}) is an intelligent facility and information management system that provides near real time, verifiable status of safeguarded materials in a nuclear storage facility. GraFIC{trademark} is a versatile software package that is designed to operate in a distributed computing environment and to provide item and facility activity information to an unlimited number of authorized clients. Recent extensions to GraFIC{trademark} inclu… more
Date: June 2002
Creator: Younkin, J. R.; Dunigan, J. J.; Gaby, J. E.; Hickerson, T. W. & Pickett, C. A.
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A Continuous Automated Vault Inventory System (CAVIS) for accountability monitoring of stored nuclear materials

Description: Nearly all facilities that store hazardous (radioactive or non-radioactive) materials must comply with prevailing federal, state, and local laws. These laws usually have components that require periodic physical inspections to insure that all materials remain safely and securely stored. The inspections are generally labor intensive, slow, put personnel at risk, and only find anomalies after they have occurred. The system described in this paper was developed for monitoring stored nuclear materi… more
Date: December 8, 1994
Creator: Pickett, C. A.; Barham, M. A.; Gafford, T. A.; Hutchinson, D. P.; Jordan, J. K.; Maxey, L. C. et al.
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Automated Systems for Safeguarding and Accountancy of Stored Nuclear Material (for proceedings of ESARDA 21st Annual Meeting, Sevilla, Spain May 4-6, 1999

Description: Oak Ridge has developed several sensor systems that are capable of providing unattended monitoring of the physical and/or assigned attributes associated with stored nuclear materials. These systems include the Continuous Automated Vault Inventory System (CAVISTM), SmartShelfTM, and the ReflectoActive Seal System TM. Each of these systems can be implemented independently or may be integrated with existing systems through the Graphical Facility Information Center or GraFICTM software package. Gra… more
Date: May 1, 1999
Creator: Baldwin, K. M.; Bell, Z. W.; Dunigan, J. J.; Gaby, J. E.; Hickerson, T. W.; Lawson, R. L. et al.
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