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The U.S. Support Program to IAEA Safeguards - How It Works

The U.S. Support Program to International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards (USSP) was established in 1977 to transfer US technology and expertise to assist the IAEA Department of Safeguards because its limited budget and scope would not allow for R&D activities and the procurement of specialized or customized equipment. Over the years, the USSP and the Department of Safeguards have worked together continuously to develop and improve processes for requesting, selecting, and managing pr… more

Date: July 13, 2008

Creator: Nock,C. & Hoffheins,B.

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International nuclear fuel cycle fact book. [Contains glossary]

As the US Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractors have become increasingly involved with other nations in nuclear fuel cycle and waste management cooperative activities, a need has developed for a ready source of information concerning foreign fuel cycle programs, facilities, and personnel. This Fact Book was compiled to meet that need. The information contained has been obtained from nuclear trade journals and newsletters; reports of foreign visits and visitors; CEC, IAEA, and OECD/NEA … more

Date: January 1, 1987

Creator: Leigh, I.W.; Lakey, L.T.; Schneider, K.J. & Silviera, D.J.

Item Type: Report

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Application of process monitoring to verify facility design

Process monitoring has been proposed as a safeguards measure to ensure that a facility is operating as designed, or as a surveillance measure to ensure that material is not removed from the facility in an undeclared manner. In a process-monitoring system, the facility operator monitors process operations such as tank levels, densities, and temperatures; process flows; and physical parameters such as valve positions to ensure that the operations performed are both desired and required. At many f… more

Date: January 1, 1989

Creator: Hakkila, E.A.

Item Type: Article

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Developing a brittle fracture acceptance criterion for transport casks for adoption by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

With increasing nuclear material transportation demands, new generation casks have included designs which propose the use of structural materials other than austenitic stainless steel. Motivation for using alternate materials include potentials for lower cost, easier fabrication, no welding and less weight (higher payload). Examples of candidate materials for structural components include ferritic steels and ductile cast iron for the containment boundary and borated stainless steel for the bask… more

Date: January 1, 1991

Creator: Sorenson, K.B. (Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)) & Falci, F.P. (USDOE, Washington, DC (USA))

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Isotopic safeguards techniques

Information is presented to explain and illustrate the idea and uses of isotopic safeguards techniques. A generalized, simple approach is maintained to facilitate understanding of the techniques. Once understood, the application, demonstration, and implementation of isotopic safeguards techniques becomes much easier.

Date: June 1, 1978

Creator: Timmerman, C.L.

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Scientometric study of IAEA activation analysis conferences

Multiple speakers at three IAEA conferences on NAA in Life Sciences are analyzed and compared with other conferences; results indicate that these NAA conferences are about as open for participation as any of the other conferences. (DLC)

Date: January 1, 1979

Creator: Lyon, W.S.

Item Type: Article

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Radiation Exposures in Reprocessing Facilities at the Savannah River Plant

Two large reprocessing facilities have been operating at the Savannah River Plant since 1955. The plant, which is near Aiken, South Carolina, is operated for the U.S. Department of Energy by the Du Pont Company. The reprocessing facilities have a work force of approximately 1,800. The major processes in the facilities are chemical separations of irradiated material, plutonium finishing, and waste management. This paper presents the annual radiation exposure for the reprocessing work force, part… more

Date: June 1, 1979

Creator: Hayes, G.; Caldwell, R. D. & Hall, R. M.

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Summary of non-US national and international radioactive waste management programs 1980

Many nations and international agencies are working to develop improved technology and industrial capability for nuclear fuel cycle and waste management operations. The effort in some countries is limited to research in university laboratories on treating low-level waste from reactor plant operations. In other countries, national nuclear research institutes are engaged in major programs in all phases of the fuel cycle and waste management, and there is a national effort to commercialize fuel cy… more

Date: March 1, 1980

Creator: Harmon, K. M.; Kelman, J. A.; Stout, L. A. & Hsieh, K. A.

Item Type: Report

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International fuel cycle and waste management technology exchange activities sponsored by the United States Department of Energy: FY 1982 evaluation report

In FY 1982, DOE and DOE contractor personnel attended 40 international symposia and conferences on fuel reprocessing and waste management subjects. The treatment of high-level waste was the topic most often covered in the visits, with geologic disposal and general waste management also being covered in numerous visits. Topics discussed less frequently inlcude TRU/LLW treatment, airborne waste treatment, D and D, spent fuel handling, and transportation. The benefits accuring to the US from techn… more

Date: February 1, 1983

Creator: Lakey, L.T. & Harmon, K.M.

Item Type: Report

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Role of IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) safeguards in confidence building

In this paper, I will examine some attributes of confidence building and connect them with how the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) interacts with its member states in carrying out its safeguards function. These interactions and the structure set up to define them help maintain and strengthen confidence between the IAEA and the member states and among these states. 3 refs.

Date: January 1, 1989

Creator: Augustson, R.H.

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Experimental data base for estimating the consequences from a hypothetical sabotage attack on a spent fuel shipping cask

This paper describes the results of a program conducted at Sandia National Laboratories for the US Department of Energy to provide an experimental data base for estimating the radiological health effects that could result from the sabotage of a light water reactor spent fuel shipping cask. The primary objectives of the program were limited to: (1) evaluating the effectiveness of selected high energy devices (HED) in breaching full-scale spent fuel shipping casks, (2) quantifying and characteriz… more

Date: January 1, 1986

Creator: Sandoval, R.P. & Luna, R.E.

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PAT-2 (Plutonium Air-Transportable Model 2) safety analysis report

The PAT-2 package is designed for the safe transport of plutonium and/or uranium in small quantities. The PAT-2 package is resistant to severe accidents, including that of a high-speed jet aircraft crash, and is designed to withstand such environments as extreme impact, crushing, puncturing and slashing loads, severe hydrocarbon-fueled fires, and deep underwater immersion, with no escape of contents. The package meets the requirements of 10 CFR 71 for Fissile Class I packages with a cargo of 15… more

Date: July 1, 1981

Creator: Andersen, J. A.; Davis, E. J.; Duffey, T. A.; Dupree, S. A.; George, O. L. Jr. & Ortiz, Z.

Item Type: Report

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Summary of national and international radioactive waste management programs

This report summarizes information collected on the status of fuel cycle and waste management programs in Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Democratic Republic of Germany, Federal Republic of Germany, India, Iran, Italy, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and USSR. This compilation attempts to provide current information as of the end of January 1979.

Date: March 1, 1979

Creator: Harmon, K.M.

Item Type: Report

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GRPAUT: a program for Pu isotopic analysis (a user's guide). ISPO task A. 76

GRPAUT is a modular program for performing automated Pu isotopic analysis supplied to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) per ISPO Task A.76. Section I of this user's guide for GRPAUT presents an overview of the various programs and disk files that are used in performing a Pu isotopic analysis. Section II describes the program GRFEDT which is used in creating and editing the analysis parameter file that contains all the spectroscopic information needed at runtime by GRPAUT. An example… more

Date: January 30, 1981

Creator: Fleissner, J G

Item Type: Report

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International training course on nuclear materials accountability for safeguards purposes

The two volumes of this report incorporate all lectures and presentations at the International Training Course on Nuclear Materials Accountability and Control for Safeguards Purposes, held May 27-June 6, 1980, at the Bishop's Lodge near Santa Fe, New Mexico. The course, authorized by the US Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act and sponsored by the US Department of Energy in cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency, was developed to provide practical training in the design, implementatio… more

Date: December 1, 1980

Item Type: Article

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IAEA Sodium Void Reactivity Benchmark Calculations

In this paper, the IAEA-1 992 Benchmark Calculation of Sodium Void Reactivity Effect in Fast Reactor Core'' problem is evaluated. The proposed design is a large axially heterogeneous oxide-fueled fast reactor as described in Section 2; the core utilizes a sodium plenum above the core to enhance leakage effects. The calculation methods used in this benchmark evaluation are described in Section 3. In Section 4, the calculated core performance results for the benchmark reactor model are presented;… more

Date: November 1992

Creator: Hill, R. N. & Finck, P. J.

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International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Fact Book

As the US Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractors have become increasingly involved with other nations in nuclear fuel cycle and waste management cooperative activities, a need has developed for a ready source of information concerning foreign fuel cycle programs, facilities, and personnel. This Fact Book was compiled to meet that need. The information contained in the International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Fact Book has been obtained from many unclassified sources: nuclear trade journals and … more

Date: January 1990

Creator: Leigh, I. W. & Mitchell, S. J.

Item Type: Report

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Summary of non-US national and international fuel cycle and radioactive waste management programs 1982

Brief program overviews of fuel cycle, spent fuel, and waste management activities in the following countries are provided: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, German Federal Republic, India, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, USSR, and the United Kingdom. International nonproliferation activities, multilateral agreements and projects, and the international agencie… more

Date: August 1, 1982

Creator: Harmon, K. M. & Kelman, J. A.

Item Type: Report

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International nuclear fuel cycle fact book: Revision 9

The International Nuclear Fuel Cycle Fact Book has been compiled in an effort to provide current data concerning fuel cycle and waste management facilities, R and D programs and key personnel. The Fact Book contains: national summaries in which a section for each country which summarizes nuclear policy, describes organizational relationships and provides addresses, names of key personnel, and facilities information; and international agencies in which a section for each of the international age… more

Date: January 1, 1989

Creator: Leigh, I.W.

Item Type: Report

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(Energy and electricity supply and demand)

At the request of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), representing eleven international agencies which are sponsoring the 1991 Helsinki Symposium on Electricity and the Environment, I traveled to Brussels to participate in the second meeting of one of four advisory groups established to prepare for the Symposium. At the meeting, I was involved in a review of a draft issue paper being prepared for the Symposium and of the Symposium program.

Date: October 9, 1990

Creator: Wilbanks, T.J.

Item Type: Report

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NDA (nondestructive assay) training for new IAEA inspectors at Los Alamos

The history of the evolution of nondestructive assay (NDA) training for international inspectors at Los Alamos is described. The current NDA training course for International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors is presented in terms of structure, content, and rationale. Results of inspector measurement exercises are given along with projections for future developments in NDA inspector training. 3 refs.

Date: January 1, 1987

Creator: Stewart, J. E.; Reilly, T. D.; Belew, W.; Woelfl, E. & Fager, J.

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Summary of non-US national and international radioactive waste management programs 1981

Many nations and international agencies are working to develop improved technology and industrial capability for neuclear fuel cycle and waste management operations. The effort in some countries is limited to research in university laboratories on treating low-level waste from reactor plant operations. In other countries, national nuclear research institutes are engaged in major programs in all phases of the fuel cycle and waste management, and there is a national effort to commercialize fuel c… more

Date: June 1, 1981

Creator: Harmon, K. M. & Kelman, J. A.

Item Type: Report

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The design and installation of a core discharge monitor for CANDU-type reactors

A new type of surveillance systems that monitors neutron and gamma radiation in a reactor containment is being installed at the Ontario Hydro Darlington Nuclear Generating Station A, Unit 2. Unlike video or film surveillance that monitors mechanical motion, this system measures fuel-specific radiation emanating from irradiated fuel as it is pushed from the core of CANDU-type reactors. Proof-of-principle measurements have been carried out at Bruce Nuclear Generating Station A, Unit 3. The system… more

Date: January 1, 1990

Creator: Halbig, J.K. (Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)); Monticone, A.C.; Ksiezak, L. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria)) & Smiltnieks, V. (International Atomic Energy Agency, Toronto, ON (Canada). Regional Office)

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International safeguards: Accounting for nuclear materials

Nuclear safeguards applied by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) are one element of the non-proliferation regime'', the collection of measures whose aim is to forestall the spread of nuclear weapons to countries that do not already possess them. Safeguards verifications provide evidence that nuclear materials in peaceful use for nuclear-power production are properly accounted for. Though carried out in cooperation with nuclear facility operators, the verifications can provide assuran… more

Date: September 28, 1988

Creator: Fishbone, L.G.

Item Type: Report

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