Approach to IAEA material-balance verification at the Portsmouth Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant [electronic resource].

Published: Upton, N.Y. : Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1983.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: Pages: 7 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Brookhaven National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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This paper describes a potential approach by which the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) might verify the nuclear-material balance at the Portsmouth Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant (GCEP). The strategy makes use of the attributes and variables measurement verification approach, whereby the IAEA would perform independent measurements on a randomly selected subset of the items comprising the U-235 flows and inventories at the plant. In addition, the MUF-D statistic is used as the test statistic for the detection of diversion. The paper includes descriptions of the potential verification activities, as well as calculations of: (1) attributes and variables sample sizes for the various strata, (2) standard deviations of the relevant test statistics, and (3) the detection sensitivity which the IAEA might achieve by this verification strategy at GCEP.

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E 1.99:bnl-33222
E 1.99: conf-830423-13
conf-830423-13
bnl-33222

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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1983.
"bnl-33222"
" conf-830423-13"
"DE83014254"
5. symposium on safeguards and nuclear material management, Versailles, France, 19 Apr 1983.
Gordon, D.M.; DeVito, V.J.; Younkin, J.M.; Sanborn, J.B.

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AC02-76CH00016

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