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French Emergency Response in Case of Dirty Bomb Threat
The French response in case of nuclear or dirty bomb threat is organized around a technical response group DCI ( Interministerial Central...
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Contributions of Legislative, Regulatory and Institutional Infrastructures to Sustaining National Nuclear Security Regimes
This paper is a sequel to the paper delivered at the 2005 NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Countering Nuclear and Radiological Terrorism, held in...
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From Cold War to International Terrorism
The international order emerged from the end of Cold War had among their main features: a revitalization of separatist policies in different nations....
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New Devices for the Detection and Identification of Radioactive Sources
Steel factories, especially during the last decade, is one of the most important places for the identification of orphan sources and could be the...
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Identification, Assessment and Prevention of Different Environmental Risk-Factors Impact, Including Radiation, on the Population Health
In order to reveal prognostic value of initial physiological indices of the autonomous nervous system (ANS) and the functional state of the red blood...
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Neutrinos, Dark Matter and Nuclear Detection
Solutions to problems in nuclear non-proliferation and counterterrorism may be found at the forefront of modern physics. Neutrino oscillation...
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Perspectives on International Radiological Trafficking
Nuclear and radiological materials continue to fall outside of legal control throughout the world. Comparison of 777 non-United States (U S) with 495...
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Detection of ‘Dirty Bombs’ Using Nanosecond Neutron Analysis (NNA) Technique
Application of the nanosecond neutron analysis (NNA) to the detection of radiological dispersal devices (RDD) or ‘dirty bombs’ is considered. A...
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Nuclear Terrorism: An Overview
Nuclear terrorism is an evil application of nuclear energy, in the same way that chemical and biological terrorism could be considered as the evil...
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Introduction
In this chapter we present the basics of nuclear fusion, plasmas, and of magnetic confinement of plasmas in toroidal machines called “tokamaks”....
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Plasma Shape Control at JET
The controller design described in this chapter has been carried out in the framework of a project aimed at assessing the possibility of controlling...
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Plasma Vertical Stabilization
In this chapter we present two examples of the design of vertical controllers for two different tokamaks: the experimental reactor ITER, which is...
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Plasma Position and Current Control at FTU
In this chapter we present the design of a plasma radial position and current controller for the FTU tokamak. This design is based on a detailed...
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Ansi and IEC Standards for, and Evaluation of, Radiation Detection Instrumentation
During the last quarter of 2002, an effort was started to develop performance requirements for radiation instrumentation used for the detection of...
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A 3D-Monte Carlo Based Dispersion Model for an Rdd or a Nuclear Terror Scenario
In the current state of the world, threats in the form of radioactively laced explosives are a very real and very frightening possibility. These...
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Experimental Model of the Device for Detection of Nuclear Materials by Pulsed Photoneutron Technology
The inherent complexity of sea container control makes them potentially dangerous for smuggling nuclear materials. The experts believe that only...
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Radioecological Monitoring to the South Caucasus' Rivers as a Tool for Early Warning System
This paper highlights research data on river water radioactivity and radionuclide composition for 2006 obtained for Armenia's section of Rivers...
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Assessment of Radiological Risks and Possible Ecological and Economic Damages From Large-Scale Natural and Man-Induced Catastrophes in Ecology-Hazard Regionscatastrophes in Ecology-Hazard Regions of Central Asia and the Caucasus
Here we present our new developed method for prediction/prevention of the large natural and man-induced catastrophes and eliminate their consequences...
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Cleanup and Site Restoration Strategy After a Radiological Terror Attack
A radiological terror attack with a radiological dispersal device (RDD) will probably result in limited radiation exposure of victims and some of the...
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Challenges in Responding to Incidents Involving the Malevolent use of Radiation
European national emergency response plans have long been focused on accidents at nuclear power plants. This has resulted in well developed, reviewed...