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~ Programme ~ 41st Annual Meeting

ESARDA Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management

14~16 May, 2019

Regina Palace Hotel

Corso Umberto I, 29, 28838 Stresa (VB), Italy

13&17 May, 2019 ESARDA Side Meetings, ANNETTE Workshops and Visits

Chair

ESARDA Symposium Committee 2019

Chair

• Willem A.M. Janssens, ESARDA President

EC JRC Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security

Members Programme Committee

• Filippo Sevini (ESARDA Secretary)


• Keir Allen

AWE

• Yetunde Aregbe


• Karin Casteleyn


• Jean-Baptiste Darphin

ORANO

• Pierre Funk

IRSN

• Robert Hayes

North Carolina State University

• Tina Hernandez

Sandia National Laboratories

• Lars Hildingsson

Swedish Radiation Safety Authority

• Elina Martikka

STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority

• Irmgard Niemeyer

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH

• Olli Okko

STUK - Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority

• Arnold Rezniczek

UBA GmbH

• Michel Richard

Individual member

• Peter Schwalbach

DG ENER - Directorate-General for Energy

• Elena Stringa


• Hamid Tagziria


• James Tushingham

National Nuclear Laboratory

• Árpád Vincze

Hungarian Atomic Energy Authority

• Evelyn Zuleger


Web Chair

• Veronique Berthou

• Filippo Sevini

• Elena Stringa

• Andrea De Luca

• Eva Maria Koslowsky

• Silvia Fasani

• Reet Tatrik

• Claudio Fontanella

Organising Committee

EC JRC Directorate for Nuclear Safety and Security 2

Programme at a glance

Monday 13th May, Regina Palace Stresa

09:00-17:00 ANNETTE Programme Workshop on

“Safeguarding the Nuclear Fuel Cycle”

09:00-17:30 ESARDA Working Group Meetings (DA, NDA, C/S, VTM)

14:00-16:00 ESARDA Steering Committee Meeting

16:00-17:00 ESARDA Executive Board Meeting

Tuesday 14th May, Regina Palace Stresa

9:00-12:15 Opening Plenary

14:00-15:30 Roundtables 1 & 2

16:00-17:30 World Café on ESARDA Reflection Group Outcome

18:00 - 20:00 50th Anniversary Speech and Welcome Reception

Wednesday 15th May, Regina Palace Stresa

8:40-10:00 Session 1 - Implementation of Safeguards at State Level

8:40-10:00 Session 2 - Spent Fuel I

8:40-10:00 Session 3 - Nuclear Forensics

10:00-10:40 Posters Session

11:00-12:20 Session 4 - Environmental Sampling - Particle Measurements

11:00-12:20 Session 5 - Muon and Antineutrino-based methods

11:00-12:20 Panel 1 - Regional Safeguards Systems

14:00-15:20 Session 6 - Spent Fuel II

14:00-15:20 Session 7 - Destructive Analysis

14:00-15:20 Panel 2 - Safeguards by Design

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Programme at a glance

Thursday 16th May, Regina Palace Stresa

8:40-10:20 Session 10 - Sealing/Dry Storage

8:40-10:20 Session 11 - NDA Neutrons

8:40-10:20 Session 12 - Statistics

10:50-12:10 Session 13 - Containment & Surveillance

10:50-12:10 Session 14 - Arms Control Verification

10:50-12:10 Panel 4 - Digital Transformation

14:00-15:20 Session 15 - Process Monitoring

14:00-15:20 Session 16 - NDA Gamma

14:00-15:20 Panel 5 - Strategic Trade Control

15:50-17:30 Closing Plenary

Wednesday 15th May, Regina Palace Stresa

15:50-17:30 Session 8 - Geological Disposal

15:50-17:10 Session 9 - Nuclear Security Detection

15:50-17:30 Panel 3 - Education and Training

19:00-23:00 Conference Dinner

Friday 17th May, Regina Palace Stresa

09:00-13:00 Joint Research Centre Visit

09:00-17:00 ESARDA Working Groups Meetings (EXP, ED-CTEE)

09:00-17:00 ANNETTE Programme Workshop on

“State-level safeguards approaches”

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Working Groups and Committee Meetings

Working Group & Contact Date & Time Venue

Steering Committee (SC)

W. Janssens, F. Sevini Mon. 13th May

14:00-16:00

Regina Palace, Stresa

room Margherita

Executive Board (EB)

W. Janssens, F. Sevini Mon. 13th May

16:00-17:00


room Margherita

Destructive Analysis (DA)

R. Jakopic Mon. 13th May

09:00-12:15


room Gardenia

Non-Destructive Analysis (NDA)

L.G. Worrall Mon. 13th May

09:00-12:15


room Ortensia

Joint DA and NDA meeting on the

revisions of the International Target

Values

R. Jakopic - L.G. Worrall

Mon. 13th May

13:30-17:30


room Gardenia

Containment & Surveillance (C/S)

J. Pekkarinen Mon. 13th May

14:00-17:00


room Orchidea

Verification Technologies and

Methodologies (VTM)

K. Allen

Mon. 13th May

14:00-17:00


room Ortensia

Export Control (EXP)

C. Charatsis Fri. 17th May

09:30-12:30

JRC, Ispra

Bldg. 101, room 1302

Editorial Committee (ED-CTEE)

E. Stringa Fri. 17th May

09:30-12:30

JRC, Ispra

Bldg. 101, room 2302

Working Group Meetings are open to ESARDA Parties and Individual Members,

plus others who may be accepted by the relevant Working Group Chair. The

following Working Groups have indicated that they intend to hold meetings on

Monday, 13 and Friday 17 May. The relevant Working Group Chair will be able

to provide further details and should be contacted in advance to confirm

attendance.

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Day 1, Tuesday 14th May

Plenary 1, Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany

9:00-09:15 Welcome and opening remarks

Mr. W. Janssens, ESARDA President, Head of Department Nuclear Security and Safeguards, Joint Research Centre, European Commission and Dr. F. Sevini, ESARDA Secretary, Scientific Officer, Nuclear Security Unit, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

09:15-10:15 Opening Plenary

Dr. Maria Betti, Director of Directorate Nuclear Safety and Security, Joint Research Centre, European Commission Dr. Stephan Lechner, Director of Euratom Safeguards, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission Mr. Massimo Aparo, Deputy Director General, Head of the Department of Safeguards, International Atomic Energy Agency Dr. Brent Park, Deputy Administrator for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (DOE/NNSA), USA

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10:15-10:45 Coffee Break & Group Photo


Plenary 2, Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany

10:45-11:45 Plenary Continued

Ambassador Jānis Zlamets, Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) Chair Dr. Lassina Zerbo, Executive Secretary Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), CTBTO Preparatory Commission Dr. Marco Marzo, Secretary General of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials Dr. Mina Golshan, Deputy Chief Nuclear Inspector, Senior Responsible Officer for the ONR SSAC Project Office for Nuclear Regulation, UK

11:45-12:05 European School Nuclear Art Works

12:05-12:15 World Café Introduction

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12:15-14:00 Lunch

Roundtables, Regina Palace Stresa, rooms Tiffany & Verdi I

14:00-15:30 Roundtable 1: Outreach & Partnership (Tiffany)

lead Willem Janssens, Head of Department Nuclear Security

and Safeguards, Joint Research Centre, European Commission

• Cary Crawford, President Institute of Nuclear Materials Management • Leon Cizelj, President European Nuclear Education Network • Messaoud Baaliouamer, Executive Secretary African Commission on Nuclear

Energy • Louis Michel Guillaume, Deputy Director General, Institut de Radioprotection

et de Sûreté Nucléaire • Kamen Velichkov, Senior Programme Manager and Diplomatic Advisor with

the International Science and Technology Centre


15:30-16:00 Coffee Break

World Café sessions, Regina Palace Stresa, rooms Verdi II & Azalea Chairs: Y. Aregbe, I. Niemeyer, R. Bencardino, T. Prohaska

16:00-17:30 World Café - Results of the ESARDA Reflection Group

Room 1 (Verdi II)

16:00-17:30 World Café - Results of the ESARDA Reflection Group

Room 2 (Azalea)

ESARDA World Café

Participate, discuss, share, listen, contribute, compare, discover, analyse, comment, connect…

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ESARDA Anniversary Speech

18:00-20:00 Anniversary Speech and Welcome Reception,

room Tiffany

Dr. Roland Schenkel, Former Director General of the Joint Research Centre, European Commission

Roundtables, Regina Palace Stresa, rooms Tiffany & Verdi I

14:00-15:30 Roundtable 2: New perspectives, methods and technologies for

Nuclear Verification (Verdi I)

lead Mona Dreicer, Deputy Director, Center for Global

Security Research, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• Corey Hinderstein, Nuclear Threat Initiative

• Keir Allen, Arms Control Treaties and Assessments Technical Authority,

Atomic Weapons Establishment

• Tammy Taylor, Director, International Data Center, Comprehensive Nuclear-

Test-Ban Treaty

• Atle Konta Midttun, Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Norway, Section

for Global Security and Disarmament

Day 2, Wednesday 15th May

Looking back and looking forward – cooperation between the IAEA and

EURATOM (138)

H. Barroso Jr. and S. Lechner

Fifty Years On, Time for a New NPT Standard? (20)

J. Larrimore

50 years of Euratom research and training programmes contributing to nuclear

safeguards, security and non proliferation / Achievements and challenges (142)

S. Abousahl

The Evolution of State-level Safeguards Implementation by the IAEA (134)

T. Renis, J. Whitlock and Z. Radecki

Parametrizing the differential die-away self-interrogation early die-away time for

PWR assemblies as a function of fuel parameters (22)

L. Caldeira Balkeståhl, Z. Elter and S. Grape

Passive Neutron Albedo Reactivity (PNAR) Prototype for Spent Nuclear Fuel

Verification (51)

T. Tupasela, T. Honkamaa, M. Moring and A. Turunen

Verifying PWR assemblies with control rod cluster inserts using a DCVD (27)

E. Branger, S. Grape and P. Jansson

Determination of 239Pu content in spent fuel with the SINRD technique by using

artificial and natural neural networks (5)

A. Borella, R. Rossa and H. Zaioun

Nuclear Archaeology: Reconstructing Reactor Histories From Reprocessing

Waste (87)

A. Figueroa Caceres and M. Goettsche

Determining the production date of Cf-252 sources (130)

J. Zsigrai, J-M. Crochemore, A. Apostol, A. Rozite, J. Bagi, K. Abbas and K. Mayer

Nuclear Forensics via the Electronic Properties of Particulate and Samples (1)

R. Hayes, R. O'Mara and F. Abdelrahman

Analysis of light elements in U bearing materials for safeguards purposes (40)

S. Morel, K. Casteleyn, E. Zuleger, M. Rosenzweig and U. Repinc

08:40-10:00 Session 1: Implementation of Safeguards at State Level

Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany, Chair: F. Bonino

Session 2: Spent Fuel I

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi I, Chair: P. Schwalbach*

Session 3: Nuclear Forensics

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi II, Chair: K. Casteleyn

08:40-10:00

08:40-10:00

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Spectroscopic SiPM based Fast Neutron Detector for Safeguard Applications (73)

M. Meshkian, U. Gendotti, G. Davatz, R. Chandra, C. Philipp, M. P. and J. Nowakowski

Evaluation of advanced deadtime correction algorithms for neutron correlated counting

(81) - D. Henzlova, V. Henzl and L. Holzleitner

New Generation Pulse Train Recorder for Safeguards Applications (95)

A. Kelemen, A. Kovács, C. Toth, I. Almási, P. Völgyesi, T. Nguyen Cong, Z. Hlavathy and J. Huszti

Calibration of a combined PNCC / HRGS non-destructive assay system for measurement

of Plutonium and MOX packages to verify declared inventory (83)

A. Cormack, N. Bain, J. Mason, K. Burke, A. Towner, P. Mullarkey, D. Paton, C. McIntosh, R. Gunn and D. Ancius

Stability of gamma spectrometers with LaBr3(Ce) detectors (58)

M. Toma, S. Helene, M. Vargas Zuniga, J. Zsigrai, E. Zuleger and K. Lützenkirchen

Research on Uranium Enrichment Determination Using 143-1001 keV Region of HPGe

Uranium Spectrum (14) - Y. Tian, G. Liu and H. Zhou

Extended verification of fresh fuel assembly using LaBr3 scintillation detectors at the

Paks Nuclear Power Plant (106) - G. Dosa, P. Volgyesi and I. Almasi

C-BORD high-level equipment to enhance freight inspection in support to customs

(101)*

G. Sannie, B. Pilorget and H. Tagziria

Application of Gamma Tomography for Nuclear Waste Characterization (127)

E. Roesgen, S. Vanzo, F. Raiola, G. Bostroem, P. Hubert and K. Abbas

Progress on Passive Fast-Neutron Emission Tomography of Spent Nuclear Fuel (109)

P. Hausladen, A. Iyengar, L. Fabris, J. Yang, J. Hu and D. Dowling

INS3L – a new NDA laboratory for the European safeguards R&D community (117)

B. Pedersen, T. Bogucarska, K. Abbas, J-M. Crochemore, F. Raiola, E. Roesgen, A. Rozite, H. Tagziria, G. Varasano, I. Maschio, S. Nonneman and W. Janssens

Direct measurement of actinides’ traces in solution by α spectrometry (140)

N. Schmitt, S. Colas and P. Legouhy

An SNM detection method based on fission signatures induced by a low-energy neutron

source (98)

B. Pedersen, A. Ocherashvili, G. Varasano, T. Bogucarska, D. Mikhaeli, G. Heger and V. Mayorov

Poster Session 1: Focus on NDA

Regina Palace Stresa, room Azalea, Chair: V. Berthou 10:00-10:40

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Evolving Technologies for Future Deep Geological Repositories: A Closer Look

(70)

T. Le and C. Vestergaard

Synergy of robotized nondestructive testing methods: a key for safe, secure and

reliable operation (89)

D. Sednev, A. Lider, I. Bolotina and D. Koneva

Imaging of a nuclear waste storage facility (126)

A. Rozite, K. Abbas, F. Raiola, G. Boström and P. Hubert

Characteristics of Site boundary monitoring systems for verifying future nuclear

weapon arms control agreements (35)

I. Hayes and K. Allen

Opportunities for a graded approach in air sample assay and triage (24)

R. Hayes and S.J. Cope

On site evaluation of safeguards technical data in multi-cameras surveillance

systems (31)

A. Bonino, L.C. Machado Da Silva and S. Fernandez Moreno

Applying knowledge retention to preserve a core safeguards technical area (77)

N. Peter-Stein, H. Smartt and W. Corbin

3D image recognition of nuclear fuel waste using tree-based classifiers (65)

S. Puydarrieux, M. Picq, J-J. Dupont and A. Delahaye

Results of DataMatrix Barcode Testing for Field Applications (103)

J. Garner, J. White-Horton and M. Whitaker

Hafnium Isotope Ratio Method for Enhanced Safeguards at Research Reactors

(123)

J. Johns, B. Reid, S. Shen, D. Reilly and E. Krogstad

Application of the revised Small Quantities Protocol in French territories part of

the Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Latin America and the Caribbean (72)

L. Olivier

Using Sentinel-1 and -2 for Change Detection in Facilities Safeguarded by

Euratom (88)

J. Rutkowski, T. Warner and M. Canty

The algorithm for State-level concept software educational simulator (92)

D. Koneva and D. Sednev

Latest Improvement on FNCL for IAEA Safeguards (141)

M. Corbo, M. Morichi, C. Raffo, F. Pepe and G. Cerretani

Data science in safeguards – opportunities and challenges (67)*

I. Niemeyer

Poster Session 2

Regina Palace Stresa, room Azalea, Chair: F. Sevini 10:00-10:40

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NUSIMEP-9 Inter-Laboratory Comparison on uranium isotope amount ratios and

uranium mass in uranium micro-particles (7)

C. Venchiarutti, S. Richter, R. Middendorp and Y. Aregbe

Production of Uranium Oxide Microparticles as Certified Reference Materials

for Analytical Measurements (94)

S. Neumeier, P. Kegler, M. Klinkenberg, F. Kreft, D. Bosbach, I. Niemeyer, C. Venchiarutti, J. Truyens, S. Richter, Y. Aregbe, L. Sangely, N. Dzigal, T. Tanpraphan, S. Konegger-Kappel, Z. Macsik, G. Stadelmann and S. Vogt

Production of Particle Reference and Quality Control Materials (82)

C. Barrett, T. Pope, M. Wellons, B. Arey and M. Zimmer

Characterization of the nuclear material at the particle scale at CEA DAM Ile de

France : a powerful tool for Safeguards (119)

A-L. Fauré, C. Rodriguez and T. Dalger

Session 4: Environmental Sampling - Particle Measurements

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi II, Chair: E. Zuleger 11:00-12:20

The AIT-WATCHMAN Project for Remote Monitoring of Nuclear Reactors (34)

Y-J. Schnellbach

Liquid Argon - Based Antineutrino Detection Techniques for Nuclear Waste

Verification (56)

M. Wittel, A. Stahl and M. Göttsche

Modelling of safeguards verification of spent fuel dry storage containers using

muon trackers (59)

D. Ancius, K. Aymanns, P. Checchia, F. Gonella, A. Jussofie, F. Montecassiano, M. Murtezi, P. Schwalbach, K. Schoop, S. Vaccaro, S. Vanini and G. Zumerle

Verification of Sealed Dry Storage Casks with Cosmic Ray Muons (38)

J.M. Durham, D. Poulson, J. Bacon, E. Guardincerri and C. Morris

Session 5: Muon and Antineutrino-based methods

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi I, Chair: T. Honkamaa 11:00-12:20

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Comparing regional proliferation risks and safeguards systems (84)

M. Gerlini and M. Ikegami

Euratom safeguards: sixty years of implementation in France (29)

F. Bonino

Bringing IAEA Safeguards in the United States into the 21st Century (10)

E. Sastre and D. Hanks

Feedback of a survey on the way of implementation of Safety, Security and Safeguards

(68)

R. Bon Nguyen

Experience with maintaining the SSAC in the Czech Republic (57)

A. Pavlik, K. Janatkova and O. Stastny

Web-Portals complementing the NMAC centralised accountancy : The French

experience (28)

F. Lanave

Nuclear Material Measurements at ABACC: Status Update and Future Steps (32)

L.C. Machado Da Silva, A. Bonino, S. Fernandez M. and F. Dias

Back-end to the Future: Considering Safeguards Criteria for Multinational Geological

Repositories (15)

C. Vestergaard

The CWC and its verification regime, a tool against the non-proliferation and

reemergence of chemical weapons: a parallel with the nuclear treaty (66)

N. Balistreri

Panel 1 - Regional Safeguards Systems

Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany, Chairs: P. Klumpp/M. Marzo 11:00-12:20

Lunch 12:20-14:00

Use of machine learning models for the detection of fuel pin replacement in

spent fuel assemblies (2)

R. Rossa and A. Borella

Investigating the gamma and neutron radiation around quivers for verification

purposes (131)

Z. Elter, V. Mishra, S. Grape, E. Branger, P. Jansson and L. Caldeira Balkeståhl

Simultaneous reconstruction of gamma ray emission and attenuation images of

spent nuclear fuel (41)

P. Dendooven, R. Backholm, T. Bubba, C. Bélanger-Champagne, T. Helin and S. Siltanen

Validating the reported irradiation history of spent fuel assemblies using high-

resolution gamma spectrometry and the Origen 2.2 burnup code (96)

P. Kirchknopf, I. Almási, A. Kocsonya, C. Tam Nguyen, L. Lakosi, Z. H. and P. Völgyesi

Session 6: Spent Fuel II

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi I, Chair: S. Vaccaro 14:00-15:20

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Optimising the use of reference materials for destructive analysis in nuclear

safeguards (61)

A.M. Sánchez Hernández, C-I. Andor, R. Buda, L. Commin, F. D'Amati, J. Horta Domenech, S. Morel, A. Nicholl, C. Nourry, G. Suurkuust, M. Vargas Zuñiga, D. Wojnowski and E. Zuleger

EQRAIN U and EQRAIN Pu interlaboratory comparisons from 1997 to 2016 –

Comparison to ITVs-2010 (12)

M. Crozet, D. Roudil, C. Rigaux, C. Bertorello, S. Picart and C. Maillard

International certification process of the ABACC-Cristallini method for UF6

sampling – current status (30)

L.C. Machado Da Silva, A. Bonino and S. Fernandez Moreno

Determination of 236U/238U Ratios using ICP-MS/MS (75)

H. Isnard, S. Diez Fernandez, C. Bresson, F. Chartier, O. Evrard, A. Hubert, H. Jaegler, A. Nonell, F. Pointurier and T. Vercouter

Session 7: Destructive Analysis

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi II, Chair: S. Neumeier 14:00-15:20

Progress in SBD for Pyroprocessing Facilities by KAERI (17)

H-D. Kim, S-H. Park, S-K. Ahn, B-H. Won, C-H. Lee, D-Y. Song and H-S. Shin

15 Years of Safeguards-by-Design in Finland (42)

M. Hämäläinen, T. Honkamaa, E. Martikka, M. Moring and O. Okko

Safeguards Regulatory Review for Small Modular Reactor Designs in Canada

(78)

H. Gao, M. Kent, S. Herstead, M. de Vos and D. Moroz

Safeguards Information Assurance by Design (80)

D. Blair and F. McCrory

The GIF Proliferation Resistance and Physical Protection MEthodology Applied

to GEN IV System Designs: an update (132)

G.G.M Cojazzi, G. Renda, L-Y. Cheng, B.D. Boyer, B. Cipiti, G. Edwards, E. Hervieu, K. Hori and H. Kim

Regulatory Experience with the Safeguards By Design Project of Planned New

Nuclear Power Reactors in Hungary (86)

A. Jezeri, Á. Vincze and E. Földesi

Panel 2 - Safeguards by Design

Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany, Chair: E. Martikka / W. M'radi 14:00-15:20


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Aspects on declared accountancy data for the Final Spent Fuel Disposal in

Sweden (55)

G. Af Ekenstam, S. Lindgren, R. Fagerholm, L. Hildingson, A. Sjöland and J-O. Stål

Identification and authentication of copper canisters for spent nuclear fuel: the

ultrasonic method (26)

C. Clementi, L. Capineri and F. Littmann

National Safeguards Concept for Encapsulation Plant and Geological Repository

(50)

T. Honkamaa, M. Hämäläinen, E. Martikka, M. Moring, O. Okko and T. Tupasela

Potential SG equipment infrastructure for the Geological Repository in Finland

(44)

K. Khrustalev, M. Murtezi, E. Martikka, M. Lahti, I. Tsvetkov, W-S. Park and K. Baird

Verification of Spent Fuel in Dry Storage Casks Using Fast Neutrons (139)

Y. Ham, S. Sitaraman and P. Kerr

Session 8: Geological Disposal

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi I, Chair: O. Okko 15:50-17:30

Development of active non-destructive analysis technologies for nuclear

nonproliferation and security of JAEA (110)

M. Koizumi

Investigation of an alternative RPM concept design for special nuclear material

detection (105)

D. Trombetta, B. Cederwall and K. Axell

Testing of a Radiation Portal Monitor on the Detection Thresholds (19)

A. Rozite

Capacity building in EU MS for the testing and assessment of detection

equipment in nuclear security within ITRAP+10 Phase II (76)

F. Raiola, A. Rozite and H. Tagziria

Session 9: Nuclear Security Detection

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi II, Chair: B. Pedersen 15:50-17:10

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JAEA’s Activities for Strengthening Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Nuclear

Security and Supporting Denuclearization (25)

M. Hori and Y. Naoi

Collaboration for Development of Comprehensive NDA Course in SSAC

Training (43)

M. Sekine, Y. Kawakubo, P. Rodriguez, N. Noro, F. Raiola, J-M. Crochemore, A.

Rozite and K. Abbas

Strengthening of the French training and qualification activities on nuclear

safeguards (47)

C. Decroocq and M. Humbert-Brun

EURATOM safeguards inspector training capabilities of the JRC-Ispra (125)

F. Raiola, J-M. Crochemore, T. Bogucarska, A. Rozite, B. Pedersen and K. Abbas

Current training activities at IRSN and ENSTTI on Safeguards (64)

P. Funk and D. Louvat

The Need to Establish Certified Professional Development Programmes for

Safeguards (100)

D. Johnson, R. Evans, J. Chapman and C. Crawford

Evolution of ESARDA Course: Outreach Contribution of ESARDA Course on

Nuclear Safeguards and Non-Proliferation (128)

K. Abbas, W. Janssens, F. Raiola, G. Cojazzi and P. Richir

Panel 3 - Education and Training

Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany, Chair: W. Janssens / C. Koutsoyannopoulos 15:50-17:30

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Conference Dinner "Ristorante Piccolo Lago" 19:00-23:00

Day 3, Thursday 16th May

Session 10: Sealing/Dry Storage

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi I, Chair: K. Aymanns 08:40-10:20

Nuclear and Atomic Data Needs for Safeguards (120)

C. Pickett, C. Ramos, F. Tovesson and K. Ventura

New developments in neutron counting chains for nuclear safeguards (112)

G. Varasano, M. Abousahl, T. Bogucarska and B. Pedersen

High rate approximation for extendable dead time corrections in allabote settings

(16)

C. Dubi and R. Atar

Sample shape effect on nuclear material quantification with neutron resonance

transmission analysis (21)

H. Tsuchiya, F. Ma, F. Kitatani, C. Paradela, J. Heyse, S. Kopecky and P. Schillebeeckx

Inter-Comparison Exercise for the Safeguards Verification of PWR Fresh Fuel

Assemblies using Fast and Thermal Neutron Coincidence Collars (63)

A. Tomanin, L. Bourva, J. Beaumont, P. de Baere, A. Terrasi, V. De Pooter, M. Arias Arenas, P. Marion, P. de Lavarène and P. Turbiault

08:40-10:20

Spent fuel cask reverification: technology survey for an integrated multi-method

toolkit (62)

S. Vaccaro, H. Tagziria, D. Ancius, K. Abbas, B. Pedersen, A. Tomanin, M. Murtezi, P. Schwalbach and K. Aymanns

Aspects of Safeguarding On-Site Dry Storage Facilities (48)

K. Aymanns, D. Ancius, M. Hahn, A. Jussofie, T. Krieger, L. Matloch, M. Murtezi, I. Niemeyer, A. Rezniczek, J. Pekkarinen, K. Schoop and P. Schwalbach

Laser Scanning for Safeguarding Spent Fuel Storage Facilities (13)

E. Wolfart, G. Boström and V. Sequeira

Confirming the Sealing of Casks Remotely (116)

B. Wishard and F. Littmann

Mechanical Design of the Operator Applied & Removed Sealing Bolt (8)

F. Littmann

Session 11: NDA Neutrons

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi II, Chair: H. Tagziria

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Session 12: Statistics

Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany, Chair: R. Bencardino 08:40-10:20

JRC Embedded Universal Seal Reader (46)

G. Boström, V. Sequeira, D. Puig, C. Bergonzi and A. Fassi

Use of commercial components for a future Surveillance Camera (45)

G. Boström, F. Ghiringhelli and V. Sequeira

Tamper-Indicating Enclosures with Visually Obvious Tamper Response (11)

H. Smartt, C. Corbin, N. Myllenbeck, P. Feng, A. Benin, J. Custer and A. Jones

Light Field Cameras Offer Surveillance a New Dimension (104)

J. Garner

10:50-12:10

Statistical Design of Experiments: A Powerful Tool in Your Nonproliferation

Toolbox (4)

R. Brigantic, A. Trevino Gavito, N. Betzsold, C. Perkins and G. Mckinney

Modelers meet practitioners: On 20% selection probability and random physical

inventory verifications (39)

T. Krieger, R. Avenhaus and T.L. Burr

Improve a weighing scale with operator concerns (102)

V. Bruel

Unaccounted for uncertainties in radioaerosol assays as used in plume

reconstruction or treaty verification (23)

R. Hayes

Session 13: Containment & Surveillance

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi I, Chair: P. Funk


Arms Control Verification Research and Development Activities (124)

E. Padilla

Building Global Verification Expertise – the German Contributions in the

International Partnership for Nuclear Disarmament Verification (IPNDV) (115)

I. Niemeyer, G. Kirchner and G. Neuneck

Understanding the inverse problem in nuclear arms control scenarios (36)

J. Schofield

DPRK nuclear testing – CTBTO expertise and knowledge (90)

T. Taylor

Session 14: Arms Control Verification

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi II, Chair: K. Allen 10:50-12:10

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International testing platform for Uranium & Plutonium gamma-ray isotopic

analysis codes: achievements and prospects (74)

A-L. Weber, P. Funk, B. Mcginnis, D. Vo, H. Nordquist, J. Dreyer, R. Venkataraman and R. Haddal

Application of Delayed Gamma-Ray Spectrometry in Nuclear Safeguards and

Non-Proliferation (129)

K. Abbas, D.C. Rodriguez, J-M. Crochemore, F. Rossi, T. Bogucarska, T. Takahashi, B. Pedersen, M. Seya, S. Nonneman and M. Koizumi

Performance of FRAM isotopic analysis of shielded plutonium with electrically

cooled gamma-spectrometers (53)

J. Zsigrai, A. Berlizov, D. van Eerten, A. Muehleisen and J. Bagi

Optimization and Uncertainty Estimation of the Enrichment Meter Measurement

Technique for UF6 Cylinder (54)

J-L. Dufour, C. Deyglun, N. Pepin and A-L. Weber


Developing a new safeguards sensor control platform and its application in

EURATOM safeguards IMAP, the Integrated Monitoring and Acquisition

Platform, Challenges and techniques (37)

A. Smejkal, R. Linnebach and L. Holzleitner

Pre-NRTA Systems: Opportunities and Cahllenges (114)

J.-B. Darphin, F. Bonino and J. Oddou

14:00-15:20

The Role of Maps in Site Knowledge and Wayfinding: A Human Performance

Evaluation for International Nuclear Safeguards Inspections (6)

Z. Gastelum, M. Stites, L. Matzen and H. Smartt

Digital Declaration Site Maps of Additional Protocol are Digitalization at State

Level (60)

T. Honkamaa, T. Ansaranta, M. Hämäläinen, J. Heinonen, T. Ilander, E. Martikka and M. Moring

Trusting Embedded Hardware and Software in Treaty Verification Equipment

(71)

J. Brotz and S. Hammon

ICPIA Modeling and Red Teaming (79)

F. McCrory and L. Dawson

Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development Initiatives in Data

Science for Safeguards (121)

C. Ramos and Ch. Pickett

Session 15: Process Monitoring

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi I, Chair: M. Hassler

Panel 4 – Digital Transformation

Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany, Chair: S. Nonneman/C. Pickett

10:50-12:10

Lunch 12:10-14:00

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Session 16: NDA Gamma

Regina Palace Stresa, room Verdi II, Chair: P. Schwalbach 14:00-15:20


14:00-15:20

Export control and nuclear safeguards (33)

F. Sevini, W. Janssens, G. Renda, X. Arnes N., C. Charatsis, E. Stringa, C. Versino and S. Cagno

Export controls and safeguards: inseparable elements of the non-proliferation

regime (93)

I. Stewart

The NSG Part 1 Guidelines and the mutually reinforcing role of nuclear

safeguards and export controls in the non-proliferation regime (91)

D. Cándano

Nuclear Export Control System of the Czech Republic (52)

A. Tichy, O. Stastny and M. Kafka

Export control and Additional Protocol working in synergy to strengthen nuclear

non-proliferation: implementation in France (69)

E. Vial and L. Olivier

Development and Examination of a Proliferation Trade Risk Metric (122)

P. Heine, T. Blackburn and A. Attarian

Analysis of nuclear-related trade and procurement information in support of

IAEA safeguards (133)

M. Ardhammar

Panel 5 - Strategic Trade Control

Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany, Chair: Q. Michel / C. Charatsis


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Feedback from the Sessions

Key messages from the Panels

Outcome of the World Café

Closing Remarks by the ESARDA Vice-President

J. Oddou, Head of Euratom Technical Committee (CTE), France

15:50-17:30 Closing Plenary

Regina Palace Stresa, room Tiffany

Day 4, Friday 17th May

08:00-13:00

Group 1

Visit to the Joint Research Centre in Ispra

On Friday 17th May, the organisers propose a two guided tours to visit the Joint

Research Centre in Ispra. This visit provides an opportunity to explore the activities and

the facilities of the Nuclear Security Unit of the JRC.

You can register to the JRC Guided Tour at the following link:

https://web.jrc.ec.europa.eu/remjrc/screen/meeting/967/registration-form

Please note: Participation to the Guided Tour to the JRC is limited and based on a “first

come, first served" basis.

PERformance LAboratory (PERLA)

PERLA is a laboratory for the assessment and evaluation of performances for all non-

destructive assay (NDA) techniques applied in the safeguards of nuclear materials.

The laboratory is extensively used for training of nuclear safeguards inspectors

(IAEA and DG ENER) and operates de facto as user laboratory for a wide variety

of world-wide users (both for R&D and for activities in the area of testing, validation

and standardisation).

Pulsed Neutron Interrogation Test Assembly (PUNITA)

PUNITA, incorporates a pulsed (D-T) neutron generator. As such the instrument finds

applications in many different areas although the main research activities concern NDA

methods for nuclear safeguards, and for detection of illicit trafficking of nuclear and non-

nuclear materials.

Illicit Trafficking Radiation Assessment Programme (ITRAP)

The facility is dedicated to perform tests on radiological performances of radiation

detection equipment used in nuclear security. It is composed by two laboratories:

the static test lab for handheld equipment and the dynamic test lab for portals.

Advanced Safeguards Measurement, Monitoring and Modelling Laboratory

(AS3ML)

Laboratory to test and develop innovative integrated solutions for the implementation of

safeguards in the different types of nuclear installations. The three main pillars are

Measurement of nuclear material, Monitoring the operation of facilities through an

extensive collection of data from multiple types of sensors, Modelling the plant

operations to derive conclusion on the appropriate operation of the plant according to

declarations. Laser based verification technologies and self-localisation techniques are

being developed to support modernised inspection capabilities

Tank Measurement Lab (TAME )

The Tank Measurement Laboratory is concerned with bulk handling facilities, which

proposes challenges to the performances of inventory quantification and density

characterisation (incl. eg. continuous flow mode tank calibration).

Sealing and Identification Laboratory (SILab)

SILab is a laboratory for the development, testing and commissioning of security

systems used for nuclear and commercial applications and devoted to increase the

security of the citizen. The laboratory serves institutional clients like the

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the Directorate General for Energy

(DG ENER). Latest developments include ultrasonic bolt seals, US seals combined

with fiber optics and low cost electronic seals. Training on application of seals is

also provided in the laboratory.

Laboratory visits at the Joint Research Centre in Ispra

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How to Reach the Venue

• Get on A26/E62 in Sesto Calende from Str. per la Malpensa, SS336 and SS33

(15.4 km)

• Continue on A26/E62 to Brovello-carpugnino. Take exit Carpugnino from

A26/E62

(31.2 km)

• Take Via per Carpugnino, Via per Gignese, Via per Vedasco and Via per Binda

to Corso Umberto I/Piazza Marconi/SS33 in Stresa

• Shuttles will be organised from and to Milan Malpensa Airport by the organisers,

more information can be found on the on the conference website.

• Private Shuttle service link: Alibus Shuttle service

By Car from

Milan Malpensa

By Bus from

Milan Malpensa

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Meeting Rooms General Plan

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Surrounding Area Attractions

Here are some useful links with local tourist attractions in the surrounding area

of Stresa, Lake Maggiore and other attractions in Northern Italy.

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Stresa Tourism Office

https://www.stresaturismo.it/en

Stresa Places to See

http://www.stresa.com/attractions

Tripadvisor: Things to Do in Stresa

https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attractions-g187847-Activities-Stresa_Lake_Maggiore_Piedmont.html

12 Top-Rated Attractions around Lake Maggiore & Easy Day Trips

https://www.planetware.com/italy/lake-maggiore-i-lo-lm.htm

16 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Milan

https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/milan-i-lo-m.htm

Visiting Como Town & Lake Como: Top Attractions

https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/como-i-lo-co.htm

15 Top-Rated Tourist Attractions in Turin

https://www.planetware.com/tourist-attractions-/turin-i-pi-tu.htm

https://www.stresaturismo.it/en

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