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Leveraging existing information for use in a National Nuclear Forensics Library (NNFL)

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A National Nuclear Forensics Library (NNFL) assists a State to assess whether nuclear material encountered out of regulatory control is of domestic or international origin. By leveraging nuclear material registries, nuclear enterprise records, and safeguards accountancy information, as well as existing domestic technical capability and subject-matter domain expertise, states can better assess the effort required for setting up an NNFL. States who are largely recipients of nuclear and radiological materials and have no internal production capabilities may create an NNFL that relies on existing information rather than carry out advanced analyses on domestic materials.

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  1. Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence Program, National Nuclear Security Administration, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20585, USA

    Jerry Davydov & Heather Dion

  2. Department of Energy, Nuclear Material Information Program, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC, 20585, USA

    Stephen LaMont

  3. Glenn Seaborg Institute, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA, 94550, USA

    Ian Hutcheon & Martin Robel

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Davydov, J., Dion, H., LaMont, S. et al. Leveraging existing information for use in a National Nuclear Forensics Library (NNFL). J Radioanal Nucl Chem 307, 2389–2395 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10967-015-4627-y

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