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View article: Materials Protection, Accounting, and Control Technologies (MPACT) June 2025
Materials Protection, Accounting, and Control Technologies (MPACT) June 2025 Open
View article: MPACT FY2025 Annual Meeting June 24-26, 2025 Meeting Goals & Objectives/MPACT Focus
MPACT FY2025 Annual Meeting June 24-26, 2025 Meeting Goals & Objectives/MPACT Focus Open
View article: Investigating the feasibility of enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of event logistics in urban areas with application of Actor-Resource-Activity and Materials Flow Mapping
Investigating the feasibility of enhancing the efficiency and sustainability of event logistics in urban areas with application of Actor-Resource-Activity and Materials Flow Mapping Open
View article: Comparative study on urban freight transport sustainability initiatives: Two cases from Sweden
Comparative study on urban freight transport sustainability initiatives: Two cases from Sweden Open
View article: Evaluating spatial inequity in last-mile delivery: a national analysis
Evaluating spatial inequity in last-mile delivery: a national analysis Open
Purpose Despite large bodies of research related to the impacts of e-commerce on last-mile logistics and sustainability, there has been limited effort to evaluate urban freight using an equity lens. Therefore, this study proposes a modelin…
View article: Portal monitors based on the UNARM system
Portal monitors based on the UNARM system Open
View article: Board 5: WIP: An Interdisciplinary Project Development Pipeline Connecting Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering and Medicine Students
Board 5: WIP: An Interdisciplinary Project Development Pipeline Connecting Undergraduate Biomedical Engineering and Medicine Students Open
Modern engineers need to match technical competence with global and competitive awareness. For biomedical engineers (BMEs), efforts to support this require understanding healthcare needs, capacity for commercialization, and processes for i…
View article: The scope for more sustainable urban freight transport through shared resources, An exploratory study
The scope for more sustainable urban freight transport through shared resources, An exploratory study Open
Urban freight transport is vital for cities, yet it presents challenges like air quality, noise, safety, and visual impacts. Public and private entities aim to enhance citizen well-being and economic viability, necessitating a sustainable …
View article: Space-Sharing and Kerbside Conflicts in Urban Deliveries: A Framework for Understanding Space Allocation Challenges
Space-Sharing and Kerbside Conflicts in Urban Deliveries: A Framework for Understanding Space Allocation Challenges Open
View article: Materials Protection, Accounting, and Control Technologies: FY 2023 Overview - August 2023 [Slides]
Materials Protection, Accounting, and Control Technologies: FY 2023 Overview - August 2023 [Slides] Open
The Materials Protection Accounting and Control Technologies (MPACT) campaign supports the U.S. advanced fuel cycles technology developers to effectively and economically address nuclear MC&A (Material Control and Accounting) requirements.
View article: Seeking equity and justice in urban freight: where to look?
Seeking equity and justice in urban freight: where to look? Open
Urban freight systems embed and reflect spatial inequities in cities and imbalanced power structures within transport decision-making. These concerns are principal domains of “transportation justice” (TJ) and “mobility justice” (MJ) schola…
View article: High count rate thermal neutron detectors and electronics
High count rate thermal neutron detectors and electronics Open
Improved, high count rate thermal neutron counters and electronics enabling new, higher measurement capabilities are disclosed. Next generation 3He and 10B tubes may include an electronics package capable of operating at higher count rates…
View article: The MPACT 2020 Milestone: Safeguards and Security by Design of Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities.
The MPACT 2020 Milestone: Safeguards and Security by Design of Future Nuclear Fuel Cycle Facilities. Open
The Materials Protection, Accounting, and Control Technologies (MPACT) campaign, within the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy, has developed a Virtual Facility Distributed Test Bed for safeguards and security design for fu…
View article: Exploring Swedish urban freight stakeholders' interests in public spaces
Exploring Swedish urban freight stakeholders' interests in public spaces Open
View article: Joint modeling of arrivals and parking durations for freight loading zones: Potential applications to improving urban logistics
Joint modeling of arrivals and parking durations for freight loading zones: Potential applications to improving urban logistics Open
This paper analyzes truck parking patterns in urban freight loading zones by jointly modeling the vehicle arrival rates and the parking durations. Three models were explored: 1) Count data (Negative Binomial) for vehicle arrivals, 2) Survi…
View article: Sensors securing sustainable digital urban logistics—A practitioner’s perspective
Sensors securing sustainable digital urban logistics—A practitioner’s perspective Open
The transport of goods, equipment and waste to, from, in and through urban areas (urban logistics) are essential for the economic vitality of the city but at the same time make urban environmental and social targets more difficult to achie…
View article: Transportation as a loosely coupled system: a fundamental challenge for sustainable freight transportation
Transportation as a loosely coupled system: a fundamental challenge for sustainable freight transportation Open
In view of the pressing need to reduce the negative environmental impact of freight transportation we argue that it is essential to take account of the organization of the freight transportation system when considering how to address vario…
View article: TIMING STABILIZATION FOR THE SLC ELECTRON SOURCE
TIMING STABILIZATION FOR THE SLC ELECTRON SOURCE Open
The timing stability required for the SLC electron source is determined by the energy acceptance of the electron damping ring. The jitter requirements for the gun pulse itself are somewhat mitigated by the subsequent bunching process. The …
View article: THE PULSED AMPLITUDE UNIT FOR THE SLC
THE PULSED AMPLITUDE UNIT FOR THE SLC Open
There is a recurring requirement in the SLC for the control of devices such aa magnets, phase shifters, and attenuators on a beam-by-beam basis. The Pulsed Amplitude Unit (PAU)
View article: Defining Urban Freight Microhubs: A Case Study Analysis
Defining Urban Freight Microhubs: A Case Study Analysis Open
Urban freight distribution has confronted several challenges, including negative environmental, social, and economic impacts. Many city logistics initiatives that use the concept of Urban Consolidation Centers (UCCs) have failed. The failu…
View article: Material Control and Accounting Regulatory and Technical Considerations for Microreactors
Material Control and Accounting Regulatory and Technical Considerations for Microreactors Open
New microreactors must comply with the Material Control and Accounting (MC&A) regulations in 10CFR74. The objective of MC&A is to verify that the nuclear material is not stolen or diverted to unauthorized users. Microreactors have unique f…
View article: PSMC Upgrade Development Documentation and Functional Testing
PSMC Upgrade Development Documentation and Functional Testing Open
The functional verification consists of verifying that the calibration (a.k.a. gain matching) is accurate and that there is no double pulsing or signal cross talk and interference. The calibration is shown to be satisfactory from the plate…
View article: Material Protection, Accounting and Control Technologies Program Annual Accomplishments Report FY 20
Material Protection, Accounting and Control Technologies Program Annual Accomplishments Report FY 20 Open
The mission of the Materials Protection Accounting and Control Technologies (MPACT) campaign is to support U.S. nuclear fuel cycle developers and operators to effectively and economically address domestic (and facilitate international) nuc…
View article: LCLS2
LCLS2 Open
This is the LCLS II development repository developed at SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
View article: Planning for the sustainability of freight and logistics
Planning for the sustainability of freight and logistics Open
Policy-makers face challenges managing the movement of goods while responding to increasingly urgent sustainability problems. Freight policy is fragmented over many regulatory fields, often with ambiguous or contested objectives. Empirical…
View article: Holdup Measurement Program Management. Safeguards Considerations Related to Nuclear Material Holdup VTC [PowerPoint]
Holdup Measurement Program Management. Safeguards Considerations Related to Nuclear Material Holdup VTC [PowerPoint] Open
The outline for the presentation is: Programmatic considerations; End use of data; Holdup measurements used to support safeguards; Quality assurance program components; Technical and administrative challenges; and, Summary.
View article: Front Matter: Volume 11310
Front Matter: Volume 11310 Open
A unique citation identifier (CID) number is assigned to each article at the time of
View article: Importance of the Stakeholders’ Interaction: Comparative, Longitudinal Study of Two City Logistics Initiatives
Importance of the Stakeholders’ Interaction: Comparative, Longitudinal Study of Two City Logistics Initiatives Open
The main purpose of the paper is to explore the importance of stakeholders’ interaction in the different stages of the implementation process of city logistics initiatives and to assess the extent to which interaction may vary between two …
View article: EPICS Support For Beckhoff EK9000
EPICS Support For Beckhoff EK9000 Open
This is a device support module for the EK9000, which couples EtherCAT terminals (specifically the ELXXXX terminals from Beckhoff) to a modbus network. Because it uses modbus, it's runnable on any IOC without needing a kernel module or oth…
View article: Accommodating urban freight in city planning
Accommodating urban freight in city planning Open