Adrienne LaFleur

Center for Nuclear Security Science and Policy Initiatives

Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station

Adrienne LaFleur

Adrienne_LaFleur_profile_picture

NSSPI Graduate
Nuclear Engineering

Ph.D., 2011

Research Group: Safeguards Systems Analysis and Instrumentation

NSSPI Publications:

  1. A. Lafleur, W. Charlton, H. Menlove, and M. Lebrun, "Development of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry to Improve Detection of Possible Diversions for PWR Spent Fuel Assemblies", Nuclear Technology, 181, 2 (2013).

  2. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, M.T. Swinhoe, "Comparison of fresh fuel experimental measurements to MCNPX calculations using self-interrogation neutron resonance densitometry", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A, 680 (2012).

  3. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, and M.T. Swinhoe, "Development of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry to Quantify the Fissile Content in PWR Spent LEU and MOX Assemblies", Nuclear Science and Engineering, 171, 3 (2012).

  4. A.M. LaFleur, "Development of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) to Measure the Fissile Content in Nuclear Fuel", Ph.D. Dissertation, Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX (2011).

  5. A. M. LaFleur, H. O. Menlove, W. S. Charlton, M. T. Swinhoe, "Use of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry to Measure the Fissile Content in a BWR 9x9 Spent Fuel Assembly", 33rd ESARDA Annual Meeting: Symposium on Safeguards and Nuclear Material Management, May 16-20, 2011, Budapest, Hungary.

  6. W.S. Charlton, M.D. Zentner, A.M. LaFleur, "Results from the 2010 International Workshop for Users of Proliferation Assessment Tools Held at Texas A&M University", 51st Annual Meeting for the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Baltimore, Maryland, July 11-15, 2010.

  7. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, M.T. Swinhoe, S.Y. Lee, S.J. Tobin, "Experimental Benchmark of MCNPX Calculations Against Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) Fresh Fuel Measurements", 51st Annual Meeting for the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Baltimore, Maryland, July 11-15, 2010.

  8. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, M. Swinhoe, "Development of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) to Measure the 235U and 239Pu Content in a PWR 17x17 Spent Fuel Assembly", Proceedings of 31st Annual Meeting of ESARDA, May 26-28, 2009, Vilnius, Lithuania.

  9. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, M. Swinhoe, "Use of Self-Interrogation Neutron Resonance Densitometry (SINRD) to Measure the Fissile Content in Nuclear Fuel", 49th Annual INMM Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 13-17, 2008.

  10. A.M. LaFleur, W.S. Charlton, H.O. Menlove, M. Swinhoe, "Nondestructive Measurements of Fissile Material Using Self-Indication Neutron Resonance Absorption Densitometry (SINRAD)", 8th International Conference on Facility Operations - Safeguards Interface, Portland, OR, March 30 - April 4, 2008.

  11. A.M. LaFleur W.S. Charlton, "Advancing Methods for Providing Attribution for the HEU Used in a Terrorist Nuclear Weapon", Proceedings of the 29th ESARDA Annual Meeting, Aix-en-Provence, France, May 22-24, 2007.

  12. A.M. Lafleur, "Advancing Methods for Determining the Source of HEU Used in a Terrorist Nuclear Weapon", Senior Scholars Thesis, Texas A & M University, April 2007.

  13. A.M. LaFleur W.S. Charlton, "A Method for Determining Material Attributes from Postdetonation Fission Product Measurements of an HEU Device", 46th Annual INMM Meeting, Nashville, TN, July 16-20, 2006.