Portable, high-resolution gamma spectroscopy has long been a vital technique in routine safeguards accountancy. The high resolution enables the spectrum analysis to accurately determine the isotopic content of the sample. All currently deployed systems for this application are based on liquid-nitrogen cooled, high-purity germanium (HPGe) detectors, with the spectrum analysis performed on portab...

In this paper, we present a novel risk-based methodology for optimizing the inspections of large underground infrastructure networks in the presence of incomplete information about the network features and parameters. The methodology employs Multi Attribute Value Theory to assess the risk of each pipe in the network, whereafter the optimal inspection campaign is built with Portfolio Decision An...

How many departments in your organization have requirements for visual inspections? How many of the codes, regulations, and legislative mandates demand that visual inspections be performed on a regular, weekly, monthly, quarterly, or annual basis? Think of the requirements for slings and wire ropes, aircraft parts, hazardous waste containers, and every commercial vehicle and load—the list goes ...

In 1986 the federal government expanded its program of company inspections for enforcement of motor carrier safety regulations. We find that many parts of these inspections are unrelated to the safety performance of firms. Never the less, reinspection of firms found to be unsatisfactory in a previous inspection does appear to bring about a substantial improvement in their safety performance. Ho...

The software inspection process was created for the dual purpose of improving software quality and increasing programmer’s productivity. Formal inspection is a better method than technical walkthroughs in the software life cycle process. benefits gained in the development of defect-free software by utilizing formal inspection Formal inspections may be applied to any product or partial product o...

In 2002, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) revised its regulations governing the use of byproduct materials for medical purposes (10 CFR Part 35). These changes were the result of a detailed, 4-year examination of the issues surrounding the medical use program of the NRC and are stated in the latest revision to its medical policy statement, published in the Federal Register on August...

We consider an inspection game between an arbitrary number of polluting rms and an agency who can choose to monitor ambient pollution. We obtain an equilibrium where all rms comply with the same probability and where the inspection agency inspects all rms individually if ambient pollution exceeds an endogenous threshold. If the ne for noncompliance is high enough, the agency's costs are lower t...

The topic of Software Process Improvement continues to attract the interest of a growing number of academic researchers and practitioners. Academic researchers are finding many opportunities to construct empirical research programs around the concepts, models, and techniques related to software process improvement efforts. Practitioners appear eager to participate in these programs as they sear...

An app developed by a private firm and customised by a hospital trust has been helping senior nurses carry out ward inspections.