Cooperative feasibility test of remote monitoring of unattended sensors

Journal Article · Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1995 · JNMM (Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management); (United States)

OSTI ID:6568978

Ystesund, K; LeGalley, R ^[1]; Koyama, K; Yamamoto, Y ^[2]; Kyriakopoulos, N ^[3]

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1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
2. Japan Atomic Energy Research Inst., Ibaraki (Japan)
3. George Washington Univ., Washington, DC (United States)

On March 7, 1990, the US and Japan exchanged diplomatic notes calling for ACDA and JAERI to cooperate in the development and testing of monitoring systems. Concepts and technology developed originally for nuclear safeguards and physical protection could also be used to verify compliance with other arms control treaties such as the Chemical Weapons Convention. A feasibility test on remote monitoring of unattended sensors was conducted by Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) and the Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute (JAERI) under a bilateral agreement between the US Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (ACDA) and JAERI. The Containment and Surveillance Data Authenticated Communication (CASDAC) system developed by JAERI for nuclear safeguards and physical protection is a prototype system for remote monitoring of sensor status through the international telephone network. Sensor inputs to the CASDAC system are provided by prototype tamper-protected sensor enclosures developed by SNL on behalf of ACDA. The CASDAC system normally operates on a polling basis from the central control console at JAERI, but data transmission may also be initiated from the remote read unit at SNL when a sensor activation is detected. All transmission data are encrypted. Statistics concerning reliability, time delay for anomaly detection, and records of all sensor activations were accumulated since May 1992. This paper describes the objectives and preliminary evaluation of the accumulated data. The US Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) funded the experiment at SNL to obtain information about the potential of CASDAC for use in Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) applications.

• OSTI ID: 6568978
• Journal Information: JNMM (Journal of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management); (United States), Vol. 23:2; ISSN 0893-6188
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MONITORS
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VERIFICATION
DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS
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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
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