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Title: The German remote monitoring field test -- First results

Conference ·
OSTI ID:596953
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  1. Forschungszentrum Juelich GmbH (Germany)
  2. Dr. Neumann Consultants, Pulheim (Germany)
  3. Gesellschaft fuer Nuklear-Service mbH, Hannover (Germany)
  4. Brennelement-Zwischenlager Ahaus GmbH (Germany)
  5. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

The International Atomic Energy Agency strives to increase the efficiency of its safeguards by reducing the inspection effort without losing safeguards effectiveness. Remote data transmission may have a potential to automate routine safeguards. The German government sponsors a field trial to study technical and non-technical issues related to the remote transmission of safeguards and status data as well as mailing-in of data carriers. Major technical issues of the field trial are the authenticity and confidentiality of the remotely received data as well as the reliability of the transmission techniques and data storage on removable data carriers. Non-technical issues are related to the release of data including the timing of data transmissions. The field trial takes place in the commercial Ahaus Dry Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel with participation of Sandia National Laboratories. The paper describes the first results.

OSTI ID:
596953
Report Number(s):
CONF-960767-; TRN: 98:004724
Resource Relation:
Conference: 37. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Naples, FL (United States), 28 Jul - 1 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 37. annual meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management; PB: 1422 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English