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Title: Tags and seals for controling nuclear materials, Arms control and nonproliferation technologies. Second quarter 1993

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10143741· OSTI ID:10143741

This issue of Arms Control and Nonproliferation Technologies summarizes demonstrations and addresses related topics. The first article, ``Basic Nuclear Material Control and Accountability Concepts as Might be Applied to the Uranium from the US-Russian HEU Purchase,`` describes safeguards sybsystems necessary for effective nuclear material safeguards. It also presents a general discussion on HEU-to-low-enrichment uranium (LEU) commingling processes and suggests applicable key measurement points. The second article, ``A Framework for Evaluating Tamper-Indicating-Device Technologies (TIDs),`` describes their uses, proper selection, and evaluation. The final three articles discuss the tags and seals applications and general characteristics of several nuclear material containers: the Type 30B uranium hexafluoride container, the AT-400R container, and the DOT Specification 6M container for SNM. Finally, the Appendix displays short descriptions and illustrations of seven tags and seals, including: the E-cup and wire seal, the python seal, the secure loop inspectable tag/seal (SLITS), bolt-and-loop type electronic identification devices, and the shrink-wrap seal.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation Research and Development (NA-22)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-Eng-48
OSTI ID:
10143741
Report Number(s):
DOE/AN/ACNT-93A; ON: DE94010151; NC: NONE
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English