Lessons Learned from the Development of an Example Precision Information Environment for International Safeguards

Technical Report · Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2014

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1228356· OSTI ID:1228356

Gastelum, Zoe N. ^[1]; Henry, Michael J. ^[1]; Burtner, IV, E. R. ^[1]; Doehle, J. R. ^[1]; Hampton, S. D. ^[1]; La Mothe, R. R. ^[1]; Nordquist, P. L. ^[1]; Zarzhitsky, D. V. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is interested in increasing capabilities of IAEA safeguards inspectors to access information that would improve their situational awareness on the job. A mobile information platform could potentially provide access to information, analytics, and technical and logistical support to inspectors in the field, as well as providing regular updates to analysts at IAEA Headquarters in Vienna or at satellite offices. To demonstrate the potential capability of such a system, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) implemented a number of example capabilities within a PNNL-developed precision information environment (PIE), and using a tablet as a mobile information platform. PNNL’s safeguards proof-of-concept PIE intends to; demonstrate novel applications of mobile information platforms to international safeguards use cases; demonstrate proof-of-principle capability implementation; and provide “vision” for capabilities that could be implemented. This report documents the lessons learned from this two-year development activity for the Precision Information Environment for International Safeguards (PIE-IS), describing the developed capabilities, technical challenges, and considerations for future development, so that developers working to develop a similar system for the IAEA or other safeguards agencies might benefit from our work.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1228356
• Report Number(s): PNNL-23962; NN4009030; TRN: US1600029
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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