THIEF: An interactive simulation of nuclear materials safeguards
The safeguards community is facing an era in which it will be called upon to tighten protection of nuclear material. At the same time, it is probable that safeguards will face more competition for available resources from other activities such as environmental cleanup. To exist in this era, it will be necessary to understand and coordinate all aspects of the safeguards system. Because of the complexity of the interactions involved, this process puts a severe burden on designers and operators of safeguards systems. This paper presents a simulation tool developed at the Los Alamos National Laboratory to allow users to examine the interactions among safeguards elements as they apply to combating the insider threat. The tool consists of a microcomputer-based simulation in which the user takes the role of the insider trying to remove nuclear material from a facility. The safeguards system is run by the computer and consists of both physical protection and MC A computer elements. All data elements describing a scenario can be altered by the user. The program can aid in training, as well as in developing threat scenarios. 4 refs.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/DP
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 6774700
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-90-1956; CONF-9007106-9; ON: DE90013185
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Institute of nuclear materials management conference, Los Angeles, CA (USA), 15-18 Jul 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ADVERSARIES
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
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HUMAN POPULATIONS
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