Reflective particle technology for identification of critical components

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7116334

Tolk, K M

Reflective Particle Tags were developed for uniquely identifying individual strategic weapons that would be counted in order to verify arms control treaties. These tags were designed to be secure from copying and transfer even after being lift under the control of a very determined adversary for a number of years. This paper discusses how this technology can be applied in other applications requiring confidence that a piece of equipment, such as a seal or a component of a secure, has not been replaced with a similar item. The hardware and software needed to implement this technology is discussed, and guidelines for the sign of systems that rely on these or similar randomly formed features for security applications are presented. Substitution of identical components is one of the easiest ways to defeat security seals, secure containers, verification instrumentation, and similar equipment. This technology, when properly applied, provides a method to counter this defeat scenario. This paper presents a method for uniquely identifying critical security related equipment. Guidelines for implementing identification systems based on reflective particles or similar random features without compromising their intrinsic security are discussed.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; DNA; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Defense Nuclear Agency, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 7116334
• Report Number(s): SAND-92-1676C; CONF-9207102-26; ON: DE92018820
• Resource Relation: Conference: Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) annual meeting, Orlando, FL (United States), 19-22 Jul 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION
ARMS CONTROL
VERIFICATION
HEMATITE
PATTERN RECOGNITION
SECURITY SEALS
IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS
IMAGE SCANNERS
IMAGES
SAFEGUARDS
SECURITY
IRON ORES
MINERALS
ORES
OXIDE MINERALS
PHYSICAL PROTECTION DEVICES
SEALS
350300* - Arms Control- Verification- (1987-)
440800 - Miscellaneous Instrumentation- (1990-)