Physical inventory verification exercise for a highly enriched uranium fabrication facility
The International Atomic Energy Agency, in collaboration with the US Support Program (POTAS), has developed and conducted a training exercise simulating a physical inventory verification (PIV) at a highly enriched uranium (HEU) fabrication facility. This exercise is part of a series sponsored by the POTAS program, including PIVs at light-water reactors and plutonium fabrication facilities. The first HEU exercise took place in September 1985 at Los Alamos National Laboratory and a second is scheduled for Spring, 1987 at JRC, ISPRA. The main objectives of these exercises are: to provide the opportunity for inspectors to test and evaluate the use of nondestructive assay (NDA) equipment and computer software under conditions similar to those found during actual inspections; to use the data generated to evaluate different inspection procedures and strategies; and to exchange ideas on PIV procedures between the three operations divisions. Because the exercises are conducted in a neutral environment, free of the time pressure often found in actual inspections, it is possible for the inspectors to achieve the course objectives.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 5055804
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-86-3612; IAEA-SM-293/118; CONF-861104-7; ON: DE87001973
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: International symposium on nuclear material safeguards, Vienna, Austria, 10 Nov 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ELEMENTS
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