MC&A policy issues for international inspections at DOE nuclear facilities

Conference · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1994

OSTI ID:10173020

Crawford, D W ^[1]; Zack, N R ^[2]

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1. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Safeguards and Security
2. Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States). Safeguards Systems Group

Recent initiatives and executive decisions within the US have included an offer to place certain special nuclear materials from the former weapons stockpile under international safeguards inspections. The nuclear materials at issue are excess materials; other materials characterized as strategic reserve will not be subject to these international activities. Current Department of Energy requirements and procedures to account for and control these nuclear materials may need to be modified to accommodate these inspections. Safeguards issues, such as physical inventory frequency and verification requirements, may rise from the collateral safeguards activities in support of both domestic and international safeguards. This paper will discuss Office of Safeguards and Security policy and views on these international inspection activities at former nuclear weapons facilities, including implications for current domestic safeguards approaches currently implemented at these facilities.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 10173020
• Report Number(s): LA-UR--94-2444; CONF-940748--69; ON: DE94016205
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

055002
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
DOMESTIC SAFEGUARDS
FISSILE MATERIALS
GOVERNMENT POLICIES
IAEA SAFEGUARDS
INSPECTION
INVENTORIES
NONTECHNICAL ASPECTS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
US DOE