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Title: Los Alamos National Laboratory Nuclear Material Management and Storage Program: Storage Health Metrics

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1558037· OSTI ID:1558037
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  1. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
  2. Tetra Tech, Inc., Pasadena, CA (United States)
  3. Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Tetra Tech, Inc., Pasadena, CA (United States)

The Strategic Materials Sustainment Program (SMSP) supports activities needed to manage the National Nuclear Security Administration’s (NNSA) inventory of strategic materials. As part of the SMSP, the Nuclear Material Management and Storage (NMM&S) program at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is responsible for: (1) safe and secure storage of the SMSP strategic materials and others, (2) analysis, forecasting, and management of accountable nuclear materials; and (3) disposition of nuclear material through the Office of Nuclear Materials Integration (ONMI). The nuclear material management (NMM) mission is to ensure efficient nuclear material management lifecycle activities at LANL. The storage program function includes the management of storage capabilities across the site, supply chain management of nuclear materials, storage requirements integration, and nuclear container management (i.e., procurement, compliance, and safety). This report identifies key performance indicators (KPI) and describes the criteria and metrics used to assess the health of the storage component of the NMM&S program. “Health” is the ability of a process, system, facility, or program to safely and reliably accomplish its required mission. A health assessment provides timely identification of significant risks to enable mission performance. Significant risks identified are most effectively mitigated, avoided, or eliminated by evaluating and coordinating with stakeholders to specifically target, document, and often proceduralize strategies directed towards risk reduction. An effective health assessment involves status measurements of specific metrics that are tied directly to representative KPIs for a program. This document will baseline the KPI, criteria, and specific metrics that will be used to measure the “health” of the LANL Storage Program (i.e., NMM is not included).

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
89233218CNA000001
OSTI ID:
1558037
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-19-28389; TRN: US2100586
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English