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Safeguards resource management

Conference · · Nucl. Mater. Manage. Annu. Meet. Proc.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5045426
Protecting nuclear materials is a challenging problem for facility managers. To counter the broad spectrum of potential threats, facility managers rely on diverse safeguards measures, including elements of physical protection, material control and accountability, and human reliability programs. Deciding how to upgrade safeguards systems involves difficult tradeoffs between increased protection and the costs and operational impact of protection measures. Effective allocation of safeguards and security resources requires a prioritization of systems upgrades based on a relative measure of upgrade benefits to upgrade costs. Analytical tools are needed to help safeguards managers measure the relative benefits and cost and allocate their limited resources to achieve balanced, cost-effective protection against the full spectrum of threats. This paper presents a conceptual approach and quantitative model that have been developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to aid safeguards managers.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
5045426
Report Number(s):
CONF-860654-
Conference Information:
Journal Name: Nucl. Mater. Manage. Annu. Meet. Proc.; (United States) Journal Volume: 15
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English