A materials accounting system for an IBM PC
The authors have adapted the Los Alamos MASS accounting system for use on an IBM PC/AT at the Fuels Manufacturing Facility (FMF) at Argonne National Laboratory West (ANL-WEST). Cost of hardware and proprietary software was less than $10,000 per station. The system consists of three stations between which accounting information is transferred using floppy disks accompanying special nuclear material shipments. The programs were implemented in dBASEIII and were compiled using the proprietary software CLIPPER. Modifications to the inventory can be posted in just a few minutes, and operator/computer interaction is nearly instantaneous. After the records are built by the user, it takes 4-5 seconds to post the results to the database files. A version of this system was specially adapted and is currently in use at the FMF facility at Argonne National Laboratory. Initial satisfaction is adequate and software and hardware problems are minimal.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab., Safeguards Systems Group, Los Alamos, NM 87545
- OSTI ID:
- 5049398
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-860654-
- Journal Information:
- Nucl. Mater. Manage. Annu. Meet. Proc.; (United States), Journal Name: Nucl. Mater. Manage. Annu. Meet. Proc.; (United States) Vol. 15; ISSN NUMMB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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