Experimental inventory verification system; An application of image processing to nuclear safeguards

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991 · Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings; (United States)

OSTI ID:5496141

Steverson, C A; Angerman, M I

As Low As Reasonably Achievable (ALARA) goals and Department of Energy (DOE) inventory requirements are frequently in conflict at facilities across the DOE complex. The authors wish, on one hand, to verify the presence of correct amounts of nuclear materials that are in storage or in process; yet on the other hand, we wish to achieve ALARA goals by keeping individual and collective exposures as low as social, technical, economic, practical, and public policy considerations permit. The Experimental Inventory Verification System (EIVSystem) is a computer-based, camera-driven system that utilizes image processing technology to detect change in vault areas. Currently in the test and evaluation phase at Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, this system guards personnel. The EIVSystem continually monitors the vault, providing proof of changed status for objects sorted within the vault. This paper reports that these data could provide the basis for reducing inventory requirements when no change has occurred, thus helping implement ALARA policy; the data will also help describe there target area of an inventory when change has been shown to occur.

• OSTI ID: 5496141
• Report Number(s): CONF-910774-; CODEN: NUMMB
• Journal Information: Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings; (United States), Vol. 20; Conference: 32. Institute of Nuclear Materials Management (INMM) annual meeting, New Orleans, LA (United States), 28-31 Jul 1991; ISSN 0362-0034
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
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INVENTORIES
VERIFICATION
MONITORS
IMAGE PROCESSING
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
ACCURACY
CAMERAS
COMPUTERS
SAFEGUARDS
SECURITY PERSONNEL
STORAGE
US DOE
MANAGEMENT
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PERSONNEL
PROCESSING
US ORGANIZATIONS
055000* - Nuclear Fuels- Safeguards
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050900 - Nuclear Fuels- Transport
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990200 - Mathematics & Computers