MC and A performance testing status; An OSE evaluation

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991 · Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings; (United States)

OSTI ID:5538029

Craig, J R ^[1]; Byers, K R ^[2]

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1. Office of Security Evaluations, US DOE, Washington, DC (US)
2. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)

Over the past few years, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Security Evaluations (OSE) inspections identified performance testing deficiencies in both contractor nuclear material control and accountability (MC and A) programs and field office nuclear material survey programs. Questions about the usefulness and effectiveness of these DOE performance testing programs prompted this evaluation. Information about MC and A performance testing was solicited from DOE sites and compared with results of OSE inspections of nuclear materials survey programs and contractor MC and A programs. This paper summarizes the results of this evaluation and highlights those systems that have received minimal attention as well as those that have been adequately reviewed using performance testing programs. Conclusions are presented and recommendations are made. A catalog of performance tests was generated from this evaluation using input from the field and OSE inspections that will enhance performance testing programs. In addition, a compilation of information generated from OSE inspections is discussed that relates these performance tests to the DOE MC and A standards and Criteria.

• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5538029
• Report Number(s): CONF-910774--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings; (United States) Journal Volume: 20
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
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