Safeguards implementation in the DOE complex; Near term requirements

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

OSTI ID:5592497

Crawford, D W ^[1]

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1. Office of Safeguards and Security, US DOE, Washington, DC (US)

The Department of Energy (DOE) is providing policy guidance intended to increase nuclear materials safeguards effectiveness and to address new protection requirements. System performance, validation, and demonstration are currently emphasized in the control and accountability of nuclear materials. New performance requirements are being developed to ensure complex-wide uniform protection of similar attractiveness and quantities of special nuclear material (SNM). Improving the reliability and use of seals and tamper-indicating devices is underway. In this paper other topics, including safeguards on waste, improvements in technology to reduce limits of error in inventory and shipper/receiver differences, use of statistical variance propagation techniques, improved measurement control, and quantifying SNM holdup, are presented. International safeguards reporting requirements and arms control agreements which will impact on DOE safeguards are discussed.

• OSTI ID: 5592497
• 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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Inspection
& Accountability-- Technical Aspects
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
AGREEMENTS
ARMS CONTROL
EFFICIENCY
ERRORS
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
INVENTORIES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
PERFORMANCE
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REGULATIONS
SAFEGUARDS
SECRECY PROTECTION
TESTING
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
VALIDATION
WASTES