Allocation of inspection resources for international safeguards

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:5660071

Markin, J T

Increasing numbers and complexity of facilities inspected by the International Atomic Energy Agency will require difficult decisions about the levels of safeguards to be assigned to materials and facilities should limitations on inspection resources continue. This paper examines some alternative strategies for assigning inspection effort that could improve effectiveness and efficiency of safeguards compared with current inspection practice. These allocation concepts are: (1) extension of inspection planning to include material strata and accounting areas that encompass multiple facilities and (2) the use of randomization of the quality and frequency of inspections and inspection activities.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5660071
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-88-78; CONF-871110-22; ON: DE88005375
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. international conference on facility operations safeguards interface, San Diego, CA, USA, 29 Nov 1987; Other Information: Paper copy only, copy does not permit microfiche production
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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