Semiannual report on strategic special nuclear material inventory differences

Technical Report · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5660083

This twenty-first periodic semiannual report of unclassified Inventory Differences (ID's) covers the first six months of fiscal year 1987 (October 1, 1986 through March 31, 1987) for all key Department of Energy (DOE) and DOE contractor operated facilities possessing strategic special nuclear materials. Data for the Rocky Flats and Y-12 nuclear weapons production facilities are not included in the report in order to protect classified nuclear weapons information; however, classified ID data from these facilities receive the same scrutiny and analyses as the unclassified data. An inventory difference is the difference between the quantity of nuclear material that a facility's accounting records show to be on hand and that which the facility's physical inventory determines is on hand. Based on extensive review of the factors normally contributing to inventory differences, DOE has established nine categories for accounting purposes. These nine categories are: redetermination of discrete items on inventory, redetermination of material in process, process holdup differences, equipment holdup differences, measurement adjustments, rounding, recording and reporting errors, shipper-receiver adjustments, and identifiable item adjustments.

• Research Organization: USDOE Assistant Secretary for Defense Programs, Washington, DC. Office of Safeguards and Security
• OSTI ID: 5660083
• Report Number(s): DOE/DP-0045/1; ON: DE88005782
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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