Design and evaluation of an integrated safeguards system: principles

Conference · Sun Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1984 · Nucl. Mater. Manage.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6153251

Markin, J T; Coulter, C A; Gutmacher, R G; Whitty, W J

An integrated safeguards system is defined as a collection of safeguards activities in which system components are coordinated to meet safeguards objectives efficiently within constraints imposed by safeguards resources, facility operations, potential adversaries, and regulatory requirements. This paper describes principles for designing and evaluating an integrated safeguards system that consists of four parts: a problem definition phase that specifies resources and constraints composing the problem boundary values, a system analysis/synthesis phase that describes how to select and integrate safeguards activities for efficient attainment of system objectives, a system evaluation/optimization phase that defines measures of safeguards performance and develops methods for evaluating them, and a decision-making phase that develops principles for selecting admissible designs and preference-ordering designs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
• OSTI ID: 6153251
• Report Number(s): CONF-840734-
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Nucl. Mater. Manage.; (United States) Journal Volume: 13
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
BOUNDARY-VALUE PROBLEMS
DECISION MAKING
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
EVALUATION
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
OPERATION
PERFORMANCE
PHYSICAL PROTECTION
PLANNING
REGULATIONS
SAFEGUARDS
SECURITY
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS