Access control system operation
An automated method for the control and monitoring of personnel movement throughout the site was developed under contract to the Department of Energy by Allied-General Nuclear Services (AGNS) at the Barnwell Nuclear Fuel Plant (BNFP). These automated features provide strict enforcement of personnel access policy without routine patrol officer involvement. Identification methods include identification by employee ID number, identification by voice verification and identification by physical security officer verification. The ability to grant each level of access authority is distributed over the organization to prevent any single individual at any level in the organization from being capable of issuing an authorization for entry into sensitive areas. Each access event is recorded. As access events occur, the inventory of both the entered and the exited control area is updated so that a current inventory is always available for display. The system has been operated since 1979 in a development mode and many revisions have been implemented in hardware and software as areas were added to the system. Recent changes have involved the installation of backup systems and other features required to achieve a high reliability. The access control system and recent operating experience are described.
- Research Organization:
- Allied-General Nuclear Services, Barnwell, SC (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-78ET35900
- OSTI ID:
- 6361367
- Report Number(s):
- AGNS-35900-CONF-128; CONF-810706-25; ON: DE81027807; TRN: 81-013826
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Institute of Nuclear Materials Management conference, San Francisco, CA, USA, 13 Jul 1981
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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