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Collaborative development of a US/Russia safety information center database

Conference ·
OSTI ID:650316
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  1. Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
  2. All-Russian Research Inst. of Technical Physics, Snezhinsk (Russian Federation)
  3. All-Russian Research Inst. of Exprimental Physics, Sarov (Russian Federation)

One of the major outgrowths resulting from the collapse of the former Soviet Union (FSU) has been an increase in technical information exchange and dialogue between the Russian and American nuclear weapons laboratories. One area of such discussions is concerned with the safety of low probability, high consequence systems and operations. In order to further the understanding between the respective institutes in this important area, a collaborative effort has been established between Sandia National Laboratories and the two premier Russian nuclear weapons laboratories, Arzamas-16 and Chelyabinsk-70, in which a common database has been developed which contains safety information provided by all three laboratories. More than 1,200 documents have been placed by the three institutes into this database. This paper describes the details of this data base, including the types of safety information being stored.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
650316
Report Number(s):
SAND--98-0247C; CONF-980621--; ON: DE98004219; BR: DP0102021
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English