The Authentication Approach for the Fast Critical Assembly (FCA) Containment and Surveillance (C and S) System and its Associated Equipment Requirements.

Conference · Sun Jun 26 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings

OSTI ID:6527563

Watkins, L. M. ^[1]

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1. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)

The FCA C and S system is representative of large-scale operator-provided systems likely to be offered to the Agency for safeguards use and is currently nearing the end of its field trial. This current paper describes the specific approach that has been selected, some reasons for the choices made, and the corresponding implications for authentication equipment design. Although the approach is specific to FCA the principles described have possible relevance to other operator-provided systems. The final working installation at FCA is expected to be a sub-set of the initial features provided, the choice to be dictated by field experience.

• Research Organization: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna (Austria)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
• OSTI ID: 6527563
• Report Number(s): CONF-880631; CODEN: NUMMB
• Journal Information: Nuclear Materials Management. Annual Meeting Proceedings, Vol. 17; Conference: 29. Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Las Vegas, NV (United States), 26 Jun 1988; ISSN 0362-0034
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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