Test of the controllable-Unit Approach (CUA) concept in a low-enrichment-uranium fuel-fabrication facility

Technical Report · Fri Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 1982

OSTI ID:6723688

Foster, K W; Rogers, D R; Miles, J C; Rudy, C R; Armstrong, D B

The Controllable Unit Approach (CUA) to nuclear material control and accounting (MC and A) was developed, to demonstrate the feasibility of controlling any nuclear material process to a specific performance criterion. To conduct this demonstration, Mound entered into a contract with a commercial nuclear-fuel manufacturer to apply the CUA methodology to a high-throughput, low-enrichment uranium fuel fabrication plant. The scope was to determine the added safeguards potential that could be achieved from the current measurement system. The methodology was carried only through the step of identification of dominant errors in the process, with suggestions for potential refinement.

• Research Organization: Mound Facility, Miamisburg, OH (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00053
• OSTI ID: 6723688
• Report Number(s): NUREG/CR-2831; MLM-2957; ON: DE83001381
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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