Report of the Material Control and Material Accounting Task Force: blueprint for the future

Technical Report · Wed Mar 01 04:00:00 EST 1978

OSTI ID:6941432

A blueprint is presented for the development of improved material control and material accounting systems by integrating the goals and capabilities of material control and material accounting and recommending specific upgrading actions. An analysis is included of several specific issues and developing recommendations for future actions related to those issues. It is felt that there is a need for a program to define specific quantified goals for an integrated safeguards program, and to monitor safeguards programs in terms of these goals. NRC should give highest priority to developing regulations and guides that will enable material control to make a greater contribution to safeguards by providing greater timeliness and sensitivity in detecting and assessing material losses. It is recommended that a technical study be conducted to determine a quantitative measure or at least a figure of merit for the effectiveness of a security clearance program, based upon full field background investigations, in protecting against malevolent conspiracies involving two or more security cleared individuals. It is also recommended that a specific effort be initiated to formulate an approach to combating collusion. This effort should specifically consider the contribution that material control and material accounting programs can make to safeguards effectiveness in this area.

• Research Organization: Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards
• OSTI ID: 6941432
• Report Number(s): NUREG-0450(Vol.3)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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