Certification of U.S. instrumentation in Russian nuclear processing facilities

Conference · Wed Jul 12 04:00:00 EDT 2000

OSTI ID:758162

Powell, D H; Sumner, J N

Agreements between the United States (U.S.) and the Russian Federation (R.F.) require the down-blending of highly enriched uranium (HEU) from dismantled Russian Federation nuclear weapons. The Blend Down Monitoring System (BDMS) was jointly developed by the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) to continuously monitor the enrichments and flow rates in the HEU blending operations at the R.F. facilities. A significant requirement of the implementation of the BDMS equipment in R.F. facilities concerned the certification of the BDMS equipment for use in a Russian nuclear facility. This paper discusses the certification of the BDMS for installation in R.F. facilities, and summarizes the lessons learned from the process that can be applied to the installation of other U.S. equipment in Russian nuclear facilities.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, TN (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Defense Programs (DP) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 758162
• Report Number(s): Y/NSP-407
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
AGREEMENTS
CERTIFICATION
HIGHLY ENRICHED URANIUM
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISMANTLEMENT
PROLIFERATION
RUSSIAN FEDERATION
SAFEGUARDS
USA