Skip to main content
OSTI.GOVU.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information
 

Gas Centrifuge Enrichment Plant Safeguards System Modeling

Conference ·
OSTI ID:891715
; ;
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is interested in developing tools and methods for potential U.S. use in designing and evaluating safeguards systems used in enrichment facilities. This research focuses on analyzing the effectiveness of the safeguards in protecting against the range of safeguards concerns for enrichment plants, including diversion of attractive material and unauthorized modes of use. We developed an Extend simulation model for a generic medium-sized centrifuge enrichment plant. We modeled the material flow in normal operation, plant operational upset modes, and selected diversion scenarios, for selected safeguards systems. Simulation modeling is used to analyze both authorized and unauthorized use of a plant and the flow of safeguards information. Simulation tracks the movement of materials and isotopes, identifies the signatures of unauthorized use, tracks the flow and compilation of safeguards data, and evaluates the effectiveness of the safeguards system in detecting misuse signatures. The simulation model developed could be of use to the International Atomic Energy Agency IAEA, enabling the IAEA to observe and draw conclusions that uranium enrichment facilities are being used only within authorized limits for peaceful uses of nuclear energy. It will evaluate improved approaches to nonproliferation concerns, facilitating deployment of enhanced and cost-effective safeguards systems for an important part of the nuclear power fuel cycle.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-48
OSTI ID:
891715
Report Number(s):
UCRL-CONF-221981
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

LISSAT Analysis of a Generic Centrifuge Enrichment Plant
Conference · Thu May 31 00:00:00 EDT 2007 · OSTI ID:920485
Proposal for Monitoring Within the Centrifuge Cascades of Uranium Enrichment Facilities
Technical Report · Sat Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · OSTI ID:1365512
Design of an Unattended Environmental Aerosol Sampling and Analysis System for Gaseous Centrifuge Enrichment Plants
Conference · Tue Jul 19 00:00:00 EDT 2011 · OSTI ID:1048000

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
98 NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAFEGUARDS, AND PHYSICAL PROTECTION
CENTRIFUGE ENRICHMENT PLANTS
FUEL CYCLE
GAS CENTRIFUGES
IAEA
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
NUCLEAR ENERGY
NUCLEAR MATERIALS MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR POWER
PROLIFERATION
SAFEGUARDS
SIMULATION