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Title: The U.S./IAEA Workshop on Software Sustainability for Safeguards Instrumentation

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1156860· OSTI ID:1156860

The U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration’s Next Generation Safeguards Initiative, the U.S. Department of State, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) organized a a workshop on the subject of ”Software Sustainability for Safeguards Instrumentation.” The workshop was held at the Vienna International Centre in Vienna, Austria, May 6-8, 2014. The workshop participants included software and hardware experts from national laboratories, industry, government, and IAEA member states who were specially selected by the workshop organizers based on their experience with software that is developed for the control and operation of safeguards instrumentation. The workshop included presentations, to orient the participants to the IAEA Department of Safeguards software activities related to instrumentation data collection and processing, and case studies that were designed to inspire discussion of software development, use, maintenance, and upgrades in breakout sessions and to result in recommendations for effective software practices and management. This report summarizes the results of the workshop.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE NA OFFICE OF DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
1156860
Report Number(s):
BNL-105966-2014; R&D Project: 20433; NN4009030
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English