Development and Testing of a Near-Real-Time Accounting System for the Barnwell Reprocessing Facility

Allied-General Nuclear Services has developed and demonstrated under cold testing conditions a computerized nuclear materials control and accounting system for a large reprocessing plant. The system provides computerized data acquisition, calculation, and retention for conventional accounting measurements as well as for near-real-time estimation of in-process inventories and material balances. Application of this system as a tool for meeting projected safeguards requirements appears likely.