Year
1995
Abstract
The German participation in the International Remote Monitoring Project aims at increasing the efficiency of IAEA safeguards by reducing the inspection effort without losing safeguards effectiveness. Remote data transmission may have a potential to automate routine safeguards. KFA has been contracted by the Federal Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Technology to study technical and nontechnical issues related to the remote transmission of safeguards and status data. Major technical issues of the field trial are the authenticity of the remotely received data as well as the reliability of the transmission techniques. Non-technical issues are related to the release of data including the timing of data transmissions. The German field trial will be conducted in the commercial Ahaus Dry Storage Facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel with participation of Sandia National Laboratories and involvement of the German fuel cycle industries. The paper describes the field trial plan.