Y2K

Like most organizations, Aquila Technologies Group, Inc. has been evaluating the impact of Y2K issues for past year; particularly as those issues impact products provided for Safeguards applications. Aquila's ISO9001 program ensures that procedures are in place to prevent Y2K problems. For example, even after a design product is determined to be Y2K compliant, continual Y2K is verified during the manufacturing life of the product. This testing is accomplished and controlled in Aquila's Product Specific Quality Manufacturing (PSQM) procedures by performing \"high risk\" dates and evaluations. Most of these procedures are applicable to products from other sources and may be implemented directly by the IAEA and the member states for Safeguards items that are no longer supported by the original supplier. However, procedures should also be in place for reacting to Y2K problems after-the-fact. This paper provides guidelines for addressing Y2K problems that are not discovered and corrected prior to the millennium. In addition, the International Safeguards Project Office provides information related to support being to the IAEA through the U.S. Support Program.