U.SJRussian Lab-to-Lab Materials Protection, Control and Accounting Program A. A. Bochvar’s All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM)

The All-Russian Scientific Reseamh Institute of Inorganic Materials (VNIINM) performs reseamh in nuclear power reactor fuel, spent fiel reprocessing and waste management, materials science of fissionable and reactor structural materials, metallurgy, supemonducting materials, and analytical sciences. VNBNM supports the Ministry of Atomic Energy of the Russian Federation (MINATOM) in technologies for fabrication and processing of nuclear fuel. As a participant in the U.SJRussian Lab-to-Lab nuclear materials protection, control and accounting (MPC8ZA) program, VNIINM is pmvidhg support for measu=ments of nuclear materials in bulk forms by developing specifications, test and evaluation, certification, and implementation of measu~ment methods for such materials. In 1996, VNIINM will be working with Brookhaven staff in developing and documenting material control and accounting requirements for nuclear materials in bulk form, Livermore and Los Alamos staff in testing and evaluating gamma-ray spectmmetry methods for bulk materials, Los Alamos staff in test and evaluation of neutron+ oincidence counting techniques, Oak Ridge staff in accounting of bulk materials with process instrumentation, and Pacific Northwest staff on automating VNllNM’s coulometric titration system. In addition, VNIINM will develop a computerized accounting system for nuclear material within VNIINM and their storage facility. Our paper will describe the status of this work and anticipated progress in 1996.